Canadian Infantry: Besting the Best

Review of Terry Copp, The Brigade: The Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939-1945. Stoney Creek, ON: Fortress Publications, 1992

Review of Bombing the City: Civilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain and Japan, 1939-1945 by Aaron William Moore

Review of Bombing the City: Civilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain and Japan, 1939-1945 by Aaron William Moore

“A Small Price to Pay: Consumer Culture on the Canadian Home Front, 1939-1945 (Book Review)” by Graham Broad

Review of A Small Price to Pay: Consumer Culture on the Canadian Home Front, 1939-1945 by Graham Broa

“The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the Second World War 1939–1943, Volume One (Book Review)” by Tim Cook & “Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War 1944–1945, Volume Two (Book Review)” by Tim Cook

Review of The Necessary War: Canadians Fighting the Second World War 1939–1943, Volume One & Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War 1944–1945, Volume Two by Tim Cook

The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry at Verrieres

Major-General J.M. “Rocky” Rockingham wrote this letter to Colonel C.P. Stacey shortly after the appearance of the The Canadian Army, 1939–1945. The tendency of Canadian historians to focus on what went wrong instead of what went right is a well-established tradition

Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces

Title: Collection, 1941-1946 Description:1.5 linear ft. Notes: Consists of correspondence, press releases, and name and address files of Howard University graduates who served in the armed forces during World War II. See also Prometheans, Inc. Records. Gift of James M. Nabrit, Jr., 1958. Subjects: Blacks; Medical affairs; World War II Howard University; Moorland-Spingarn Research Center; Letters from Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces Howard University, Washington, DC World War II (1939-1945); Blacks; Troops World War II (1939-1945); Education; Colleges and universities World War II, 1939-1945; Miscellanea; Letters from Howard University Men and Women in the Armed Forces World War II, 1939-1945; Personal narratives Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC) NIDS Fiche #: 4.72.58 NUCMC #: MS 62-428

9. The Second World War (1939-1945)

In the first year of war, while Poland succumbed to German armored columns, on the western front the contestants were stalemated. Then, in the spring of 1940, Germany struck through the neutral Netherlands and Belgium and overran France. Norway and Denmark were also captured. Scenting carrion, Mussolini acted the jackal and brought Italy into the war on Germany\u27s side at what he confidently expected was the moment of victory. For a year only Britain held out against the Axis, protected by her island position and the air umbrella provided by the Royal Air Force. Late in 1940, Mussolini invaded Greece, but when he ran into unexpected resistance he had to call on the Germans for help. To accommodate Mussolini, Hitler had to conquer Yugoslavia. Then, frustrated by Britain\u27s resistance, he turned on Russia in the summer of 1941. Back and forth the battle line swayed across the plains of eastern Europe as the two giants slugged it out. [excerpt

The Response of Aspen \u3ci\u3e(Populus Tremuloides)\u3c/i\u3e to Artificial Defoliation

(excerpt) In the summers of 1939 and 1940 hand defoliation oftrembling aspen, Populus tremuloides Michx., was carried on in a young stand located a few miles north of Itasca State Park. This study was undertaken to determine the response of aspen trees to several amounts of defoliation at four different times during the summer. Other similar artificial defoliation studies have been reported by Wallace (1945), Giese et al. (1964), Skilling (1964), Kulman (197 I), and Heichel and Turner (1976)

Neither friend nor foe? Irish neutrality in the Second World War [Book Review]

Reviewed works: Robert Brennan, Ireland Standing Firm: My Wartime Mission in Washington and Eamon de Valera – A Memoir, ed. Richard H. Rupp (Dublin: University College Dublin Press, 2002), 182 pp., $20.00 (pb), ISBN 1900621681. / John P. Duggan, Herr Hempel at the German Legation in Dublin, 1937–1945 (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 328 pp.,$45.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527464. / Mark Hull, Irish Secrets: German Espionage in Wartime Ireland, 1939–1945 (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 383 pp., $55.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527561. / MI5 and Ireland, 1939–1945: The Official History, ed. and introduced by Eunan O'Halpin (Dublin and Portland, OR: Irish Academic Press, 2003), 130 pp.,$55.00 (hb), ISBN 0716527545

The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939–1945

Review of: "The Home Fronts of Iowa, 1939–1945" by Lisa L. Ossian