The Red Watch With The First Canadian Division In Flanders

Author : John Allister Currie
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 274 pages
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Release : 2022-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547350309

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"The Red Watch": With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by John Allister Currie Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of ""The Red Watch": With the First Canadian Division in Flanders" by John Allister Currie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : J. A. Currie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1696539412

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"The Red Watch" by J. A. Currie Pdf

Originally published in 1916. Personal narrative. World War I. With Illustrations.

Author : Currie John Allister
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1318963796

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The Red Watch' by Currie John Allister Pdf

Author : John Allister Currie
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1333927959

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"The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders (Classic Reprint) by John Allister Currie Pdf

Excerpt from "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Where anything is omitted it must be borne in mind that the author cannot give any information of a military char acter which might assist the enemy while the war is in progress. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Currie John Allister
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015965628

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The Red Watch With the First Canadian Division in Flanders by Currie John Allister Pdf

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Author : John Allister Currie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Canada
ISBN : IND:32000007301775

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"The Red Watch" by John Allister Currie Pdf

Author : George H. Cassar
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459704855

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Hell in Flanders Fields by George H. Cassar Pdf

On 22 April 1915, the men of the 1st Canadian Division faced chlorine gas, a new lethal weapon against which they had no defence. In defiance of a particularly horrible death, or, at the very least, severe lung injury, these untested Canadians fought almost continuously for four days, often hand-to-hand, as they clung stubbornly against overwhelming odds to a vital part of the Allied line after the French units on their left fled in panic. By doing so, they saved 50,000 troops in the Ypres salient from almost certain destruction, and, in addition, prevented the momentum of the war from tipping in favour of the Germans. In this new, deeply researched account, the distinguished military historian George H. Cassar skillfully blends into the history of the battle the graphic and moving words of the men on the front line. Illustrated with outstanding photographs and numerous maps, and drawing from diaries, letters, and documents from every level of planning, Hell in Flanders Fields is an authoritative, gripping drama of politics, strategy, and human courage.

Author : Andrew Iarocci
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802098221

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Shoestring Soldiers by Andrew Iarocci Pdf

The Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. Shoestring Soldiers is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada's initial overseas experience from late 1914 to the end of 1915. In this exciting new work, Andrew Iarocci challenges the dominant view that the 1st Canadian Division was poorly prepared for war in 1914, and less than effective during battles in 1915. He examines the first generations of men to serve overseas with the division: their training, leadership, morale, and combat operations from Salisbury Plain to the Ypres Salient, from the La Bassée Canal to Ploegsteert Wood. Iarocci contends that setbacks and high losses in battle were not so much the products of poor training and weak leadership as they were of inadequate material resources on the Western Front. Shoestring Soldiers incorporates a wealth of research material from official documents, soldiers' letters and diaries, and the battlefields themselves, surveyed extensively by the author. It marks an important contribution to the growing body of literature on Canada in the First World War.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2240 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015558286

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The Publishers Weekly by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert J. Sharpe
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442697256

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The Last Day, The Last Hour by Robert J. Sharpe Pdf

On 11 November 1918, the last day of the Great War, the Canadian Corps, led by Sir Arthur Currie, liberated Mons after four years of German occupation. The push to Mons in the last days and weeks of the war had cost many lives. Long after the war, Currie was blamed by many for needlessly wasting those lives. When the Port Hope Evening Guide published an editorial in 1927 repeating this charge, Currie was incensed. Against the advice of his friends, he decided to sue for libel and retained W.N. Tilley, Q.C., the leading lawyer of the day, to plead his case. First published in 1988, The Last Day, the Last Hour reconstructs the events - military and legal - that led to the trial and the trial itself, one of the most sensational courtroom battles in Canadian history, involving many prominent legal, military and political figures of the 1920s. Now back in print with a new preface by the author, judge and legal scholar Robert J. Sharpe, The Last Day, the Last Hour remains the definitive account of a landmark legal case.

Author : William F. Stewart
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780773598003

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The Embattled General by William F. Stewart Pdf

Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Turner (1871-1961) was a capable but controversial Canadian general who played a critical role in the development of the Canadian Corps up to 1917 and contributed significantly to its success thereafter. Despite his many accomplishments (including being awarded the Victoria Cross), Turner is often portrayed as a political appointee and repeated failure - representations that ignore, minimize, or misconstrue his successes as a combat commander and head of Canadian forces in England. In The Embattled General, William Stewart reveals Turner's tactical, operational, and administrative contributions to the Canadian war effort. Uniquely, Turner held senior commands in both combat arms and administration. Stewart narrates and analyzes Turner's successes and failures in the Boer War and the First World War's battles of Ypres, Festubert, St Eloi, and the Somme. He also studies Turner's career after his transfer to command Canadian forces in England in December 1916, where Turner reformed an administration in chaos. After the war, Turner post-war played a key role in the formation of the Royal Canadian Legion. Based on exhaustive research from over 1,200 volumes of material, including many previously untouched sources, The Embattled General provides a balanced and just re-evaluation of Turner, identifying his merits as well as his flaws.

Author : Larry Gray
Publisher : GeneralStore PublishingHouse
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1894263243

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We are the Dead by Larry Gray Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1930 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Barbados
ISBN : MINN:31951001416479M

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Who's who in Canada by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kellen Kurschinski,Steve Marti,Alicia Robinet,Matt Symes,Jonathan F. Vance
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781771120517

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The Great War by Kellen Kurschinski,Steve Marti,Alicia Robinet,Matt Symes,Jonathan F. Vance Pdf

The Great War: From Memory to History offers a new look at the multiple ways the Great War has been remembered and commemorated through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first. Drawing on contributions from history, cultural studies, film, and literary studies this collection offers fresh perspectives on the Great War and its legacy at the local, national, and international levels. More importantly, it showcases exciting new research on the experiences and memories of “forgotten” participants who have often been ignored in dominant narratives or national histories. Contributors to this international study highlight the transnational character of memory-making in the Great War’s aftermath. No single memory of the war has prevailed, but many symbols, rituals, and expressions of memory connect seemingly disparate communities and wartime experiences. With groundbreaking new research on the role of Aboriginal peoples, ethnic minorities, women, artists, historians, and writers in shaping these expressions of memory, this book will be of great interest to readers from a variety of national and academic backgrounds.

Author : Tim Cook
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780735233119

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At the Sharp End Volume One by Tim Cook Pdf

The first comprehensive history of Canadians in WWI in forty years, and already hailed as the definitive work on Canadians in the Great War, At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of 1914—16. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands, died before the generals and soldiers found a way to break the terrible stalemate of the front. Based on eyewitness accounts detailed in the letters of ordinary soldiers, Cook describes the horrible struggle, first to survive in battle, and then to drive the Germans back. At the Sharp End provides both an intimate look at the Canadian men in the trenches and an authoritative account of the slow evolution in tactics, weapons, and advancement. Featuring never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps, this recounting of the Great War through the soldiers' eyes is moving, engaging, and thoroughly engrossing.