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Author : David Jay Bercuson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780864926753
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Patricias written by David Jay Bercuson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-publisher: Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
Author : Carol Off
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 030737078X
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)
Download or read book The Ghosts of Medak Pocket written by Carol Off and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1993, Canadian peacekeepers in Croatia were plunged into the most significant fighting Canada had seen since the Korean War. Their extraordinary heroism was covered up and forgotten. The ghosts of that battlefield have haunted them ever since. Canadian peacekeepers in Medak Pocket, Croatia, found no peace to keep in September 1993. They engaged the forces of ethnic cleansing in a deadly firefight and drove them from the area under United Nations protection. The soldiers should have returned home as heroes. Instead, they arrived under a cloud of suspicion and silence. In Medak Pocket, members of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry did exactly the job they were trained — and ordered — to do. When attacked by the Croat army they returned fire and fought back valiantly to protect Serbian civilians and to save the UN mandate in Croatia. Then they confronted the horrors of the offensive’s aftermath — the annihilation by the Croat army of Serbian villages. The Canadians searched for survivors. There were none. The soldiers came home haunted by these atrocities, but in the wake of the Somalia affair, Canada had no time for soldiers’ stories of the horrific compromises of battle — the peacekeepers were silenced. In time, the dark secrets of Medak’s horrors drove many of these soldiers to despair, to homelessness and even suicide. Award-winning journalist Carol Off brings to life this decisive battle of the Canadian Forces. The Ghosts of Medak Pocket is the complete and untold story.
Author : Siegfried Sassoon
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of an Infantry Officer written by Siegfried Sassoon and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Memoirs of an Infantry Officer" by Siegfried Sassoon. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author : Ryan Flavelle
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443407194
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book The Patrol written by Ryan Flavelle and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-02-26 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, Ryan Flavelle, a reservist in the Canadian Army and a student at the University of Calgary, volunteered to serve in Afghanistan. For seven months, twenty-four-year-old Flavelle, a signaller attached to the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, endured the extreme heat, the long hours and the occasional absurdity of life as a Canadian soldier in this new war so far from home. Flavelle spent much of his time at a Canadian Forward Operating Base (FOB), living among his fellow soldiers and occasionally going outside the wire. For one sevenday period, Flavelle went into Taliban country, always walking in the footsteps of the man ahead of him, meeting Afghans and watching behind every mud wall for a sign of an enemy combatant. The Patrol is a gritty, boots-on-the-ground memoir of a soldier’s experience in the Canadian Forces in the 21st century. It is about why we fight, why men and women choose such a dangerous and demanding job, and what their lives are like when they find themselves back in our ordinary world.
Author : Jeff Keshen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781773850580
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (55 download)
Download or read book Treasuring the Tradition written by Jeff Keshen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A special publication of University of Calgary Press."
Author : Douglas E. Delaney
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774851430
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book The Soldiers' General written by Douglas E. Delaney and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the end of the Second World War, Bert Hoffmeister had risen from Captain to Major-General and won more awards than any Canadian officer in the war. This native Vancouverite earned a reputation as a fearless commander on the battlefield - one who led from the front, one well loved by those he led. With an astute analytical eye, Delaney carefully dissects Hoffmeister's numerous battles to reveal how he managed and how he led, how he directed and how he inspired.
Author : R Richards
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020521300
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (213 download)
Download or read book The Story of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, 1914-1917. written by R Richards and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping account tells the story of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry during their service in the First World War. Drawing on personal accounts and official records, the author vividly depicts the bravery and sacrifice of these soldiers and the challenges they faced on the front lines. A must-read for anyone interested in military history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Ralph Wilfred Hodder-Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1914-1919 written by Ralph Wilfred Hodder-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Terry Copp
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1487541554
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (875 download)
Download or read book Montreal at War, 1914–1918 written by Terry Copp and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Montreal at War tells the story of how citizens in Canada's largest city responded to the challenges of the First World War. Drawing from newspapers, journals, government reports, and archival records, Terry Copp - one of Canada's leading military historians - raises important questions about how the Canadian war experience has been interpreted, and the ways in which hindsight has privileged some voices over others. Painting a picture of life in Montreal during the first years of the twentieth century, Montreal at War addresses responses to the outbreak of war in Europe and the process of raising an army for service overseas. It details the shock of intense combat and heavy casualties, studies the mobilization of volunteers, and follows the experience of battalions from Montreal to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The crisis of conscription is described in the context of national and local developments, and great attention is paid to the experiences of both the army overseas and civilians at home. Challenging long-held assumptions, Montreal at War aims to understand the war experience as it unfolded, approaching history from the perspective of those who lived through it.
Author : Dillon Hillier
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 1443449334
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book One Soldier written by Dillon Hillier and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant national bestseller. Dillon Hillier, a corporal with the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, returned home from a tour in Afghanistan and started up a normal life. But when ISIS insurgents began attacking local populations in Iraq and elsewhere, Hillier, a long-time soldier, felt he had to join in the action, so he sold his truck, lied to his parents about where he was going and became the first Canadian to volunteer to fight ISIS in Iraq For three months, Dillon accompanied the Kurdish army as they fought a series of battles against the Islamic State throughout northern Iraq. During his mission, Dillon saw combat, experienced life in the trenches, partnered with a former US Marine, had a bounty placed on his head and learned an important truth: that in the chaos of war, the difference between life and death is measured in inches, and some things can never be forgotten. First Volunteer is about Hillier’s three months fighting with the Kurds in Iraq, on the front lines. The only reason Dillon’s tour wasn’t longer was because the government wanted him back home, safe and sound.
