Download or read book Canadians Behind Enemy Lines 1939 1945 written by Roy MacLaren and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in occupied countries. At the behest of two British secret services, these men made language and custom their costumes. They risked their lives assisting resistance groups in sabotage and ambush missions or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied territories. Quiet heroes of the war, these bold Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. This is a study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.
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 The Last Good War written by J. L. Granatstein and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dieppe, Ortona, Normandy, the Scheldt -- more than sixty years after they were fought, these World War II battles remain indelibly engraved in Canadian memory. They are remembered as part of "the good fight," a war in which Canadians took a stand for all humanity. Using a wealth of first-person accounts and rarely seen illustrations, one of Canada's most respected historians tells the story of how the nation became involved in World War II, how it fought the war and how it emerged as a united, prosperous nation and a respected "middle power" on the world stage. Commemorating the 60th anniversary of VE Day, The Last Good War tells these stories in a way that will appeal to readers young and old. It is superbly illustrated with fresh material including 164 black and white and more than 50 full-colour photographs and maps gathered primarily from the collections of the Canadian War Museum.
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 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 Six War Years 1939 1945 written by Barry Broadfoot and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Barry Broadfood has travelled across Canada with his tape recorder again, this time asking people: 'What did you do in the war?' Hundreds of anonymous Canadians replied to that question, and theirs are the voices heard in this new book." -- Publisher.
Download or read book A Country of Limitations 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 1996 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada at War written by J.L. Granatstein and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This essay collection traces the sustained work over the past fifty years of the foremost historian of Canadian politics in the era of the two world wars.
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 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadians at War 1939 1945 Teacher s Guide written by Donald M. Santor and published by Prentice Hall Canada. This book was released on 1980-01-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canada and the Two World Wars written by J. L. Granatstein and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two classic examinations of Canada at war, together in a single volume. Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War, 1914-1919 and A Nation Forged in Fire: Canadians and the Second World War, 1939-1945 remain classic examinations of Canada's wartime experience. In Canada and the Two World Wars, these two important books are brought together in one volume, featuring a new introduction by the authors, two of the most distinguished historians in Canada. The First World War helped to create a Canadian nation. The war was a catalyst for almost every imaginable change--from skirt lengths and sexual mores to the role of government within Canada and Canada's role within the British Empire. Much more than a military history, Marching to Armageddon evocatively recreates the effects of the war years on ordinary Canadians. All facets of war are brought home through vivid images and incisive text. A Nation Forged in Fire provides an in-depth look at the changes the Second World War brought to Canada. While Canadian soldiers fought and died in foreign lands, women moved into the workforce, industry boomed and the country became a major supplier of food and armaments. For their part, politicians used the country's new clout to demand a voice in international decisions. Old traditions and loyalties were swept aside, and the country would never be the same.
Download or read book Occupied St John s written by Steven C. High and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories and memories of those who lived through the Second World War in Newfoundland.
Download or read book Canada s Visual History written by Fredric Gaffen and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Half million written by Charles Perry Stacey and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This social history of the Canadian soldier in Britain is based on soldiers' diaries and war censors' reports. It includes chapters on the relationship between Canadian soldiers and British women, and Canadian soldiers in trouble with the law.
Download or read book Occupied St John s written by Steven High and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 1941, the hulking twenty-one thousand ton troopship Edmund B. Alexander docked in St John's harbor, carrying a thousand American soldiers sent to join the thousands of Canadian troops protecting Newfoundland against attack by Germany. France had fallen, Great Britain was fighting for its survival, and Newfoundland - then a dominion of Britain - was North America's first line of defence. Although the German invasion never came, St John's found itself occupied by both Allied Canadian and American forces.
Download or read book The Pictorial History of Canada s Army Overseas 1939 1945 written by Blair Gilmour and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official History Of The Canadian Medical Services 1939 1945 written by W R Feasby and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive history of the Canadian Medical Services during the Second World War provides both a detailed account of their actions and a broader analysis of the role of military medicine during wartime. It covers the major campaigns and battles in which the Medical Services were involved, as well as the organizational and logistical challenges they faced. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, this book is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in military history or the history of medicine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
