The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143182854
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory by : Dan Snow

Download or read book The History of Canada Series: Death or Victory written by Dan Snow and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched atop a tall promontory and surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St. Lawrence River, Quebec City forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. But in 1759, with the Seven Years War raging around the globe, the capital city of New France came under attack. With the irascible British general James Wolfe in command, a force of more than 100 ships carrying nearly 9,000 men navigated the river, scaled the cliffs, and laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever. It would be a brutal battle, with British soldiers confronting the troops commanded by the French general, the marquis de Montcalm. They were on unfamiliar terrain and facing extreme weather, a colonial militia, and experienced First Nations warriors. Using original research and multiple perspectives, Dan Snow grippingly describes the events that would reshape North America and, eventually, change the British Empire forever. Death or Victory is history—military, political and human history—told on an epic and thrilling scale.

The History of Canada Series:death Or Victory

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ISBN 13 : 9780143055969
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series:death Or Victory by : Dan Snow

Download or read book The History of Canada Series:death Or Victory written by Dan Snow and published by . This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perched atop a tall promontory and surrounded on three sides by the treacherous St. Lawrence River, Quebec City forms an almost impregnable natural fortress. But in 1759, with the Seven Years War raging around the globe, the capital city of New France came under attack. With the irascible British general James Wolfe in command, a force of more than 100 ships carrying nearly 9,000 men navigated the river, scaled the cliffs, and laid siege to the town in an audacious attempt to expel the French from North America forever. It would be a brutal battle, with British soldiers confronting the troops commanded by the French general, the marquis de Montcalm. They were on unfamiliar terrain and facing extreme weather, a colonial militia, and experienced First Nations warriors. Using original research and multiple perspectives, Dan Snow grippingly describes the events that would reshape North America and, eventually, change the British Empire forever. "Death or Victory" is history--military, political and human history--told on an epic and thrilling scale.

The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143180509
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau by : Ron Graham

Download or read book The History of Canada Series - The Last Act: Pierre Trudeau written by Ron Graham and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the morning of Wednesday, November 4, and the morning of Thursday, November 5, 1981, a fateful drama unfolded that changed Canada forever. In one last attempt to renew the constitution with the consent of the provinces, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau met behind closed doors in Ottawa with the ten premiers. It was the culmination of more than five decades of constitutional wrangling, and has been called the most important conference since the Fathers of Confederation got together in Quebec City in 1864. Faced with the threat of Quebec independence, the ambitions of Western Canada, and the provinces’ demands for more power, Trudeau was embattled. But he was fiercely determined to make Canadians fully independent and to entrench a Charter of Rights and Freedoms. What happened that day still reverberates. It severed the last important link to Canada’s colonial past. It guaranteed individual liberty and minority rights in the future. It weakened the grip of the elites and gave ownership of the constitution to Canadians. But it came at a price. Quebec alone refused to sign the final deal. René Lévesque, its separatist premier, claimed he had been betrayed by his allies in the Gang of Eight. The legend of the "Night of the Long Knives" took hold, precipitating a series of events that came close to destroying the country. Thirty years later, author Ron Graham delivers a gripping account of the fractious debates and secret negotiations. He uses newly uncovered documents and the candid recollections of many of the key participants to create a vivid record of that momentous twenty-four hours. Authoritative and engaging, The Last Act is a remarkable combination of scholarly research and historical narrative.

The History of Canada Series: The Best Place To Be

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 0143184016
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series: The Best Place To Be by : John Lownsbrough

Download or read book The History of Canada Series: The Best Place To Be written by John Lownsbrough and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pivotal event in Canada’s history For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67 crystallized the buoyant mood and newfound sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. It becomes clearer, though, as its forty-fifth anniversary approaches in spring 2012, that Expo was something more than just a great world's fair. For many Canadians, it became a touchstone, a popular event that penetrated the collective psyche. The Best Place to Be takes a look at Expo and at the social and political contexts in which it occurred. It is above all a story of people: the young men and women who worked at Expo, the visitors, and the cameo appearances from the titled and celebrated, such as Elizabeth II, President Lyndon Johnson, President Charles de Gaulle (whose visit to Expo and Montreal became infamous), U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy, Princess Grace of Monaco, Princess Margaret, Marshall McLuhan, Sidney Poitier, Laurence Olivier, Cary Grant, Twiggy, and Pierre Trudeau.

