Matching Articles"War" (Total 8)

  • An extract from Letter to Board of Trade, by Colonel J. Gibson, dated June 28, 1697.
  • The 18th century brought a number of difficulties for the French fisheries at Newfoundland.
  • During the Second World War, Newfoundland played a pivotal role in Allied naval strategy for the North Atlantic.
  • Bell Island is one of the few locations in North America that German forces directly attacked during the Second World War.
  • As the likelihood of war increased in the 1930s, Canada realized that its defence hinged on the protection of Newfoundland and Labrador.
  • About the sinking of the passenger ferry, the SS Caribou by the German U-boat, U-69, on the night of October 13/14, 1942.
  • Building Newfoundland and Labrador's defences during the Second World War.
  • The Canadian air base at Torbay quickly became an important link in North American defence during the Second World War.