Canadians Behind Enemy Lines 1939 1945

Author : Roy MacLaren
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774842419

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Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945 by Roy MacLaren Pdf

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 : Roy MacLaren
Publisher : Vancouver, B.C. : Crane Library
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Escapes
ISBN : OCLC:633631028

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Canadians Behind Enemy Lines, 1939-1945 [sound Recording] by Roy MacLaren Pdf

Author : Donald M. Santor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Canada
ISBN : OCLC:1012173490

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Canadians at War, 1939-1945 by Donald M. Santor Pdf

Author : Nathan M. Greenfield
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 471 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Prisoners of war
ISBN : OCLC:1288392698

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The Forgotten by Nathan M. Greenfield Pdf

True stories of Canadian servicemen, merchant mariners and civilians who survived imprisonment behind enemy lines during the Second World War.

Author : Barry Broadfoot
Publisher : Don Mills, Ont. : PaperJacks
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : PSU:000005067053

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Six War Years, 1939-1945 by Barry Broadfoot Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:670303029

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The Canadians at War 1939-1945 by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781538102565

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Historical Dictionary of World War II by Anne Sharp Wells Pdf

Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War Against Japan, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and 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.

Author : J. L. Granatstein,Desmond Morton
Publisher : Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89058486564

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A Nation Forged in Fire by J. L. Granatstein,Desmond Morton Pdf

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.

Author : Rebecca Kenneison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350118584

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The Special Operations Executive in Malaya by Rebecca Kenneison Pdf

During World War II, agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) infiltrated Japanese-occupied Malaya. There they worked with Malayan guerrilla groups, including the communist-sponsored Malayan Peoples Anti-Japanese Army (MPAJA), regarded as the precursor of the communist insurgent army of the Malayan Emergency. This book traces the development of SOE's Malayan operations, and analyses the interactions between SOE and the various guerrilla groups. It explores the reasons for and the extent of Malay disillusionment with Japanese rule, and demonstrates how guerrilla service acted as a training ground for some later Malay leaders of the independent nation. However, the reports written about the MPAJA by SOE operatives just after the war failed to draw out the likely future threat posed by the communists to the returning colonial administration. Rebecca Kenneison shows that the British possessed a wealth of local information, but failed to convert it into active intelligence in the period prior to the Malayan Emergency. In doing so she provides new insights into the impact of SOE on Malayan politics, the nature of Malayan communism's challenge to colonial rule, and British post-war intelligence in Malaya.

Author : Asa McKercher
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350036789

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Canada and the World since 1867 by Asa McKercher Pdf

This book is a history of Canada's role in the world as well as the impact of world events on Canada. Starting from the country's quasi-independence from Britain in 1867, its analysis moves through events in Canadian and global history to the present day. Looking at Canada's international relations from the perspective of elite actors and normal people alike, this study draws on original research and the latest work on Canadian international and transnational history to examine Canadians' involvement with a diverse mix of issues, from trade and aid, to war and peace, to human rights and migration. The book traces four inter-connected themes: independence and growing estrangement from Britain; the longstanding and ongoing tensions created by ever-closer relations with the United States; the huge movement of people from around the world into Canada; and the often overlooked but significant range of Canadian contacts with the non-Western world. With an emphasis on the reciprocal nature of Canada's involvement in world affairs, ultimately it is the first work to blend international and transnational approaches to the history of Canadian international relations.

Author : Timothy Wilford
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780774821247

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Canada's Road to the Pacific War by Timothy Wilford Pdf

In December 1941, Japan attacked multiple targets in the Far East and the Pacific, including Canadian battalions in Hong Kong. This intriguing account of Canadian intelligence gathering and strategic planning on the eve of the crisis dispels the assumption that the Allies were totally unprepared for war. Canadians worked closely with their US and Allied counterparts to uncover Japan's intentions and to develop a strategic plan for defence. By highlighting Canada's role as a Pacific power, this book sheds new light both on the Pacific War and on events that led to the creation of the Grand Alliance.

Author : Theodore Barris,Ted Barris,Alex Barris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0771573014

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Days of Victory by Theodore Barris,Ted Barris,Alex Barris Pdf

In the spring of '45, peace was in the air, in Canada and in Europe. When VE Day finally came, it erupted with glorious celebrations, tears, and cries of victory. It was a sweet day and a bitter one for millions of people whose lives had been forever changed. This day, and long days of war that led to it, are brought to life in Days of Victory. More than 300 Canadians tell their own stories of the Second World War -- stories of courage, sacrifice, tragedy, and glory. It was one of the most trying times in Canadian history, and these ordinary men and women rose to the extraordinary challenge laid before them. Their stories are celebrated here, woven into a compelling narrative of the Canadian wartime experience, bringing the past vividly to life.--Dust jacket.

Author : Philip LaGrandeur
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1551251108

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We Flew, We Fell, We Lived by Philip LaGrandeur Pdf

Torture, survival and escape. These three elements encompass We Flew, We Fell, We Lived, which recounts the experiences of Royal Canadian Air Force ex-prisoners of war and evaders from the Second World War. Forty Canadian officers and men from Bomber Command offer their personal accounts of the German treatment of allied air force personnel and the organization of PoW camps.The first of four sections has each PoW's story arranged by the camp in which he was held. The notorious Great Escape is covered in detail, based on the testimony of several of the Canadians involved. The evader section includes Canadians shot down behind enemy lines who escaped through Sweden, the Comet Line to Spain, and through Italy. One man gives a riveting description of his torture in the infamous Fresnes prison in Paris and his survival of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The last section covers the forced marches of air force PoWs in the last months of the war.Together, all the stories create a complex expose of PoW culture illustrated by two hundred photographs, maps, and artwork from various Stalag lufts (many previously unpublished). Never have there been so many comprehensive personal accounts of PoWs in one book.

Author : Donald M. Santor
Publisher : Prentice Hall Canada
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1980-01-01
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 0131135309

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Canadians at War, 1939-1945 : Teacher's Guide by Donald M. Santor Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1772 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Canada
ISBN : OSU:32435026243394

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Canadiana by Anonim Pdf