Canada And The Civil War In Spain
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Renegades
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Author : Michael Petrou
language : en
Publisher: UBC Press
Release Date : 2008-03-01
Renegades written by Michael Petrou and has been published by UBC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-01 with History categories.
Between 1936 and 1939, almost 1,700 Canadians defied their government and volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War. They left behind punishing lives in Canadian relief camps, mines, and urban flophouses to confront fascism in a country few knew much about. Michael Petrou has drawn on recently declassified archival material, interviewed surviving Canadian veterans, and visited the battlefields of Spain to write the definitive account of Canadians in the Spanish Civil War. Renegades is an intimate and unflinching story of idealism and courage, duplicity and defeat.
The Gallant Cause
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Author : Mark Zuehlke
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Release Date : 2010-03-04
The Gallant Cause written by Mark Zuehlke and has been published by John Wiley and Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-04 with History categories.
At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, forty-two thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were trying to throw back fascist dictator General Franco?s troops, which included countless German and Italian soldiers. By October 29, 1938 though, only two thousand Internationals were able to gather for a speech requesting them to withdraw. Despite all their efforts, Spain wanted to continue on its own, hoping the war would become a Spanish affair once again. Drawing on diaries and newly documented sources, Zuehlke offers a compelling account of the Canadian experience in Spain. It was not a popular war for Canada, with even the prime minister praising Hitler for his social and economic advances. Most world powers were aligning themselves with Italy and Germany, who supported Franco?s movement. Along with allied troops, some 1,500 Canadians joined together in a valiant but doomed cause. This is the story of these brave Canadians, who like all veterans of war, deserve to have their story told and their experiences related, so that they will not be forgotten.
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion
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Author : Victor Howard
language : en
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 1987-06-15
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion written by Victor Howard and has been published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987-06-15 with History categories.
Marking the 50th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War, this is the story of the Canadians who went to fight in that epic conflict.
Canadian Volunteers
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Author : William Beeching
language : en
Publisher: [Regina] : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina
Release Date : 1989
Canadian Volunteers written by William Beeching and has been published by [Regina] : Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Social Science categories.
Approximately 40,000 women and men from many countries went to Spain in 1936 to join the Spanish Republican army. About 1,440 Canadians formed part of the International Brigade. This document presents an account of the participation of Canadian volunteers in the Spanish civil war.
Mac Pap
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Author : Ronald Liversedge
language : en
Publisher: New Star Books
Release Date : 2013-09-05
Mac Pap written by Ronald Liversedge and has been published by New Star Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with History categories.
Ron Liversedge could hardly wait for the call from the International Brigades. A veteran of the Great War, Canada's Great Depression, and scores of battles for social justice, he wanted to get to Spain to fight against Franco's attack on the young Spanish republic. It was the spring of 1937; Liversedge was nearly 40. The call came on May Day. Liversedge left Vancouver, on a clandestine journey through late depression North America, to a ship spiriting his fellow fighters to Europe, to an immediate brush with death when he is torpedoed by a fascist submarine, to rudimentary training of the international volunteers in Spain. Ill prepared and ill equipped, Liversedge and his comrades in the Mackenzie–Papineau battalion are thrown into withering front line action at Fuentes de Ebro and a grinding succession of battles, steadily beaten back by the fascist onslaught, to the final exodus from Barcelona. Liversedge's memoir of those two years, written in the 1960's, is a riveting, soldier's-eye account of life and death at the front, of the fascinating panoply of characters drawn to the Spanish struggle, of the ravages of the war on Spain and its people, and of the reasons that drove thousands of Canadians to volunteer. After almost half a century, Ronald Liversedge's illuminating account, richly annotated and illustrated, appears for the first time.
Canadians In The Spanish Civil War
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Author : Victor Hoar
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 196?
Canadians In The Spanish Civil War written by Victor Hoar and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 196? with Spain categories.
A Memoir Of The Spanish Civil War
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Author : Douglas Patrick Stephens
language : en
Publisher: St. Johns, NF : Canadian Committee on Labour History
Release Date : 2000
A Memoir Of The Spanish Civil War written by Douglas Patrick Stephens and has been published by St. Johns, NF : Canadian Committee on Labour History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
One man's bittersweet account of fighting with the International Brigade against the forces of Franco. D.P. (Pat) Stephens (1910-1987) was born in Armenia and emigrated with his family to Canada in 1926, where he soon became involved in the radical politics that characterized many North American cities in that period.
Not For King Or Country
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Author : Tyler Wentzell
language : en
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Release Date : 2020
Not For King Or Country written by Tyler Wentzell and has been published by University of Toronto Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with Communists categories.
Not for King or Country tells the story of Edward Cecil-Smith, a dynamic propagandist for the Communist Party of Canada during the Great Depression. He is most well-known for commanding the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion during the Spanish Civil War.
Ideology And The Canadians In The Spanish Civil War 1936 9
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Ideology And The Canadians In The Spanish Civil War 1936 9 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with categories.
A Chance To Fight Hitler
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Author : David Goutor
language : en
Publisher: Between the Lines
Release Date : 2018-10-09
A Chance To Fight Hitler written by David Goutor and has been published by Between the Lines this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In late 1936, as Franco’s armies stormed toward Madrid, Stalin famously termed the defence of Spain “the common cause of all advanced and progressive mankind.” As a German emigrant to Winnipeg, Hans Ibing recognized the importance of the Spanish Civil War to the struggle against worldwide fascism in a way that most people in Canada did not—joining the International Brigades in their fight to defend the Spanish Republic was his “chance to fight Hitler.” Drawing on interviews, Ibing’s personal papers, and archival material, David Goutor recounts the powerful story of an ordinary man’s response to extraordinary times.