Compared to the well-published achievements of the Navy, Army, and Air Force, an ocean of silence surrounds the long gone Canadian Merchant Navy. Canada operated the wartime world's fourth largest Merchant Navy, almost all of it built...
Atlantic Ocean
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Author:Halford, Robert G.Summary: -
Author:Vautier, ClarenceSummary:The fishermen who ply their trade on the Atlantic Ocean can tell thousands of tales of daring rescue and tragic loss of life. In The Trawlermen, Clarence Vautier explores the lives of some of Atlantic Canada’s best-known sea...
- Author:Field, Henry M.Summary:
The history of the laying of the first trans-atlantic telegraph cable.
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Author:Rompkey, BillSummary:During World War II St. John’s, Newfoundland, played a critical role in the fight against Nazi Germany.
Seamen from all over the world sailed to and from the old seaport, chosen for duty because it was closest to Europe and...
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Author:Choyce, LesleySummary:Greg is an avid sailor. On a solo trip off the rugged coast, he stumbles upon a family of desperate refugees stranded in a lifeboat. The family convinces Greg to help them, and keep their existence secret. When his plan begins to...
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Author:Strowbridge, Nellie P.Summary:Each day we begin life, not from where we are, but from where we have been. The mind is life’s most seasoned traveller.
Maiden from the Sea is a breathtaking journey into the life and troubled mindscape of a servant girl from...
- Author:Gray, LarrySummary:
The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest sustained conflict of the Second World War, a critical fight for the Allies to stop Nazi U-boats and other warships from sinking supply ships to Europe. Canadians played a vital role in that...
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Author:Parkin, SimonSummary:By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the outcome of World War II rested on the battle for the Atlantic. A grand strategy game was devised to reveal the tactics behind the vicious success of the German U-boats. Through...
