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A Nation Forged in Fire CANADIANS & the SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-45
Description : 17 Aug, 2023
Title: MARCHING TO ARMAGEDDON: CANADIANS AND THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919 Description: From the front end flap:
With Hitler, Mussolini, and Tojo seeking to enslave the world, Canadians were forced to take up arms once more. They did so without joy, but with ample courage and resolution. And while the fires of war inflicted terrible sufferings on many Canadians, they also forged a stronger, surer, and more sovereign nation.
In 1939 Canada still had strong emotional and political links to Britain. But as the United Kingdom reeled under the Axis onslaught and the prospect of a Nazi occupied England loomed, Ottawa had to turn to the United States for the economic and strategic aid that might turn the tide of war.
While Canadian soldiers fought and died in foreign lands - while the RCN braved uboat wolfpacks to protect precious supply convoys - while the RCAF joined the battle against the Luftwaffe - Canada itself was changing dramatically. Women moved boldly into the workforce, at all levels. Industry boomed, creating a new and sophisticated expertise. The country became a major supplier of food and armaments, and politicians used this new clout to demand a voice in international decisions. Old traditions and loyalties were being swept away on all sides; the country would never be the same.
Contents include:
I. TO WAR ONCE MORE The Rise of the Dictators An Autonomous Nation? Marching As to War Building the Forces
II. WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD 1940-42 Mr. King and Mr. Roosevelt The War Economy Disaster in Hong Kong Conscription Again Debacle at Dieppe
III. ACTION STATIONS: THE WAVY NAVY AT WAR Building a Fleet The War for the Convoys The Fate of sc-42 War in Home Waters The Big Ship Navy
IV. PER ARDUA AD ASTRA: THE RCAF AT WAR Creating the Air Training Plan The Battle of Britain Training Air Crew War around the World The Bomber War
V. SICILY AND ITALY Blooding in Sicily Up the Italian Boot to Ortona North to the Senio
VI. CHANGES AT HOME The Emergence of Social Welfare On the World Stage
VII. THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN Planning for D-Day The Allies Land in Normandy The Bridgehead From Caen to "Spring" The Cauldron Back to Dieppe: On to Antwerp
VIII. VICTORY The Battle for the ScheIdt The Conscription Crisis Into Germany End of a War Politics at Home The Atomic Age Begins A Grateful Nation
IX. A NATION FORGED IN FIRE APPENDICES Order of Battle: First Canadian Army, 1945 Principal Ships of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939-1945 RCAF Squadrons in the Second World War
By: Desmond Morton and J. L. Granatstein
Genre: History – Military – World War II - Canada
Cover: Hardcover with dustjacket
Publisher & Copyright Date: Lester & Orpen Dennys Limited – 1989 – First Edition
Approx. Dimensions: 7-3/4” x 10-1/4” – 287 pages
Condition: Very Good.
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