From Burton to Barton, part 23: Mobilizing for WWII

For Trois-Rivières and Trifluvians, World War II was very different from WWI.  During the Second World War, the whole town was mobilized for the war effort, whereas in the previous war all the trouble had seemed far away for a lot of the population.  Julie and François discuss the build up to the war, and many of the ways the city changed during the war.  There were training grounds and POW camps; factories changed their productions; and the Cap de la Madeleine airport was converted for the war effort, drawing people from all over Canada.  François also tells the story of an epic and legendary snowball fight that went on between two neighbourhoods in 3R.  This episode has its share of surprising detail and local anecdotes about the war years.