Author: Canada. Department of National Defence
Publisher: King's Printer. 1945-1946.
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Canadian Army at War
Author: Canada. Department of National Defence
Publisher: King's Printer. 1945-1946.
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: King's Printer. 1945-1946.
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Operation Husky
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
On July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fascist-occupied Europe. Among the invaders were 20,000 Canadian troops serving in the First Canadian Infantry Division and First Canadian Tank Brigade — in their first combat experience. Over the next 28 days, the Allied troops carved a path through the rugged land, despite fierce German opposition. Drawing on firsthand accounts of veterans and official military records, Operation Husky offers a gripping, meticulous account of this seminal operation and the young men who fought, died, and survived it.
Publisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
On July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fascist-occupied Europe. Among the invaders were 20,000 Canadian troops serving in the First Canadian Infantry Division and First Canadian Tank Brigade — in their first combat experience. Over the next 28 days, the Allied troops carved a path through the rugged land, despite fierce German opposition. Drawing on firsthand accounts of veterans and official military records, Operation Husky offers a gripping, meticulous account of this seminal operation and the young men who fought, died, and survived it.
Battle for Sicily
Author: Ian Blackwell
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844685608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year. Over the next thirty-eight days, half a million Allied servicemen fought the Germans and Italians for control of this rocky island, which was to become the first part of Axis homeland to fall during World War II.Despite their success in capturing the island, inter-Allied and inter-service divisions and rivalries robbed them of the opportunity to inflict a crushing defeat on the Germans and Italians, who were able to conduct a fighting withdrawal to the Italian mainland and save sizable forces to continue the war. Regarded by some as a "blind alley" and by others as the way into Europe via the "soft underbelly", the decision to invade Sicily was and remains controversial. Notwithstanding the campaigns failure to achieve its potential, invaluable lessons were learned which contributed to success in France later. Many of the leading generals who were to take prominent roles in northwest Europe amongst them Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley and Patton brought with them the experience of Sicily.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 1844685608
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year. Over the next thirty-eight days, half a million Allied servicemen fought the Germans and Italians for control of this rocky island, which was to become the first part of Axis homeland to fall during World War II.Despite their success in capturing the island, inter-Allied and inter-service divisions and rivalries robbed them of the opportunity to inflict a crushing defeat on the Germans and Italians, who were able to conduct a fighting withdrawal to the Italian mainland and save sizable forces to continue the war. Regarded by some as a "blind alley" and by others as the way into Europe via the "soft underbelly", the decision to invade Sicily was and remains controversial. Notwithstanding the campaigns failure to achieve its potential, invaluable lessons were learned which contributed to success in France later. Many of the leading generals who were to take prominent roles in northwest Europe amongst them Eisenhower, Montgomery, Bradley and Patton brought with them the experience of Sicily.
The Era of World War II
Author: Louise A. Arnold-Friend
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
The Day of Battle
Author: Rick Atkinson
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805088618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805088618
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
In the second volume of his epic trilogy about the liberation of Europe in World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Atkinson tells the harrowing story of the campaigns in Sicily and Italy.
The Canadian Army at War
Author: Canada. Department of National Defence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
Clio's Warriors
Author: Tim Cook
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774841257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Clio's Warriors examines how the Canadian world war experience has been constructed and reconstructed over time. Tim Cook elucidates the role of historians in codifying the sacrifice and struggle of a generation as he discusses historical memory and writing, the creation of archives, and the war of reputations that followed each of the world wars on the battlefield. Only recently have military historians pushed the discipline to explore the impact of war on society. In analyzing where the practice of academic military history has come from and where it needs to go, Clio's Warriors plays a vital role in the ongoing challenge of writing critical history.
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774841257
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
Clio's Warriors examines how the Canadian world war experience has been constructed and reconstructed over time. Tim Cook elucidates the role of historians in codifying the sacrifice and struggle of a generation as he discusses historical memory and writing, the creation of archives, and the war of reputations that followed each of the world wars on the battlefield. Only recently have military historians pushed the discipline to explore the impact of war on society. In analyzing where the practice of academic military history has come from and where it needs to go, Clio's Warriors plays a vital role in the ongoing challenge of writing critical history.
Special Bibliographic Series
Author: US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Special Bibliography
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
From Pachino to Ortona
Author: Canada. Dept. of National Defence. General Staff. Historical Section
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description