In Times Of War Prince Rupert 1939 1945

Author : Sue Harper Rowse
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Prince Rupert (B.C.)
ISBN : 9781411639270

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In Times of War: Prince Rupert 1939-1945 by Sue Harper Rowse Pdf

Immediately following Pearl Harbour, the United States shipping facilities in the Pacific were running at full capacity, but it was still not enough to combat the serious Japanese threat. At this critical juncture, Prince Rupert, located in British Columbia, Canada, was placed at America's disposal, to ship troops and materials to Alaska to fend off the enemy. It was, as many called it, an American Invasion. With Japanese submarines lurking off of Prince Rupert, thousands of Canadian Army, Navy, and Air Force, were posted to man the fort defence system, fly reconnaissance missions, and protect the dry dock and shipyard, all vital to the Pacific war effort. All eyes were peeled for the enemy. The City was truly at war. Drawing from a diverse field of information, making use of published, primary, first hand recollections, and photographs, this book puts the events and developments of these years all together into one definitive source.

Author : Sue Harper Rowse
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Prince Rupert (B.C.)
ISBN : OCLC:1280710804

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In Times of War by Sue Harper Rowse Pdf

Author : Phylis Bowman
Publisher : Prince Rupert, B.C. : P. Bowman
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Bowman, Phylis
ISBN : UOM:39015047071694

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We Skirted the War! by Phylis Bowman Pdf

Author : Paul Bowles,Gary N. Wilson
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780774830966

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Resource Communities in a Globalizing Region by Paul Bowles,Gary N. Wilson Pdf

Northern British Columbia has always played an important role in Canada’s economy, but for many Canadians it has existed as an almost forgotten place: a vast territory where only a few roads and a ferry system connected small cities, towns, and villages to the outside world. Now as the appetite for natural resources intensifies, this resource-rich and geographically important region is being pulled onto national and global economic stages. This timely volume examines the connections between local development and global forces, and how governments, Aboriginal peoples, organized labour, NGOs, and the private sector are adapting to, resisting, and embracing change.

Author : Donald M. Santor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:1012173490

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Canadians at War, 1939-1945 by Donald M. Santor Pdf

Author : Morley K. Thomas
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Canada. Meteorological Division History
ISBN : 9781550224481

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Metmen in Wartime by Morley K. Thomas Pdf

Everybody's talking about the weather... Metmen in Wartime is a detailed account of the meteorological services in practice in Canada during World War II. Why were forecasts so crucial during the war? For anti-submarine warfare and convoy protection operations from bases along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. But Metmen is also a thorough examination of the men behind the forecasts: the nearly 400 science graduates who became "metmen" and were stationed at flying training schools. This book explains the importance of aviation weather forecasts and instruction in meteorology for student pilots at the Royal Canadian Air Force stations established under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Cooperation with the United States military weather services is also examined.

Author : Stanley W. Dziuban
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Canada
ISBN : UIUC:30112098057828

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Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945 by Stanley W. Dziuban Pdf

An account of Allied cooperation in hemispheric defense and in the fight against Germany and Japan. The common effort ranged from growing wheat to the climactic development of the atomic bomb.

Author : Alex Souchen
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774862950

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War Junk by Alex Souchen Pdf

During the Second World War, Canadian factories produced mountains of munitions and supplies, including some 800 ships, 16,000 aircraft, 800,000 vehicles, and over 4.6 billion rounds of ammunition and artillery shells. However, the end of hostilities in 1945 turned the leftover assets into peacetime liabilities. Alex Souchen provides a definitive account of the disposal crisis triggered by Allied victory and shows how Canadians responded to the unprecedented divestment of public property by reusing and recycling military surpluses to improve their postwar lives. War Junk recounts the complex political, economic, social, and environmental legacies of munitions disposal in Canada by revealing how the tools of war became integral to the making of postwar Canada.

Author : James Bishop, Jr.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0385252706

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The World at War 1939-1945 by James Bishop, Jr. Pdf

Author : Steven High
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773581104

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Occupied St John's by Steven High Pdf

In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's harbor, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces.

Author : Mark Maclay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Canada
ISBN : 1901873005

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Aldershot's Canadians by Mark Maclay Pdf

Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036553654

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Canada's War by J. L. Granatstein Pdf

Author : Veronica Strong-Boag
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780774838719

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The Last Suffragist Standing by Veronica Strong-Boag Pdf

The Last Suffragist Standing is an unprecedented study of a pioneering politician, a New Woman who tested Canadian democracy. Laura Marshall Jamieson (1882–1964) was the last suffragist in Canada to be elected to a provincial or federal legislature, and her biography opens a window onto the political and social landscape of her time. She embraced issues such as minimum wage, feminist pacifism, housing, and employment equality throughout her six decades of activism. Strong-Boag’s deep knowledge of the history of the women’s movement and Canadian politics turns this compelling account of a woman’s life into an illuminating work on the history of feminism, socialism, internationalism, and activism in Canada.

Author : J. L. Granatstein,Desmond Morton
Publisher : Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89058486564

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A Nation Forged in Fire by J. L. Granatstein,Desmond Morton Pdf

While Canadian soldiers fought and died in World War II, Canada itself was changing. Ottawa was forced to turn to the United States for economic and strategic aid; women entered the work force; industry boomed; and old traditions and loyalties were swept away.

Author : Theodore Barris,Ted Barris,Alex Barris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0771573014

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Days of Victory by Theodore Barris,Ted Barris,Alex Barris Pdf

In the spring of '45, peace was in the air, in Canada and in Europe. When VE Day finally came, it erupted with glorious celebrations, tears, and cries of victory. It was a sweet day and a bitter one for millions of people whose lives had been forever changed. This day, and long days of war that led to it, are brought to life in Days of Victory. More than 300 Canadians tell their own stories of the Second World War -- stories of courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and glory. It was one of the most trying times in Canadian history, and these ordinary men and women rose to the extraordinary challenge laid before them. Their stories are celebrated here, woven into a compelling narrative of the Canadian wartime experience, bringing the past vividly to life.--Dust jacket.