The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 014319450X
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City by : Christopher Moore

Download or read book The History of Canada Series: Three Weeks in Quebec City written by Christopher Moore and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1864, thirty-three delegates from five provincial legislatures came to Quebec City to pursue the idea of uniting all the provinces of British North America. The American Civil War, not yet over, encouraged the small and barely defended provinces to consider uniting for mutual protection. But there were other factors: the rapid expansion of railways and steamships spurred visions of a continent-spanning new nation. Federation, in principle, had been agreed on at the Charlottetown conference, but now it was time to debate the difficult issues of how a new nation would be formed. The delegates included John A. Macdonald, George Etienne-Cartier, and George Brown. Historian Christopher Moore demonstrates that Macdonald, the future prime minister, surprisingly was not the most significant player here, and Canada could have become a very different place. The significance of this conference is played out in Canadian news each day. The main point of contention at the time was the issue of power—a strong federal body versus stronger provincial rights. Because of this conference, we have an elected House of Commons, an appointed Senate, a federal Parliament, and provincial legislatures. We have what amounts to a Canadian system of checks and balances. Did it work then, and does it work now?

The History of Canada Series: War in the St. Lawrence

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Publisher : Penguin Canada
ISBN 13 : 014318590X
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Book Synopsis The History of Canada Series: War in the St. Lawrence by : Roger Sarty

Download or read book The History of Canada Series: War in the St. Lawrence written by Roger Sarty and published by Penguin Canada. This book was released on 2012-04-17 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1942 to 1944, 15 German submarines destroyed or severely damaged 27 ships, including three Canadian warships, a U.S. Army troop transport, and the Newfoundland ferry Caribou. More than 250 lives were lost. It was the only battle of the twentieth century to take place within Canada’s boundaries, and the only battle to be fought almost exclusively by Canadian forces under Canadian, rather than alliance, high command. And for more than 40 years the battle was characterized as a Canadian defeat. But was it a defeat? Drawing on new material from wartime records—including ultra-top-secret Allied decryptions of German naval radio communications, Roger Sarty shows that Canada mounted a successful defence with far fewer resources and in the face of much greater challenges than previously known. He draws vivid pictures of the intense combat on Canada’s shores and the interplay of the St Lawrence battle with war politics in Ottawa, Washington and London. At the same time, he weaves a second story: how researchers reassembled the scattered war records in Canada, Britain, the United States and Germany and brought the long-forgotten battle to life for new generations of Canadians and international audiences.

Terrible Victory

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Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781926685809
Total Pages : 560 pages
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Book Synopsis Terrible Victory by : Mark Zuehlke

Download or read book Terrible Victory written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland. Readers are there as soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Terrible Victory is a powerful story of courage, survival, and skill.

On to Victory

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Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781553656197
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (561 download)

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Download or read book On to Victory written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as “the sweetest of springs,” which saw the country’s liberation from German occupation. The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation’s freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead. With his trademark “you are there” style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the combat experience, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II. May 4, 2010, will mark the 65th anniversary of the Netherlands’ liberation.

Juno Beach

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Publisher : D & M Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781926685700
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Download or read book Juno Beach written by Mark Zuehlke and published by D & M Publishers. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On June 6, 1944 the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among this number were 18,000 Canadians, who were to land on a five-mile long stretch of rocky ledges fronted by a wide expanse of sand. Code named Juno Beach. Here, sheltered inside concrete bunkers and deep trenches, hundreds of German soldiers waited to strike the first assault wave with some ninety 88-millimetre guns, fifty mortars, and four hundred machineguns. A four-foot-high sea wall ran across the breadth of the beach and extending from it into the surf itself were ranks of tangled barbed wire, tank and vessel obstacles, and a maze of mines. Of the five Allied forces landing that day, they were scheduled to be the last to reach the sand. Juno was also the most exposed beach, their day’s objectives eleven miles inland were farther away than any others, and the opposition awaiting them was believed greater than that facing any other force. At battle's end one out of every six Canadians in the invasion force was either dead or wounded. Yet their grip on Juno Beach was firm.

