- Description
- 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustration, portraits.
- Summary
- The relationship between Canada and France has always been complicated by the Canadian federal government's relations with Quebec. In this first study of Franco-Canadian relations during the Second World War, Olivier Courteaux demonstrates how Canada's wartime foreign policy was shaped by the country's internal divides. As Courteaux shows, Quebec's vocal nationalist minority came to openly support France's fascist Vichy regime and resented Canada's involvement in a 'British' war, while English Canada was largely sympathetic to de Gaulle's Free French movement and accepted its duty to aid embattled Mother Britain. Meanwhile, on the world stage, Canada deftly juggled ties with both French factions to appease Great Britain and the United States before eventually giving full support to the Free French movement.
- Uniform Title
- Canada between Vichy and Free France, 1940-1945 (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Canada between Vichy and Free France, 1940-1945 (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2014431525
- OCLC
- ssj0001141068
- Author
Courteaux, Olivier.
- Title
Canada between Vichy and Free France, 1940-1945 [electronic resource] / Olivier Courteaux.
- Imprint
Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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