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Description: This report examines the cost of the Gulf War, which is adding up to a billion dollars a day for the allied coalition forces. Although the United States is paying the bulk of the bill, Canadians are investing approximately $350 million into the Gulf War effort and coalition forces have pledged a total of 42 billion dollars to assist the U.S.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: Synopsis on television episode focusing on Elsie MacGill, one of Canada's top aeronautical engineers during the Second World War, who was in charge of designing machines that would produce Hawker Hurricane airplanes. This episode is part of the "Canada: A People's History" series. Includes links to educational resources, bibliography, games, puzzles, and video clips.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: Canada experiences tensions and tragedy on the home front during the First World War. Shoddy war supplies scandals, enemy immigrant detainment camps, and a huge conscription crisis would turn Canada into a battleground of social and political turmoil.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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Description: An electronic reproduction of the oil on canvas artwork, "Camouflaged Huts, Villers-au-Bois," created by A.Y. Jackson in 1917.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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Description: The United States and Great Britain signed the Rush-Bagot Treaty in 1817 and peace settled between Canada and United States. Despite this agreement, both sides remained wary and built defensive installations to facilitate the transport of troops and supplies in preparation for possible future disputes.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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Description: An electronic reproduction of the watercolour on paper artwork, Untitled (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Switchboard Operator), created by Margaret Kathleen MacLoed.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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Description: An electronic reproduction of the gouache on paper artwork, Halifax Landing on Runway 22, created by Aba Bayefsky in 1945.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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Description: Online article describes the transformation of Newfoundland into a "garrison country" during World War Two and the economic, political and social consequences of this. Includes reading list.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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Description: Throughout the Second World War, the Royal Canadian Navy (R.C.N.), the Canadian Merchant Navy, and the immense output of Canadian industry proved vital in the costly Allied victory. To maintain its war effort, Great Britain imported enormous quantities of supplies by sea. Halifax was the main port on the east coast of North America from where convoys of merchant ships sailed together for the hazardous trans-Atlantic crossing.
Site: Canadian War Museum
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