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Author : Tom Douglas
Publisher : Altitude Publishing (Canada)
ISBN 13 : 9781554391141
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Great Canadian War Heroes (Box Set) written by Tom Douglas and published by Altitude Publishing (Canada). This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tom Douglas
Publisher : Amazing Stories
ISBN 13 : 9781554390571
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Great Canadian War Heroes written by Tom Douglas and published by Amazing Stories. This book was released on 2005-04-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Canadian War Heroes tells the amazing stories of the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during WWII. They came from all walks of life and from various ranks within the Canadian Forces, but they all had one thing in common: each displayed exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy.
Author : Giancarlo La Giorgia
Publisher : Folklore Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781894864350
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (643 download)
Download or read book Canadian War Heroes written by Giancarlo La Giorgia and published by Folklore Pub. This book was released on 2005 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the War of 1812 to the War on Terrorism, Canadian soldiers have a reputation for fighting above their weight. Time and again, Canada's small, often underfunded, forces have taken on bigger, stronger foes and walked shoulder to shoulder into battle with much more powerful allies.Read about some of the great heroes of Canadian military history, from two giants of colonial conflicts, the Shawnee warrior Tecumseh and his pre-Canadian counterpart Sir Isaac Brock, to the modern-day heroism of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry in Afghanistan. • During the War of 1812, Tecumseh united over a dozen tribes and allied himself with the British general Sir Isaac Brock in an ultimately unsuccessful bid to drive the Americans from Native lands• Laura Secord, walked 32 kilometres through the swamp and wild woods of southern Ontario to warn British troops of an American ambush• The Marquis de Montcalm was head of French forces in North America during the Seven Years War, and his death during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham profound profoundly affected the future of the emerging Canadian nation• Billy Bishop, top flying ace of the British Royal Flying Corps in World War I, claimed 72 air combat victories, although the truth of his claim remains controversial today• Georges Vanier and his famous Van Doos suffered terribly in the trench warfare of World War I, with the future Governor General of Canada losing a leg in the conflict• Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry has a 90-year history of representing the best the Canadian military has to offer and today often risks life and limb in hotspots around the world.These stories and more make for captivating and inspiring reading.
Author : Douglas, Tom
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459504860
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (595 download)
Download or read book Valour at Vimy Ridge written by Douglas, Tom and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2017-09-01 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A defining moment in Canadian military history. A much-needed Allied victory. A show of valour and heroism. The battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 saw Canadian troops storm a strategic 14-kilometre long escarpment that was believed to be impregnable. This was the first time in the nation's history that a corps-sized formation fought together as a unit under its own meticulous planning. Canadian troops persevered under heavy fire to take the ridge, demonstrating incredible discipline and bravery. The battle became a symbol of sacrifice for the young nation and a turning point in its role in the global theatre of war.
Author : Tom Douglas
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1552778037
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (527 download)
Download or read book D-Day written by Tom Douglas and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 6, 1944, a daring and ambitious invasion of Europe changed the course of World War II, eventually leading to the surrender of Nazi Germany. During the night, through storms and high seas, the Allied forces swept towards the beaches of Normandy in France. This is the story of the bravery, the heroism, and the sheer dumb luck of the more than 14,000 Canadians who played a crucial role in that incredible event.
Author : George S. MacDonell
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550024086
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (5 download)
Download or read book One Soldier's Story 1939-1945 written by George S. MacDonell and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.
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ISBN 13 : 9780659094346
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (943 download)
Download or read book Our Heroes in the Great World War written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Brian D. McInnes
Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
ISBN 13 : 0887555225
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Sounding Thunder written by Brian D. McInnes and published by Univ. of Manitoba Press. This book was released on 2016-09-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francis Pegahmagabow (1889–1952), a member of the Ojibwe nation, was born in Shawanaga, Ontario. Enlisting at the onset of the First World War, he became the most decorated Canadian Indigenous soldier for bravery and the most accomplished sniper in North American military history. After the war, Pegahmagabow settled in Wasauksing, Ontario. He served his community as both chief and councillor and belonged to the Brotherhood of Canadian Indians, an early national Indigenous political organization. Francis proudly served a term as Supreme Chief of the National Indian Government, retiring from office in 1950. Francis Pegahmagabow’s stories describe many parts of his life and are characterized by classic Ojibwe narrative. They reveal aspects of Francis’s Anishinaabe life and worldview. Interceding chapters by Brian McInnes provide valuable cultural, spiritual, linguistic, and historic insights that give a greater context and application for Francis’s words and world. Presented in their original Ojibwe as well as in English translation, the stories also reveal a rich and evocative relationship to the lands and waters of Georgian Bay. In "Sounding Thunder", Brian McInnes provides new perspective on Pegahmagabow and his experience through a unique synthesis of Ojibwe oral history, historical record, and Pegahmagabow family stories.