Valour at Vimy Ridge

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Publisher : James Lorimer & Company
ISBN 13 : 1459504860
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (595 download)

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Book Synopsis Valour at Vimy Ridge by : Douglas, Tom

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.

Victory

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Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596432934
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (964 download)

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Book Synopsis Victory by : Carla Jablonski

Download or read book Victory written by Carla Jablonski and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pair of siblings' bucolic French town is almost untouched by the ravages of WWII. When their friend goes into hiding and his Jewish parents disappear, they realize they must take a stand.

Death So Noble

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Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774842318
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Book Synopsis Death So Noble by : Jonathan F. Vance

Download or read book Death So Noble written by Jonathan F. Vance and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines Canada's collective memory of the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s. It is a cultural history, considering art, music, and literature. Thematically organized into such subjects as the symbolism of the soldier, the implications of war memory for Canadian nationalism, and the idea of a just war, the book draws on military records, memoirs, war memorials, newspaper reports, fiction, popular songs, and films. It takes an unorthodox view of the Canadian war experience as a cultural and philosophical force rather than as a political and military event.

The History of Canada Series: the Best Place to Be

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ISBN 13 : 9780143169581
Total Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book The History of Canada Series: the Best Place to Be written by John Lownsbrough and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For six months in 1967, from late April until the end of October, Canada and its world's fair, Expo 67, became the focus of national and international attention in a way the country and its people had rarely experienced. Expo 67, staged in Montreal, crystallized the buoyant sense of confidence many felt during Canada's centennial. And it's clear that for many Canadians it became a touchstone, a popular event that penetrated the collective psyche. John Lownsbrough takes a fresh and engaging look at Expo and at the social and political contexts in which it occurred. From stories about the physical setting which signified major technological and engineering feats to the people, both famous and not, who helped make Expo 67 memorable, "The Best Place to Be" is a terrific chronicle of a high point in Canada's history.

On to Victory

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ISBN 13 : 9781771622653
Total Pages : 554 pages
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Download or read book On to Victory written by Mark Zuehlke and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOK EIGHT in the Canadian Battle Series. On to Victory is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," which saw the country's liberation from German occupation. The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation's freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead. With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the combat experience, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II. Published to coincide with the 65th anniversary of Canada's dramatic liberation of Holland. May 4, 2010, will mark the 65th anniversary of the end of the fighting for Canada's army and the conclusion of the Netherlands' liberation. Major events of remembrance, both here and in the Netherlands, will celebrate this milestone.

Victory in the East

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521589871
Total Pages : 448 pages
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Download or read book Victory in the East written by John France and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paperback of John France's new analysis of the strategies and battles of the First Crusade.

Paths of Glory (p)

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Publisher : Hambledon & London
ISBN 13 : 9781847252081
Total Pages : 406 pages
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Book Synopsis Paths of Glory (p) by : Stephen Brumwell

Download or read book Paths of Glory (p) written by Stephen Brumwell and published by Hambledon & London. This book was released on 2007 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tormented by agonising illness, British Major General James Wolfe was an unlikely hero. In 1759, however, he led a successful attack on French troops on the Plains of Abraham above Quebec, ensuring that Britain, not France, would become the dominant power in North America. By crippling French ambitions on the continent, Wolfe also paved the way for American independence from Britain. Wolfe won the Battle of the Plains of Abraham - but he lost his life on the battlefield. He was thirty-two years old. His death at the very moment of victory at Quebec gained him posthumous fame and veneration as a founding father of the British Empire, cementing his heroic status on both sides of the Atlantic. Epic paintings of Wolfe's dying moments transformed him into an icon of patriotic self-sacrifice and a role model for Horatio Nelson, the English admiral who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Wolfe's reputation has recently undergone sustained assault by revisionist historians who cast him as a bloodthirsty and mediocre general who owed his fame to one singularly lucky - though crucial - victory.In the first full-length biography of Wolfe to appear in almost half a century acclaimed writer and historian Stephen Brumwell draws on a wide range of sources - many of them previously unpublished - to boldly and vividly reassess the life of a soldier whose short but dramatic life altered the course of world history.

The Canada Year Book

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Total Pages : 726 pages
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Book Synopsis The Canada Year Book by : Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Download or read book The Canada Year Book written by Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: