INVENTORY #156763
The Canadian Army At War. 1) The Canadians in Britain 1939-1944. 2) From Pachino to Ortona: The Canadian Campaign in Sicily and Italy, 1943. 3) Canada's Battle in Normandy
STACEY, Col. C. P.
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No. 1 covers Canada's five years in Britain, the Blitz, sappers at work, the Canadians and the British people. No. 2's topics include Canada's arrival in the Mediterranean, operation "Husky", warfare in the Sicilian hills, the assault on Italy, approach to the Winter Line, the Moro, Ortona. No. 3 covers preparations for the Normandy invasion, fighting on the beaches, the Battle of Caen, the victory at Falaise, the advance to Dieppe. Foreword to vols. 1 and 2 by Lt.-Gen. J. C. Murchie and foreword to vol. 3 by Lt.-Gen. C. Foulkes.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Minister of National Defence
- Edition: 2nd Edition
- Date Published: 1946
- Place Published: Ottawa
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Fair
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
3 vols: No. 1: 172; No. 2: 160; No. 3: 159 p. 23 cm. Colour plates, b&w illustrations, some maps. Red cloth. Scratch on spine. Dampstains to rear board, rear endpapers, and last section, with some pages wrinkled. Dents in rear board.