Varsity S Soldiers

Author : Eric McGeer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781487518110

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Varsity's Soldiers by Eric McGeer Pdf

The role of Canadian universities in selecting and training officers for the armed forces is an important yet overlooked chapter in the history of higher education in Canada. For more than fifty years, the University of Toronto supported the largest and most active contingent of the Canadian Officers' Training Corps (COTC), which sent thousands of officer candidates into the regular and reserve forces. Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the university archives, Varsity’s Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto. Beginning with the formation of a student rifle company in 1861, and focusing on the story of the COTC from 1914 to 1968, author Eric McGeer seeks to enlarge appreciation of the university’s remarkable contribution to the defence of Canada, the place of military education in an academic setting, and the experience of the students who embodied the ideal of service to alma mater and to country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Soldiers
ISBN : UIUC:30112042557675

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Soldiers by Anonim Pdf

Author : Eric McGeer
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781487503529

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Varsity's Soldiers by Eric McGeer Pdf

Based on the rich fund of documents housed in the University of Toronto archives, Varsity's Soldiers offers the first full-length history of military training in Toronto.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Quartermasters
ISBN : UIUC:30112105161837

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Quartermaster Professional Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles B. MacDonald
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782894193

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United States Army in WWII - Europe - the Last Offensive by Charles B. MacDonald Pdf

[Includes 26 maps and 92 illustrations] The American armies that absorbed the shock of the German counteroffensives in the Ardennes and Alsace in the winter of 1944-45 were the most powerful and professional that the United States had yet put in the field. That this was the case was abundantly demonstrated as the final campaign to reduce Nazi Germany to total defeat unfolded. The campaign was remarkably varied. As it gathered momentum in the snows of the Ardennes and the mud and pillboxes of the West Wall, the fighting was often as bitter as any that had gone before among the hedgerows of Normandy and the hills and forests of the German frontier. Yet the defense which the Germans were still able to muster following the futile expenditure of lives and means in the counteroffensives was brittle. The campaign soon evolved into massive sweeps by powerful Allied columns across the width and breadth of Germany. That the Germans could continue to resist for more than two months in the face of such overwhelming power was a testament to their pertinacity but it was a grim tragedy as well. To such an extent had they subjugated themselves to their Nazi leaders that they were incapable of surrender at a time when defeat was inevitable and surrender would have spared countless lives on both sides. It was a dramatic campaign: the sweep of four powerful U.S. armies to the Rhine; the exhilarating capture of a bridge at Remagen; assault crossings of the storied Rhine River, including a spectacular airborne assault; an ill-fated armored raid beyond Allied lines; the trapping of masses of Germans in a giant pocket in the Ruhr industrial region; the uncovering of incredible horror in German concentration camps; a dashing thrust to the Elbe River; juncture with the Russians; and a Wagnerian climax played to the accompaniment of Russian artillery fire in the Führerbunker in Berlin.

Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127377161

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U.S. Army Recruiting News by United States. Adjutant-General's Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112099969054

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U.S. Army Recruiting News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UM Libraries
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Cooking
ISBN : UOM:39015005673408

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The Michigan Alumnus by Anonim Pdf

In v.1-8 the final number consists of the Commencement annual.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1942
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112099968916

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Army Life and United States Army Recruiting News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 490 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015080252318

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Bulletin [of The] Recruiting Publicity Bureau, U.S. Army by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Cushman Warren
Publisher : M A/A H Publishing
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : History
ISBN : IOWA:31858013831452

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Airborne Operations in World War II, European Theater by John Cushman Warren Pdf

This monograph describes the planning and execution of airborne operations by the Army Air Forces in the European Theater during World War II. Intended to serve as a case history of large-scale airborne operations, it seeks to analyze and evaluate them as a basis for doctrine and for the benefit of future planners. Chapters are as follows: (1) The Airborne Invasion of Normandy - Plans and Preparations, including the COSSAC Phase, deployment and training, final preparations, and deception and diversion; (2) The Assault, including various paratroop and glider missions; (3) From Neptune to Market, which focuses on organizational changes, plans and campaigns during the Campaign in France, the planning of Operation Market, and preliminary support operations; (4) Market - The Airborne Invasion of Holland, which includes descriptions of operations in various sections of Holland; (5) Varsity - The Airborne Assault Across the Rhine, including planning, training, security measures, auxiliary air operations, and lift and initial operations of the British Airborne Division, American Paratroops, and American Glider Troops; and (6) Conclusions Regarding Large-Scale Airborne Operations.

Author : United States. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105127377179

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Army Life and U.S. Army Recruiting News by United States. Adjutant-General's Office Pdf

Author : United States. Army. Army Intelligence & Security Command
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Military intelligence
ISBN : MINN:31951P009533629

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Journal of the U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command by United States. Army. Army Intelligence & Security Command Pdf

Author : Simon Godfrey
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781441190390

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British Army Communications in the Second World War by Simon Godfrey Pdf

A history of British Army front line communications, focussing on the effect that their performance had on the outcome of main World War II campaigns.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1947
Category : United States
ISBN : CUB:U183019485568

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Army and Navy Journal by Anonim Pdf