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Book Synopsis The Royal Canadian Air Force at War 1939-1945 by : Larry Milberry
Download or read book The Royal Canadian Air Force at War 1939-1945 written by Larry Milberry and published by Canav Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This grand Canadian aviation book gives detailed coverage to the Royal Canadian Air Force, both at home and overseas, in World War II. Besides its hefty text, the book counts more than 1500 photographs. The focus is on the people who comprised the RCAF at the time, the aircraft they flew and maintained, their many tasks, and the host of places they served during six hectic years of fighting.
Book Synopsis The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 by : Brereton Greenhous
Download or read book The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 written by Brereton Greenhous and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 by : Brereton Greenhous
Download or read book The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 written by Brereton Greenhous and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1994-01-01 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The RCAF, with a total strength of 4061 officers and men on 1 September 1939, grew by the end of the war to a strength of more than 263,000 men and women. This important and well-illustrated new history shows how they contributed to the resolution of the most significant conflict of our time.
Book Synopsis Cream of the Crop by : Allan Douglas English
Download or read book Cream of the Crop written by Allan Douglas English and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1996 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique offering to military studies critiquing the effectiveness of the Royal Canadian Air Forces' aircrew preparations for war, a selection system and training program which became a modern model. English (war studies, Royal Military College of Canada) traces the development of aviation psychology and the treatment of psychological casualties in air combat, paying attention to the controversy of diagnosing aviators as "lacking moral fibre" and its effect on morale. By exploring these issues, the author includes the human dimension as an influence on air force effectiveness, as much as material and technological innovations. Includes some photographs. Canadian card order number C96-900371-4. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Arms, Men and Governments by : Charles Perry Stacey
Download or read book Arms, Men and Governments written by Charles Perry Stacey and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deals with almost every aspect of Canadian war policy.
Book Synopsis Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945 by : Stanley W. Dziuban
Download or read book Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945 written by Stanley W. Dziuban and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Allied cooperation in hemispheric defense and in the fight against Germany and Japan. The common effort ranged from growing wheat to the climactic development of the atomic bomb.
Book Synopsis Life and Times of 422 Squadron R.C.A.F. Wartime (1942-45) by : Bernard Crookes
Download or read book Life and Times of 422 Squadron R.C.A.F. Wartime (1942-45) written by Bernard Crookes and published by Collingwood, ON : #422 Life. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Nation Forged in Fire by : J. L. Granatstein
Download or read book A Nation Forged in Fire written by J. L. Granatstein and published by Toronto, Canada : Lester & Orpen Dennys. This book was released on 1989 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Canadian soldiers fought and died in World War II, Canada itself was changing. Ottawa was forced to turn to the United States for economic and strategic aid; women entered the work force; industry boomed; and old traditions and loyalties were swept away.
Book Synopsis Swords, Clunks and Widowmakers by : Ray Stouffer
Download or read book Swords, Clunks and Widowmakers written by Ray Stouffer and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Greatcoats and Glamour Boots by : Carolyn Gossage
Download or read book Greatcoats and Glamour Boots written by Carolyn Gossage and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001-11 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colourful story of Canadas "forgotten women" who volunteered for service during the Second World War.
Book Synopsis Incredible Tales of the Royal Canadian Air Force by : Cynthia J. Faryon
Download or read book Incredible Tales of the Royal Canadian Air Force 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 RCAF during World War II. They fought in all the major air operations. Thousands lost their lives. Only one in four aircrews completed their bomber tours: some were killed in action, some in training, others became prisoners of war. All volunteered. These are the stories of the valiant Canadians who fought in this brutal war.
Book Synopsis The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force: Canadian airmen and the first world war by : Sydney F. Wise
Download or read book The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force: Canadian airmen and the first world war written by Sydney F. Wise and published by Official History of the Royal. This book was released on 1980 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of three volumes of the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force, this book provides the definitive story of Canadian airmen in World War I and, moreover, a revisionist account of the war in the air. Organized topically, this volume begins with an overview of military aviation in Canada prior to 1914, as successful aircraft experiments like Baldwin's and McCurdy's Silver Dart are set against Defence Minister Sam Hughes' rejection of any government air policy. Financial timidity and political uncertainty subsequently decreed that the 20,000 Canadians who trained for, or fought in, history's first air war would have no air force of their own but would fly in the British flying services. The sections which follow show that Canadians excelled in every aspect of the air war. Indeed, although the First World War never saw an exclusively Canadian squadron in action and no Canadian rose to a command above Group level, Professor Wise has been able to write a full account of the war in the air from the Canadian perspective. Recruitment and training, the maritime air war, the strategic bombing of Germany and the defence of Great Britain, as well as action on the Western Front, in Italy, and in Macedonia, are all covered in depth. Each section reveals the complexity of air operations, as tactics, strategy, and aircraft evolved with astonishing speed. The exploits of remarkable fighter aces such as Billy Bishop, Raymond Collishaw, D.R. MaccLaren, and W.G. Barker, and of bomber leaders like R.H. Mulock, are set in the context of the air war and the many thousands of Canadians who served with them. In his conclusion Wise traces the development of Canadian government air policy to the year 1920, during which time the first Canadian air force was born and quickly died. In analysing this major step in Canada's entry into the air age he lays the foundation for postwar civil expansion and the formation of the RCAF. Illustrated with specially prepared colour and sketch maps and over 200 photographs, many of them published here for the first time, this book should prove invaluable to the military historian and of wide appeal to the aviation enthusiast and general reader alike. The other volumes in the Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force are The Creation of a National Air Force by W.A.B. Douglas (out of print) and The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 by Brereton Greenhous, et al. (available).
Book Synopsis Air Force Combat Units of World War II by : Maurer Maurer
Download or read book Air Force Combat Units of World War II written by Maurer Maurer and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1961 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Above and Beyond by : Spencer Dunmore
Download or read book Above and Beyond written by Spencer Dunmore and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first skirmishes over Europe in September 1939, Canadian airmen served in almost every theatre of the Second World War, from bases in Britain and Europe, North Africa, and Southeast Asia. And in the months and years that followed, with the slaughter mounting in hostile skies around the globe, the contribution of Canadian pilots, navigators, gunners, air bombers, and flight engineers grew out of all proportion to their country's population. In the early days of the conflict, great numbers of Canadians served in units of Britain's RAF and Fleet Air Arm. As the war progressed, however, the Royal Canadian Air Force came into its own, and by Germany's surrender, forty-eight RCAF squadrons were overseas, almost completely manned by Canadian officers and men. Among the Canadians were Johnny Fauquier and Reg Lane, Canada's leading bomber pilots; Stan Turner, perhaps the country's greatest fighter leader; Len Birchall, the gallant "Saviour of Ceylon"; the redoubtable ace Buzz Beurling; the great naval hero Hammy Gray; Roly Dibnah, Bert Houle, and many others. These brash young men from the Empire's senior dominion had little time for ceremony and tradition. Countless British officers considered them dangerously independent and lacking in respect for rank. But in the air, where it counted, the Canadians more than proved their worth. Combining first person accounts of the action and his own vivid prose, Dunmore captures the high drama and gut-churning tension of dogfights and bomber raids, charts the victories and defeats of the armies and navies below, and recreates the mood abroad in wartime as the world watched the drama unfold.
Book Synopsis We Flew, We Fell, We Lived by : Philip LaGrandeur
Download or read book We Flew, We Fell, We Lived written by Philip LaGrandeur and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torture, survival and escape. These three elements encompass We Flew, We Fell, We Lived, which recounts the experiences of Royal Canadian Air Force ex-prisoners of war and evaders from the Second World War. Forty Canadian officers and men from Bomber Command offer their personal accounts of the German treatment of allied air force personnel and the organization of PoW camps.The first of four sections has each PoW's story arranged by the camp in which he was held. The notorious Great Escape is covered in detail, based on the testimony of several of the Canadians involved. The evader section includes Canadians shot down behind enemy lines who escaped through Sweden, the Comet Line to Spain, and through Italy. One man gives a riveting description of his torture in the infamous Fresnes prison in Paris and his survival of the Buchenwald concentration camp. The last section covers the forced marches of air force PoWs in the last months of the war.Together, all the stories create a complex expose of PoW culture illustrated by two hundred photographs, maps, and artwork from various Stalag lufts (many previously unpublished). Never have there been so many comprehensive personal accounts of PoWs in one book.
Book Synopsis No Prouder Place by : David L. Bashow
Download or read book No Prouder Place written by David L. Bashow and published by Vanwell Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allied bombing of the Third Reich and its allies was part of Britain's overall war strategy to take the offensive to the enemy. It created a second front that bled off resources from the enemy's Soviet campaign, involving massive amounts of manpower and material just to address the threat.No Prouder Place provides a fresh and objective look at the bombing campaign by emphasizing the highly significant role it played in defeating the Axis powers. The story tells of sustained courage in the face of daunting odds as well as a celebration of the Canadian aircrew experience and its place in wartime Bomber Command.
Book Synopsis A Nation at War, 1939–1945 by : Terry Copp
Download or read book A Nation at War, 1939–1945 written by Terry Copp and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2004-08 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Nation at War brings together a collection of sixty-two essays covering all aspects of the Canadian experience in the Second World War. It is a readable and authoritative introduction to both the historical narrative and the interpretive debates by the best selling author of Fields of Fire and Cinderella Army. Published by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies and distributed by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
