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The Battle for Berlin, Ontario
W. R. Chadwick
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Description for The Battle for Berlin, Ontario
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 3JJF; HBG; HBTB; HBWN; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
In August 1914, Berlin, Ontario, settled largely by people of German origin, was a thriving, peaceful city. By the spring of 1915 it was a city torn apart by the tensions of war. By September 1916, Berlin had become Kitchener. It began with the need to raise a battalion of 1,100 men to support the British war effort.
In August 1914, Berlin, Ontario, settled largely by people of German origin, was a thriving, peaceful city. By the spring of 1915 it was a city torn apart by the tensions of war. By September 1916, Berlin had become Kitchener. It began with the need to raise a battalion of 1,100 men to support the British war effort.
Meeting with resistance from a peace-loving community and spurred on by the jingoistic nationalism that demanded troops to fight the hated ""Hun,"" frustrated soldiers began assaulting citizens in the streets and, on one infamous occasion, a Lutheran clergyman in his ... Read more
This is the story of the men and women involved in these battles, the soldiers, the civic officials, the business leaders, and the innocent bystanders, and how they behaved in the face of conditions they had never before experienced.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press Canada
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
ISBN
9780889202269
SKU
V9780889202269
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99-15
About W. R. Chadwick
W.R. Chadwick taught drama at the University of Waterloo. He has written several plays, including Emma Orr which won the Ontario Playwight's Showcase, The Cyclone, and A Question of Degree, winner of the National Playwriting Competition. He has also won a CBC Radio Literary Award for his poetry.
Reviews for The Battle for Berlin, Ontario
"It is a very good read. Particularly notable is his fine sense of detail, from which many a historian could learn a lesson or two.... Chadwick's book (like the play) is intended primarily for a popular audience. Both works deserve a substantial audience, and not just from Kitchener, for what they suffer in historical objectivity is largely offset by their ... Read more