Montreal’s radio stations and newspapers provided extensive coverage of the war, relying on wire services to supply daily bulletins. Most were credited to Canadian Press (CP) which…… Read more “Chapter V: Distant War”
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Chapter IV: Mobilization
News of the German invasion of Poland reached Montreal in the early hours of 1 September in time for the morning papers and radio news. There was…… Read more “Chapter IV: Mobilization”
Chapter III: Appeasement
Throughout the 1930s the daily newspapers and radio provided detailed reports and commentary on world events based on dispatches from international wire services. The Japanese conquest of…… Read more “Chapter III: Appeasement”
Chapter I – Metropolis
On the third day of January 1938, the city awoke to a typical cold dark morning. Sunrise was at 7:35 a.m., but the temperature stayed below freezing…… Read more “Chapter I – Metropolis”
Montreal at War 