A collection of Dr. Collins’s research papers, articles, and media
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Research Papers
• The 59th (Nfld) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery in Normandy after D-Day, 1944 (PDF)
• The Gibraltar of America: Why the Militarization of Newfoundland during the Second World War Led to Union with Canada in 1949 (PDF)
• One Empire, One Navy: The Creation and Early Years of the Royal Canadian Navy, with Selected Literature Review (PDF)
• Its Greatest Defense and Ornament: The Royal Navy on the Eve of the Second World War (PDF)
• Splendid Isolation: Prime Minister Mackenzie King’s “No Commitments” Policy in the Years Before The Second World War (PDF)
• A Slaughter of Ships – Naval Strategies and Tactics during the Second World War: The Role of U-Boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, 1939 – 1943 (PDF)
• An Obscure Little Organisation: HMS Ferret, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, and the Royal Canadian Navy During the Second World War (PDF)
• Subs, Spies, and Weather Stations: U-Boat Activity off Canada’s East Coast During The Second World War (PDF)
• The Brink of Defeat: The Myth of German Success in the Battle of the Atlantic During The Second World War (PDF)
Journal Articles
• First Line of Defence: The Establishment and Development of St. John’s, Newfoundland as The Royal Canadian Navy’s Premier Escort Base in the Second World War (PDF)
• “Canada’s Plan to Torch St. John’s” During The Second World War: Upper Canadian Arrogance or Tabloid Journalism (PDF)
• Fortress Newfoundland: How the Fear of Nazi Attack Turned Newfoundland Into an Armed Camp During The Second World War (PDF)
• The Battle for Bell Island: The U-boat Attacks at Wabana, Bell Island in the Fall of 1942 and Their Impact on the People of Newfoundland (PDF)
Online Articles
• “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”: The Tragedy of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment at Beaumont-Hamel, 1 July 1916 (External Link)
• Origins of a Myth: Canada’s Scorched Earth Policy For St. John’s, Newfoundland During the Second World War (External Link)
• The Newfyjohn Solution: St. John’s, Newfoundland’s Role in the Battle of the Atlantic During The Second World War (External Link)
• End of the Beginning: Nazi Spies and the Deadly Christmas Fire at the Knights of Columbus Hostel, St. John’s, Newfoundland, During the Second World War (External Link)
• Déjà Vu: The Second U-Boat Attack at Bell Island, Newfoundland During The Second World War (External Link)
• Wrong Place, Wrong Time: The Sinking of the Newfoundland Passenger Ferry Caribou During The Second World War (External Link)
• Newfoundland’s Darkest Hour During The Second World War…Fall 1942 (External Link)
• Newfoundland’s Role in the Second World War: The War at Sea (External Link)
• Trip of Memories: 2001 Canadian First and Second World War Battlefield Study Tour (External Link)
• The Gibraltar of America: Why the Militarization of Newfoundland During the Second World War Led to Union With Canada, 31 March 1949 (External Link)
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Threat of Sea Dumped Munitions off Canada’s East Coast (External Link)
• Crisis in the Atlantic During The Second World War: The March 1943 Battle for Convoys SC122-HX229 and the Vindication of the Royal Canadian Navy (External Link)
• Canadian History, or Not? The 59th (Newfoundland) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, on D-Day and Beyond (External Link)
Media
• CBC Radio: Canada’s Plan to Torch St. John’s During the Second World War – Fact or Fiction? (mp3)
• CBC Radio: Is There Really a U-Boat in the Churchill River, Labrador? (mp3)
• CBC Radio: RCN Removes WWII Ordnance From Bell Island Wrecks (mp3)
Other Newfoundland Research Papers and Articles by Dr. Collins
• Bonavista 1727: Rev. Henry Jones and Newfoundland’s First School (PDF)
• No Other Choice: Industrial Disease and the St. Lawrence Fluorspar Mines, 1933-2011 (PDF)
• Not a Strike But a Civil War: The International Woodworkers Of America (IWA) Loggers’ Strike And The Badger Riot, 10 March 1959 (PDF)
• James J Collins: Forgotten Radio Pioneer (PDF)
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