| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations, [2] leaves of maps |
| Contents |
North America's first line of defence. Building a wartime landscape / Christopher A. Sharpe and A.J. Shawyer ; From defended harbour to transatlantic base / Paul Collins -- Remembering wartime St John's. The children's war / Barbara Lorenzkowski ; Rethinking the friendly invasion / Steven High ; Gate keeping and Newfoundland popular culture / Jeff A. Webb ; Mona Wilson and the Canadian Red Cross / Gillian Poulter and Douglas O. Baldwin -- Conclusion. The occupation of St John's in global perspective / Ken Coates and William R. Morrison |
| Summary |
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 |
| Analysis |
JSTOR-DDA |
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World War, 1939- 1945 Newfoundland and Labrador St. John' s |
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St. John' s (N.L.) History, Military |
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St. John' s (N.L.) History |
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St. John' s (N.L.) Strategic aspects History |
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Civil-military relations Newfoundland and Labrador St. John' s History 20th century |
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Multi-User |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-310) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's
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Civil-military relations -- Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Canada -- General.
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HISTORY -- General.
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Civil-military relations
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Strategic aspects of individual places
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St. John's (N.L.) -- History, Military -- 20th century
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St. John's (N.L.) -- History -- 20th century
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St. John's (N.L.) -- Strategic aspects -- History -- 20th century
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| Subject |
Newfoundland and Labrador -- St. John's
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Military history
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
High, Steven C
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| LC no. |
2011283782 |
| ISBN |
9780773581104 |
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0773581103 |
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1283530287 |
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9781283530286 |
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9786613842732 |
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6613842737 |
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