Author : John A. English
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 1461751853
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)
Download or read book The Canadian Army & Normandy Campaign written by John A. English and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-08-18 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honest reappraisal of the Canadian experience in Normandy Special focus on the struggle to close the Falaise Gap Relies on archival records, including Bernard Montgomery's personal correspondence John A. English presents a detailed examination of the role of the Canadian Army in Normandy from the D-Day landings in June 1944 through the closing of the Falaise Gap in August.
Author : G.W.L. Nicholson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773597905
Total Pages : 709 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 written by G.W.L. Nicholson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army’s involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, G.W.L. Nicholson - already the author of an official history of the Second World War - was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson’s text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Osborne Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson’s text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts.
Author : J. L. Granatstein
Publisher : HarperFlamingo
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)
Download or read book Who Killed the Canadian Military? written by J. L. Granatstein and published by HarperFlamingo. This book was released on 2004 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jack Granatstein’s Who Killed the Canadian Military? is more than a history of the decline and rustout of a military that as late as 1966 boasted 3,826 aircraft (including cutting-edge Sea King helicopters) as opposed to today’s 328 aircraft-including those same Sea Kings and CF-18 fighters whose avionics are a generation out of date; the same can be said of the army and navy. Granatstein’s book is a convincing analysis of Canada’s embrace of a delusional foreign policy that equates knee jerk anti-Americanism with sovereignty and forgets that in a Hobbesian world of international relations, “power still comes primarily from the barrel of a gun” and not from Steven Lewis’s speeches about Canadian goodwill, tolerance or humanitarianism."--from amazon.com product desc.
Author : Dan Bjarnason
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459700139
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book Triumph at Kapyong written by Dan Bjarnason and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2011-03-02 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: April 24th, 1951,was a lonely, moon-lit night in Korea. On a godforsaken hill, a few hundred surrounded Canadian soldiers waited for the fight of their lives to begin. Soon, Chinese communist troops in their thousands, swarmed around them, plunging straight towards the Korean capital, Seoul. These Canadians were all that blocked the way. This is the story of the first battle by Canada’s first soldiers in the Korean War: the 2nd Battalion of Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. These volunteers were straight from Central Casting: truck drivers, construction workers, kids just out of high school, and bored farm boys. Outnumbered and outgunned, this people’s army of amateurs beat off some of the toughest troops on earth. This battle that’s become a legend takes its name from a nearby peanut-sized village: Kapyong. It’s become a mythic Canadian story, except this is mythology that is true and real.
Author : Sandra Gwyn
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 1443403563
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)
Download or read book Tapestry Of War written by Sandra Gwyn and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sandra Gwyn's first highly praised non-fiction work, The Private Capital, won the Governor General's Award and was a national bestseller. Tapestry of War brings to brilliant life the Great War experiences of ten Canadians, three of them women. Through diaries, personal letters, and memoirs, enriched by anecdotes and meticulous research, Sandra Gwyn has created a vivid world where, as Elizabeth Longford noted, "The boom of the guns never drowns the voices of the people."
Author : Vincent COURTENAY
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520503318
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (33 download)
Download or read book Rideau Hall written by Vincent COURTENAY and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-17 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rideau Hall is a fast moving documented novel that covers the dashing Special Force soldiers of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry as they fight in the Korean War. Written in the form of a novel, the illustrated work describes adventures of real people with real names, in real battles and places. The author served in the Korean War with the same Regiment. He knows the horror, the anguish, the brutality of conditions, the constant fear and tension, and an element that even seasoned instructors do not teach their trainees: The utter physical fatigue from brutal hard work and sleep deprivation at the front.This author takes the reader to the time when the Special Force unit was first formed from swashbuckling adventurers. He follows them through its initial battles, and the major battle of Kapyong. He takes them far beyond, defining the never ending effects of the war throughout the soldier's entire life. It is always there, cold, trying to drag him down, making things enormously difficult, requiring great strength to persevere.This comes through clearly. The main character's mind is filled with imagery from his time in Korea 60 years later, as he sits as an honored guest at the luncheon table in Rideau Hall with the husband of the Governor General of Canada.The reader can sense his heartbreak, his long suffering, how it will go on until the last day of his life.The near tragic thing is that the soldier written about fought in the Korean War at age 16, as did the author and many others who volunteered. There was an uplift for every soldier who served at the front, if they managed to survive for the first four or five months. They were pulled from the lines and given a five-day rest and recuperation leave in Tokyo. Some of them found the closest thing to love their lives might know, in the hotel brothels of that great city. It was still much destroyed from the bombings of World War Two.This factually history novel will acquaint readers of younger generations with a war that millions died in, but few know even the most basic things about. Who among them knows that years ago 21 different nations united to fight the invading armies of North Korea and China that had tried to conquer South Korea.It may help some readers understand the world of quaint old grandfathers who may now be in their mid-80's, or olde; and those who passed away in younger years, and who never spoke much about the Korean War.It was never a "Forgotten War" for any of them. Not even for those who tried so hard to bury the hurtful memories.
Author : Ralph Wilfred Hodder-Williams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 496 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry: 1919-1957, by G.R. Stevens written by Ralph Wilfred Hodder-Williams and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
