Download or read book The Crucible of War 1939 1945 written by Brereton Greenhous and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.

Download or read book A Nation Forged in Fire written by J. L. Granatstein and published by Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Canadian soldiers fought and died in World War II, Canada itself was changing. Ottawa was forced to turn to the United States for economic and strategic aid; women entered the work force; industry boomed; and old traditions and loyalties were swept away.

Download or read book Greatcoats and Glamour Boots written by Carolyn Gossage and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colourful story of Canadas "forgotten women" who volunteered for service during the Second World War.

Download or read book Veterans Charter and Post World War II Canada written by Peter Neary and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part history and part social commentary, this book examines the repatriation of Canada's WWII veterans with a collection of essays by 11 historians. Topics include the administration of the return of Canadian soldiers from Europe after VE--Day, the philosophy and benefits of the Veterans Charter, veterans' rights, educational opportunities for returning vets, and the rehabilitation of veterans with disabilities. Includes bandw photographs. Appends the complete text of Back to Civil Life, a 1946 repatriation manual. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Canadian Forces in World War II written by René Chartrand and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2001-12-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada was the first Commonwealth country to send troops to Britain in 1939. During 1939-45 hundreds of thousands of Canadians - more than 40 per cent of the male population between the ages of 18 and 45, and virtually all of them volunteers - enlisted. Canadians fought with tragic courage at Hong Kong and Dieppe; with growing strength and confidence in Sicily, Italy and Normandy; and finally provided an entire Army for the liberation of NW Europe. This concise account of an extraordinary national effort in the cause of freedom is supported by data tables, photos, and eight colour plates by Canada's most knowledgeable military illustrator.

Download or read book Military relations between the United States and Canada 1939 1945 written by Stanley W. Dziuban and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book One Soldier s Story 1939 1945 written by George S. MacDonell and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a seventeen year old boy who ran away from home to join the Canadian Army at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It describes the fateful adventures of two regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese, and the courage of two thousand young soldiers who, when faced with an impossible task thousands of miles from home, behaved with honour and distinction. Though they lost the battle of Hong Kong, they succeeded in showing the world the mettle of which they were made.

Download or read book The Good Fight written by J. L. Granatstein and published by Copp Clark Professional. This book was released on 1995 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Relations Between the United States and Canada 1939 1945 written by Stanley W. Dziuban and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On to Victory written by Mark Zuehlke and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2010 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," which saw the country's liberation from German occupation. The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation's freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead. With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the combat experience, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II.

Download or read book The Royal Canadian Air Force at War 1939 1945 written by Larry Milberry and published by Canav Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grand Canadian aviation book gives detailed coverage to the Royal Canadian Air Force, both at home and overseas, in World War II. Besides its hefty text, the book counts more than 1500 photographs. The focus is on the people who comprised the RCAF at the time, the aircraft they flew and maintained, their many tasks, and the host of places they served during six hectic years of fighting.

Download or read book Out of the Shadows written by Brereton Greenhous and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1996-07-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1977 this accessible general overview of Canada's contribution to the Second World War and of the war's effect on Canada's evolution. This revised edition incorporates new information, particularly in the realms of intelligence and cipher, allowing new interpretations of policies and operations. It also makes new judgements on Canadian generalship.

Download or read book Uncertain Horizons written by Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War and published by Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World War = Comité canadien d'Histoire de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. This book was released on 1997 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Crucible of War 1939 1945 written by Brereton Greenhous and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Canada s War written by J. L. Granatstein and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1975 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Battle Exhaustion written by J. T. Copp and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1990 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Canadian troops cracked mentally, their commanders could not understand that strict discipline and good training were not enough to keep battle exhaustion in check. Some Canadian doctors, using energy and common sense, understood the problem better.

Download or read book Voices of a War Remembered written by Bill McNeil and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Canadian contribution to victory in the Second World War is a legacy of which Canadians are proud. but time passes; the detaila of that era grow dim, and individual stories need to be saved for future generations. Voices of A War Remembered is a collection of these stories.