A Difficult Path To Tread,
2012
University of the West of England, Bristol
A Difficult Path To Tread, Paul Gough
Canadian Military History
In a previous issue of Canadian Military History (Vol.5, No.l, Spring 1996) I looked at the recently unveiled Canadian War Memorial in Green Park in London, UK. I drew comparisons between the memorial and its counterparts on the Somme and at Vimy Ridge, I was fascinated by the fusion of abstract and figurative elements, and speculated that this combination of hard modernist edges with dramatic use of statuary seemed to be a particular strength of Canadian war memorials. Later that year I was invited by Professor Terry Copp to join a Canadian universities study group in France. At Caen, Normandy …
Tom Wood: Naval War Artist (1913–1997),
2012
Canadian War Museum
Tom Wood: Naval War Artist (1913–1997), Laura Brandon
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Sydney, Nova Scotia And The U-Boat War, 1918,
2012
Cape Breton University
Sydney, Nova Scotia And The U-Boat War, 1918, Brian Tennyson, Roger Sarty
Canadian Military History
During the summer of 1918. when German submarines thrust into North American coastal waters, Sydney. Nova Scotia suddenly became a major naval base and Canada’s foremost convoy assembly harbour.1 Nearly a hundred of the Royal Canadian Navy’s coastal patrol vessels came to the Cape Breton port, with at least 1,500 crewmen and shore personnel,2 but this was not enough. Britain was unable to help. Therefore the United States Navy pitched in for what was the first instance of joint operations by the armed forces of the two North American nations. Some 350 American sailors came to establish base …
Little Known Canadian Units: Royal Canadian Naval Beach Commando “W”,
2012
Royal Canadian Navy
Little Known Canadian Units: Royal Canadian Naval Beach Commando “W”, E.G. Finley, Ed Storey
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Recapturing The North: Exercises “Eskimo,” “Polar Bear” And “Lemming,” 1945,
2012
Wilfrid Laurier University
Recapturing The North: Exercises “Eskimo,” “Polar Bear” And “Lemming,” 1945, Hugh A. Halliday
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Tactics, Training, Technology: The Rcn’S Summer Of Success, July–September 1942,
2012
Library and Archives Canada
Tactics, Training, Technology: The Rcn’S Summer Of Success, July–September 1942, Robert Fisher
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Leo Major, Dcm And Bar,
2012
Wilfrid Laurier University
Leo Major, Dcm And Bar, Robert Fowler
Canadian Military History
Of all the British gallantry decorations, the Distinguished Conduct Medal must be considered the most prized because it is so seldom awarded. In the Korean War, only eight such awards were made out of a total of 205 honours and awards to Canadian soldiers.1 In the Second World War, the DCM was even more rare, making up only three per cent of all honours and awards. Thus, the award of the DCM and bar, spanning both wars, to Léo Major is a remarkable accomplishment.
In Memoriam: Charles Comfort: War Artist — 1900–1994,
2012
Canadian War Museum
In Memoriam: Charles Comfort: War Artist — 1900–1994, Laura Brandon
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Preparing For The “Hall Of Honour”: The Canadian War Museum,
2012
Wilfrid Laurier University
Preparing For The “Hall Of Honour”: The Canadian War Museum, Hugh A. Halliday
Canadian Military History
No abstract provided.
Zeppelins Over London,
2012
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Zeppelins Over London, Ron Anderson
ERAU Prescott Aviation History Program
Hear the story of the first strategic bombing campaign in history. The target was the civilian populated areas of London in World War I. Come on board a giant Zeppelin of the Imperial German Navy Air Service and learn what these raids did, or did not accomplish, from Ron Anderson, local zeppelin historian.
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Owens, John Stiles, Jr., 1918-1945 (Sc 242), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 242. Letter, 20 August 1945, written by John S. Owens, World War II pilot from Calhoun, McLean County, Kentucky, serving in the Far East to Mary E. Marks, a former teacher, regarding his flights from India to China, and the V-J Day celebration. Also, three examples of Chinese paper money from the period, and a 4 July 1969 letter from Miss Marks with information about Owens.
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Defense Service Council - Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee (Sc 283), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scans (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 283. Correspondence, financial records and reports relating to services provided to personnel of nearby military camps by the Muhlenberg Presbytery Committee of the Defense Service Council.
The Russian Origins Of The First World War, By Sean Mcmeekin. Review By Jesse Kauffman, Eastern Michigan University,
2012
Eastern Michigan University
The Russian Origins Of The First World War, By Sean Mcmeekin. Review By Jesse Kauffman, Eastern Michigan University, Jesse Kauffman
Faculty Scholarship - History and Philosophy
No abstract provided.
Baird, William J. (Sc 2497),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Baird, William J. (Sc 2497), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2497. V-mail letter from William J. Baird to H. H. Baird, Bowling Green, Kentucky. Writing from a military posting overseas, Baird comments briefly on the German cigars he intends to send, as well as the quality of European tobacco.
Taylor, R. W. (Sc 237),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Taylor, R. W. (Sc 237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and typescript (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 237. Letter written by R. W. Taylor, a medical student in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Caleb Bryant, a friend back home in Kentucky. Taylor reveals his political views concerning the Civil War and the enlistment of African American soldiers. Also includes undated note from donor.
Graydon A. Tunstall, Blood On The Snow: The Carpathian Winter War Of 1915.,
2012
Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
Graydon A. Tunstall, Blood On The Snow: The Carpathian Winter War Of 1915., Lee Eysturlid
Faculty Publications & Research
By early 1915, the Habsburg Monarchy faced a self-inflicted strategic crisis of the first magnitude. Under thecommand of the ever fallible Conrad von Hötzendorf, successive Austrian offensives against the Serbs andthe Russians in 1914 had been outright failures. In both cases, Conrad had attempted to shift between frontswith insufficient resources and succeeded only in grinding the life out of the fragile, undermanned, andunderequipped Habsburg Army. As a result, the Russians were able to lay siege to the critical Austrian fortificationof Przemyśl, which guarded the great Hungarian Plain against Russian invasion. In reaction, Conradgathered forces to relieve Przemyśl with an offensive …
Lehman, George, 1812-1889 (Sc 338),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Lehman, George, 1812-1889 (Sc 338), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 338. Typescript of legal brief of Congressional Case No. 2310, which concerns Civil War claims of George Lehman of Bowling Green, Kentucky. Application was originally filed 18 August 1871 and resume of case was dated 30 June 1888.
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Paxton, Garland, B. 1919 (Sc 2493), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collecction 2493. Documents relating to Garland Paxton’s military service in the U.S. Army’s 319th Infantry Regiment during World War II.
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Covington, Josephine (Wells), 1832-1872 (Sc 236), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 236. Photocopies and typescript of 2 March 1862 letter written by Mrs. Josephine (Wells) Covington, Bowling Green, Kentucky, to her father, Judge Robert William Wells of Missouri. She relates happenings in Bowling Green during its occupation and later evacuation by Confederate troops (18 September 1861-14 February 1862). Also includes information about Mrs. Covington and the Covington family. The original 2 March 1862 letter is housed at the Filson Club, Louisville, Kentucky.
Davis, Jacob Weaver, 1819-1862 (Sc 235),
2012
Western Kentucky University
Davis, Jacob Weaver, 1819-1862 (Sc 235), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid and full text of letter (click on "Additional Files") for Manuscripts Small Collection 235. Photocopy of letter 11 April 1862 written by Jacob Weaver Davis, serving in the Union Army, to his brother, George, in McLean County, Kentucky, concerning the fighting at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Also, 1969 letter from the donor giving information pertaining to Davis and the 1862 letter.
