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Newfoundland in World War II

  • Atlantic CharterOn the 9th of August 1941, the British battleship HMS Prince of Wales steamed into Placentia Bay. Winston Churchill stood on its deck as it met the American…
  • Destroyers-for-bases dealBy late June 1940, France had surrendered to Germany and Italy. The British Empire and the Commonwealth stood alone in warfare against Hitler and Mussolini.