Military History

Home

Articles

Military History

Origins of the Battle of Quebec

(3 votes, average 5.00 out of 5)

Written by Ben Williams

Monday, 03 August 2009

The Battle of Quebec Quiz will display here when the webpage loads.

The 13th September sees the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Quebec, which saw the beginning of the end of French rule in Canada as well as the death of the British General who conquered Canada, James Wolfe.

The Battle of Quebec was part of a seven year conflict between Great Britain and her allies and France and her allies The Seven Year War. As well as the North American front (present day Canada), where the Battle of Quebec took place, the war spread through Europe, India and the Caribbean.

Recent Military History Articles

Vichy and Pétain

Hitler's troops had invaded France on May 10, 1940. A month later, having swept aside French resistance and dispatched the British forces at Dunkirk, the swastika was flying over the Arc du Triomphe.

France surrenders
On June 17, the French Prime Minister, Paul Reynaud, resigned, to be replaced by 84-year-old Marshal Philippe Pétain, hero of the 1916 battle of Verdun. Pétain’s first acts were to seek an armistice with the Germans and order Reynaud’s arrest. On June 22, 50 miles north-east of Paris, the French officially surrendered, the ceremony taking place in the same spot and in the same railway carriage that the Germans had surrendered to the French in 1918.
...... Read More
Record of the conversation between Winston Churchill and General de Gaulle on 4th June 1944

On June 4th 1944, Winston Churchill met with the exiled General de Gaulle to appraise him of the plans for the forthcoming Operation 'Overlord' (the D-Day Normandy Landings). Here you'll find the transcript of that conversation as reported to the War Cabinet, along with images of the transcript itself.
...... Read More
Essential Reading: Dunkirk

This year will bring round many World War Two 70th Anniversaries of key moments in Britain’s survival against the seemingly unstoppable march of Nazi aggression across Europe. The events of May 1940 and the successful evacuation of the BEF from Northern France will stand through time as a moment of national importance; much has been written on these events so we take a look at some of the best books written on subject of Dunkirk. Some of them will be familiar to you, others may not. All are worth taking the time to read.
...... Read More
Act of Surrender of the Third Reich - 1945

After 6 years of war, the unconditional surrender of the German Third Reich was signed in the early hours of Monday, May 7th 1945 at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) at Reims in northeastern France. Present were representatives of the four Allied Powers — France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States— along with the three German officers delegated by German President Karl Doenitz — General Alfred Jodl, who alone had been authorised to sign the surrender document; Major Wilhelm Oxenius, an aide to Jodl; and Admiral Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, one of the German chief negotiators. Lieutenant General Walter Bedell Smith, SHAEF chief of staff, led the Allied delegation as the representative of General Eisenhower, who had refused to meet with the Germans until the surrender had been accomplished.
...... Read More

Videos
Podcasts
Top 10 Books

Famous Quotes

" In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. "

Erasmus

What We're Reading

Pete: Don't Panic: Britain Prepares For Invasion 1940

Jonny: Total War: Great Battles of the 20th Century

Bob: The Battle of Waterloo