Canadian Car and Foundry manufactured Hawker Hurricanes between 1938 and 1943. Number 1 Squadron RCAF in the Battle of Britain used Hurricanes to play a decisive role in the Battle of Britain and went on to fly on more fronts than any other British fighter.
The 1st Canadian Division mobilized before the formal declaration of war on September 1, 1939. They crossed the Atlantic in December 1939. Several announcers on the English language propaganda radio program Germany Calling gave out false reports of the convoy. Dismissed by many, as comical figures they all went by the nickname Lord Haw-Haw.
Leipzig Barracks on Ewshott Common, now demolished, was originally built for the Royal Field Artillery. The division trained in England for three years before transferring to the Mediterranean to take part in the Invasion of Sicily in July 1943.
The bombing of London started on Saturday, September 7th when 967 German and Italian fighters and bombers attacked at 5 p.m. The main objective was the densely populated East End, Beckton Gas Works, and Woolwich Arsenal. Blitzkrieg was the term used to describe the German armored punch that was fast and furious and totally confounded the enemy. It was a great way to attack either by air or land, but a poor way to defend.
Special thanks goes to Ken Fuller for his technical and military editing and unwavering brotherly support. Thanks also go to Anna Gemza, Marjorie Cripps, Corinne McCorkle, and Angela Collier for marching through the pages alongside me; Brenda Julie, Nancy Wannamaker, and Amy Hurst my avid readers; Sylvia McConnell and Jennifer McKnight at Dundurn; and my always-willing-to-listen husband, Stan.
Jennifer Maruno’s Cherry Blossom Books
When the Cherry Blossoms Fell
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Nine-year-old Michiko Minagawa bids her father goodbye before her birthday celebration. She doesn’t know the government has ordered all Japanese-born men out of the province. Ten days later, her family joins hundreds of Japanese-Canadians on a train to the interior of British Columbia. Even though her aunt Sadie jokes about it, they have truly reached the “Land of No.” There are no paved roads, no streetlights, and not streetcars. The house in which they are to live is dirty and drafty. At school Michiko learns the truth of her situation. She must face local prejudice, the worst winter in forty years and her first Christmas without her father.
Cherry Blossom Winter
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Ten-year-old Michiko wants to be proud of her Japanese heritage but can’t be. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, her family’s possessions are confiscated and they are forced into deprivation in a small, insular community. After a former Asahi baseball star becomes her new teacher, baseball fever hits town. Then the government announces that they must move once again. But they can’t think of relocating with a new baby coming, even with the offer of free passage to Japan. Michiko pretends to be her mother and writes to get a job for her father on a farm in Ontario. When he is accepted, they again pack their belongings and head to a new life in Ontario.
Copyright © Jennifer Maruno, 2013
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Maruno, Jennifer, 1950-
Kid soldier [electronic resource] / Jennifer Maruno.
Electronic monograph.
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ISBN 978-1-4597-0679-8
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Warbird
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In 1647, ten-year-old Etienne yearns for a life of adventure far from his family farm in Quebec. He meets an orphan destined to apprentice among the Jesuits at Fort Sainte-Marie. Making the most impulsive decision of his life, Etienne replaces the orphan and paddles off with the voyageurs into the north country. At Sainte-Marie, Etienne must learn to live a life of piety. Meanwhile, he also makes friends with a Huron youth, Tsiko, who teaches him the ways of his people. When the Iroquois attack and destroy the nearby village, Etienne must put his new skills into practice. Will he survive? Will he ever see his family again?
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