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Military History

Wilfrid Laurier University

2001

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The 'Mad Fourth': The 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion At War, 1914-1916, Andrew Iarocci Jan 2001

The 'Mad Fourth': The 4th Canadian Infantry Battalion At War, 1914-1916, Andrew Iarocci

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

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Operational Research And The Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command's Search For Efficiency In Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1942-1945, Dean C. Ruffilli Jan 2001

Operational Research And The Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command's Search For Efficiency In Airborne Anti-Submarine Warfare, 1942-1945, Dean C. Ruffilli

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This thesis analyses the contributions of operational research to the work of the Royal Canadian Air Force Eastern Air Command during the Second World War. The efforts of the handful of Canadian operational researchers in the Allied campaign against the German U-boat force, although having produced only modest results, did make a small but important contribution to the war which have been neglected by historians. The use of aircraft against submarines began during the First World War when both technologies were still in their infancy. Although initial results were poor, the handful of sinkings by aircraft demonstrated its potential as …