Canada and the Second World War
List of print resources in the RO Library Learning Commons
For General Background Information:
Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Search terms: second world war/conscription/japanese canadians/Dieppe/War Measures Act etc.
Canadian War Museum: Canada and the Second World War
Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada’s role in the second world war
Science and Technology Fact Sheet (including Radar)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/cr/pi-sheets/science.pdf
For academic articles, search through the database "Canadian Points of View Reference Centre" (username and password available at the library):
Example:
Morton, Desmond, and J.L. Granatstein. "1945: Canada Comes of Age": Examination of how Canada emerged from the Second World War in 1945 as a stronger and more self-confident nation than when it entered the conflict in 1939.
For Primary Sources, consider the following sites:
Democracy at War - from the Canadian War Museum, this site is a searchable database of newspaper clippings from Canadian newspapers that document the war as it unfolded at home and abroad. You can search for specific keywords in the headlines or in the running text of the documents. The site also provides brief essays accompanied by relevant clippings on a number of topics, including "Life on the Homefront" (find it in the left margin).
The Canadian Letters and Images Project -from the Department of History at Vancouver Island University, the Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online collection of letters and images from Canadian wars, including World War II.
"War at Home"Framing Canada, a Photographic Memory from Library and Archives Canada. Take some time to consider the seven photos featured in the "War at Home" gallery. Each photograph tells a unique story - a great place to begin your research.
CBC Digital Archives - This set of audio clips consists of CBC Radio broadcasts on the experiences of Canadian Armed Forces personnel fighting in World War II. Segments on the departure of troops in 1939, life in the trenches, and the first Canadians in Berlin on Victory Europe Night, May 7, 1945 are among those included.
CBC Archives - Check out "On Every Front: Canadian Women in the Second World War."
Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes -This site presents the role Canadian soldiers played in the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, as shown through personal memoirs, photography, art work by Canadian war artists and the documented exploits of Canadian George Cross and Victoria Cross recipients.
Democracy at war, Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/wlmking_e.shtml
For General Background Information:
Canadian Encyclopedia Online
Search terms: second world war/conscription/japanese canadians/Dieppe/War Measures Act etc.
Canadian War Museum: Canada and the Second World War
Veterans Affairs Canada: Canada’s role in the second world war
Science and Technology Fact Sheet (including Radar)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/pdf/cr/pi-sheets/science.pdf
For academic articles, search through the database "Canadian Points of View Reference Centre" (username and password available at the library):
Example:
Morton, Desmond, and J.L. Granatstein. "1945: Canada Comes of Age": Examination of how Canada emerged from the Second World War in 1945 as a stronger and more self-confident nation than when it entered the conflict in 1939.
For Primary Sources, consider the following sites:
Democracy at War - from the Canadian War Museum, this site is a searchable database of newspaper clippings from Canadian newspapers that document the war as it unfolded at home and abroad. You can search for specific keywords in the headlines or in the running text of the documents. The site also provides brief essays accompanied by relevant clippings on a number of topics, including "Life on the Homefront" (find it in the left margin).
The Canadian Letters and Images Project -from the Department of History at Vancouver Island University, the Canadian Letters and Images Project is an online collection of letters and images from Canadian wars, including World War II.
"War at Home"Framing Canada, a Photographic Memory from Library and Archives Canada. Take some time to consider the seven photos featured in the "War at Home" gallery. Each photograph tells a unique story - a great place to begin your research.
CBC Digital Archives - This set of audio clips consists of CBC Radio broadcasts on the experiences of Canadian Armed Forces personnel fighting in World War II. Segments on the departure of troops in 1939, life in the trenches, and the first Canadians in Berlin on Victory Europe Night, May 7, 1945 are among those included.
CBC Archives - Check out "On Every Front: Canadian Women in the Second World War."
Courage Remembered: The World Wars Through Canadian Eyes -This site presents the role Canadian soldiers played in the wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, as shown through personal memoirs, photography, art work by Canadian war artists and the documented exploits of Canadian George Cross and Victoria Cross recipients.
Democracy at war, Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War
http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/canadawar/wlmking_e.shtml