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Author : T. W. Melnyk
Publisher : Department of National Defence
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081348109
Author : Angus C. Hamilton
Publisher : Douglas, N.B. : ACH Publishing
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025190716
Author : T. W. Melnyk
Publisher : Department of National Defence
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015031926242
Author : Canada. Department of National Defence,Canada. Ministère de la défense nationale. Service historique,Melnyk, T. W
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Aéronautique militaire
ISBN : 0660004194
Author : Brereton Greenhous,Sydney F. Wise,Canada. Department of National Defence,Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force,Stephen J. Harris,William C. Johnston,William C. Rawling
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1148 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0802005748
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.
Author : Roy MacLaren
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774842419
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.
Author : Robert H. Farquharson
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9781412015363
Explores the causes of the Burma War, tells the story of its course, and reveals for the first time the surprisingly significant role Canada and Canadians played in it.
Author : Jonathan F. Vance
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774842792
Fifteen thousand Canadians were captured during Canada's twientieth-century wars. They experienced the bewilderment that accompanied the moment of capture, the humiliation of being completely in the captor's power, and the sense of stagnating in a backwater while the rest of the world moved forward. Jonathan Vance provides the first comprehensive account of how the Canadian government and non-governmental organizations have dealt with the problems of prisoners of war, examining Canada's role in the formation of aspects of international law, the growth and activities of national and local philanthropic agencies, and the efforts of ex-prisoners to secure compensation for the long-term effects of captivity.
Author : Brereton Greenhous,W.A.B. Douglas
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1996-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781554882601
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.
Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143193043
Co-winner of the 2014-2015 Charles P. Stacey Award Tim Cook, Canada’s leading war historian, ventures deep into World War Two in this epic two-volume story of heroism and horror, of loss and longing, sacrifice and endurance. Written in Cook’s compelling narrative style, this book shows in impressive detail how soldiers, airmen, and sailors fought—the evolving tactics, weapons of war, logistics, and technology. It gauges Canadian effectiveness against the skilled enemy whom they confronted in battlefields from 1939 to 1943, from the sweltering heat of Sicily to the frigid North Atlantic, and from the urban warfare of Ortona to the dark skies over Germany. The Necessary War examines the equally important factors of morale, discipline, and fortitude of the Canadian citizen-soldiers. The war was an engine of transformation for Canada. With a population of fewer than twelve million, Canada embraced its role as an arsenal of democracy, exporting war supplies, feeding its allies, and raising a million-strong armed forces that served and fought in nearly every theatre of war. The nation was mobilized like never before in the fight to preserve the liberal democratic order. The six-year-long exertion caused disruption, provoked nationwide industrialization, ushered in changes to gender roles, exacerbated the tension between English and French, and forged a new sense of Canadian identity. Canadians were willing to bear almost any burden and to pay the ultimate price in the pursuit of victory. As with his award-winning two-volume series on WWI, Tim Cook uses original sources, letters from soldiers, rare documents, and maps of battlefields to illustrate the contributions and sacrifices made by what is often called the greatest generation. Magisterial in its scope, The Necessary War illuminates Canada’s past as never before. From the Western Front to the home front, Canadians served many roles in a war that had to be fought and won.
Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780810870260
World War II dominates world history today as it dominated world attention over 60 years ago. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia and Pacific; and the other, initiated by Germany and Italy, was contested mainly in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic. The A to Z of World War II: The War Against Japan traces the brutal conflict from Japan's seizure of Chinese territory in 1931, through the onset of war with the Western Allies in 1941, to the use of atomic weapons by the United States in 1945. It also addresses the aftermath of the war including the formation of the United Nations and the American occupation of Japan. As the first of two volumes covering World War II, this volume concentrates on the war in Asia and the Pacific so the user benefits from the comprehensive explanations of the people, places, and events that shaped much of that region's 20th-century history.
Author : Charles Stephenson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Maritime
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526783622
The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theater it was sent to protect, it has no place in the popular consciousness of the naval history of the Second World War. So Charles Stephenson’s deeply researched and absorbing narrative gives this forgotten fleet the recognition it deserves. British prewar naval planning for the Far East is part of the story, as is the disastrous loss of the battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse in 1941, but the body of the book focuses on the new fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir James Somerville, and its operations against the Japanese navy and aircraft as well as Japanese and German submarines. Later in the war, once the fleet had been reinforced with an American aircraft carrier, it was strong enough to take more aggressive actions against the Japanese, and these are described in vivid detail. Charles Stephenson’s authoritative study should appeal to readers who have a special interest in the war with Japan, in naval history more generally and Royal Navy in particular.
Author : Floyd Williston
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1896182445
Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538102565
World War II was the largest and most costly conflict in history, the first true global war. Fought on land, on sea, and in the air, it involved numerous countries and killed, maimed, or displaced millions of people, both civilian and military, around the world. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia and the Pacific; and the other, initiated by Germany and Italy, was contested mainly in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic. This book focuses on the lesser known war, the war with Japan. It begins with Japan’s seizure of Manchuria from China in 1931 and covers Japan’s ambitious attacks on Pearl Harbor and other territories ten years later, the use of atomic bombs on Japan’s cities, and the end of the Allied occupation of Japan in 1952. Although Japan renounced war in its 1947 constitution, conflict continued across Asia, as former colonies fought for independence and civil war engulfed other areas. Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War Against Japan, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on the military, diplomatic, political, social, economic, and scientific aspects of the war, in addition to the lives of the people who participated in and directed the war. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the war against Japan during World War II.
