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1 online resource (193 pages) |
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text file |
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Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; One: Background to War; Two: How to Raise a Battalion; Three: Soldiers versus Citizens; Four: Change the Name!; Five: The Tappert Skirmish; Six: Defeat at Queen's Park; Seven: Victory at Queen's Park; Eight: The Referendum Battle; Nine: The Vote; Ten: Kitchener Wins; Eleven: Mopping Up; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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 parsonage. O. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kitchener (Ont.) -- History.
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Kitchener (Ont.) -- Name.
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Ontario -- Kitchener.
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History.
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chadwick, W.R. Battle for Berlin, Ontario : An Historical Drama. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006 9780889202269 |
| ISBN |
9780889208612 (electronic book) |
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0889208611 (electronic book) |
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