Author : Gordon Korman
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338290215
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (382 download)
Download or read book War Stories written by Gordon Korman and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Restart, a story of telling truth from lies -- and finding out what being a hero really means. There are two things Trevor loves more than anything else: playing war-based video games and his great-grandfather Jacob, who is a true-blue, bona fide war hero. At the height of the war, Jacob helped liberate a small French village, and was given a hero's welcome upon his return to America.Now it's decades later, and Jacob wants to retrace the steps he took during the war -- from training to invasion to the village he is said to have saved. Trevor thinks this is the coolest idea ever. But as they get to the village, Trevor discovers there's more to the story than what he's heard his whole life, causing him to wonder about his great-grandfather's heroism, the truth about the battle he fought, and importance of genuine valor.
Author : Sigmund Brouwer
Publisher : Tundra Books
ISBN 13 : 1101918470
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Innocent Heroes written by Sigmund Brouwer and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique celebration of the important role animals play in war, and an insightful look at the taking of Vimy Ridge from the perspective of 3 men in a Canadian platoon. Never before have the stories of animal war heroes been collected in such a special way. This book consists of eight connected fictional stories about a Canadian platoon in WW1. The Storming Normans have help from some very memorable animals: we meet a dog who warns soldiers in the trench of a gas attack, a donkey whose stubbornness saves the day, a cat who saves soldiers from rat bites, and many more. Each story is followed by nonfiction sections that tell the true story of these animals from around the world and of the Canadian soldiers who took Vimy Ridge. Through the friendship that grows between three of these soldiers in particular, we get a close-up look at life in the trenches, the taking of Vimy Ridge, the bonds between soldiers and their animals and what it meant to be Canadian in WW1.
Author : Peter Kilduff
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 190980813X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Billy Bishop VC Lone Wolf Hunter written by Peter Kilduff and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-19 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Avery Bishop is recognized as the British EmpireÕs highest-scoring WWI ace, credited with 72 combat victories, third-ranking behind von Richthofen and Ren Fonck. He scored many of his successes on his own, prevailing only by dint of personal courage, daring and superior marksmanship. This remarkable manÕs story has been detailed in many books and articles, but renowned author Peter Kilduff is adamant that so far the full truth has not been told. Famed for his evenhanded, thorough, exhaustive and forensic research, Kilduff sets out to bring new light to missions and kills so far steeped in controversy. As so many of BishopÕs victories were achieved during solo combat, all will be examined and scrutinized, drawing on German, British and Canadian archival sources, BishopÕs private correspondence, and accounts by friends and foes. Such an approach provides as complete an account as possible which also serves as a valuable reference work containing many previously unpublished images.
Author : Frederick George Scott
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1398817651
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (988 download)
Download or read book The Great War as I Saw It written by Frederick George Scott and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'May the eyes of Canada never be blind to that glorious light which shines upon our young national life from the deeds of those "who counted not their lives dear unto themselves"'. When World War I broke out in the summer of 1914, the Canadian chaplain Frederick George Scott volunteered for service despite his fears. He spent four long years in the trenches on the western front, where he developed close bonds with his fellow soldiers and sought to maintain his faith while the world around him collapsed into chaos. In evocative language befitting his background as a poet, Scott lays bare the horrors of modern warfare. Filled with heart-wrenching descriptions and tragic detail, The Great War as I Saw It is a powerful meditation on the Canadian experience during World War I and an important look into the life of the ordinary soldier.
Author : Muriel Whitaker
Publisher : University of Alberta
ISBN 13 : 9780888643834
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Great Canadian War Stories written by Muriel Whitaker and published by University of Alberta. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At once terrible and uplifting, memorable and harrowing, these stories describe a seminal period in Canadian history.
Author : Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
ISBN 13 : 1553797833
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (537 download)
Download or read book This Place written by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 2019-05-31 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the past 150 years through the eyes of Indigenous creators in this groundbreaking graphic novel anthology. Beautifully illustrated, these stories are an emotional and enlightening journey through Indigenous wonderworks, psychic battles, and time travel. See how Indigenous peoples have survived a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. This is one of the 200 exceptional projects funded through the Canada Council for the Arts’ New Chapter initiative. With this $35M initiative, the Council supports the creation and sharing of the arts in communities across Canada.
Author : Bob Joseph
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780978162856
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® written by Bob Joseph and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-03 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you're just starting out or want to increase your knowledge, Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples(R) is written to support people in their Indigenous relations endeavours. The fourth edition has additional content and a fresh look inside and out.
Author : Cynthia J. Faryon
Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459406095
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (594 download)
Download or read book Unsung Heroes of the RCAF written by Cynthia J. Faryon and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 250,000 courageous men and women were enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. These Canadians fought valiantly in every major air operation from the Battle of Britain to the bombing of Germany. Thousands lost their lives. Those who survived to tell their stories were forever changed. Here are some of their incredible stories.
Author : John MacFarlane
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773577033
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Triquet's Cross written by John MacFarlane and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2009 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The call to adventure, 1910-1942 -- The road of trials, 1943 -- A Canadian Victoria Cross, March 1944 -- Army public relations, April 1944 -- Hero in an army at war, May 1944-August 1945 -- Last attempt at being a regular soldier, 1945-1947 -- A hero's return to the ordinary world, 1947-1980.
