Article: Fighting from home; the Second World War in Verdun, Quebec.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Article: Owing allegiance: the British community in Verdun, Quebec ...
Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal;  March 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... RESUME During the Second World War, Verdun, Quebec (population 67 ... INTRODUCTION The municipality of Verdun, Quebec offered an extraordinarily ... patriotic effort during the Second World War. Not coincidentally, Verdun was home to the densest per ...

Article: Fighting from Home: The Second World War in ...
Urban History Review;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... from Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec Vancouver ... the message from Verdun was unity in war and ... contributions during the First World War, but most often in support ... which combined to make Verdun's experience of the ...

Article: Verdun: World War I and beyond.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  November 16, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... August 1914: World War I begins. September ... German attacks on Verdun repulsed, but ... ends fighting in World War I. 1930s: Memorials ... museums built at Verdun. Sept. 1, 1939 ... troops liberate Verdun. May 7, 1945: World War II ends in Europe ...

Article: Trucks made the difference at Verdun: the titanic ...
Army Logistician;  September 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... during the third year of World War I--the French Army endured ... the ancient fortress city of Verdun. At the end of the Battle of Verdun, the French emerged victorious ... stopping the German offensive at Verdun was the use of a fairly new ...

Article: Theater of Blood.('The Road to Verdun: World ...
National Review;  June 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ...The Road to Verdun: World War I's Most Momentous ... battles of the First World War. In the course of the 1916 fighting at Verdun, according to accepted ... of Stalingrad in World War II symbolized the ... Soviet Russia. At Verdun, as also at Stalingrad ...

Article: Serge Durflinger, Fighting from Home: The Second World ...
Labour/Le Travail;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Home: The Second World War in Verdun, Quebec (Vancouver ... inspiring account of Verdun's place in Canada ... Canada in the Second World War, a fine memory ... s war effort: Verdun's 'good war ... community's Second World War experiences figure ...

Article: From Pennsylvania to Verdun: Friedrich List and the ...
Freeman;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...World War I, or the "Great War" (as most Europeans still call it), was one of the biggest disasters in human history. It not only ...