Recherche dans la collection - Garner, Hugh - Interview

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: SPANISH CIVIL WAR ORAL HISTORY TAPES

1978-0187

Enregistrement sonore

3 of 3

1964-12-21/1965-02-22

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Interview of Hugh Garner, freelance writer and Spanish Civil War veteran, recorded on two occasions, about his experiences in the Spanish Civil War. He speaks about: his reasons for going to Spain; his recruitment by the Canadian Communist Pary; his journey to Spain; his service in the Spanish Civil War; description of battles; his fellow soldiers; his conduct during the war; the journey back to Canada; the role of the Communists in the war; various battles; poor military leadership by the battalion commander; activites in the trenches; battle conditions; logistics of the Loyalist offensive; International Brigade; Russians; reasons for the defeat of the Loyalist forces; his transfer to a labour battalion; his short stay with an anarchist battalion; the battle of Bernetti; his being discharged for shell-shock; his journey home; and life in the International Brigade.

English

Libre

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GAD 0FD547

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