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Guard Duty For The Garries: Soldiers, Internees And The History Of Pow Camp R, David K. Ratz, Michel S. Beaulieu
Guard Duty For The Garries: Soldiers, Internees And The History Of Pow Camp R, David K. Ratz, Michel S. Beaulieu
Canadian Military History
With the outbreak of the Second World War, Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Horse (or Garries as they call themselves), like many units across Canada, found themselves mobilising and preparing to go overseas. However, when the order to embark on a train to Quebec was received in June 1940, it was not what many had hoped or expected. Instead of boarding a ship bound for England, they were instead sent to meet the first German prisoners of war sent to Canada to escort them to a newly established camp in northwestern Ontario at Red Rock. Using a series of interviews with veterans …
Review Of “Varsity’S Soldiers: The University Of Toronto Contingent Of The Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, 1914-1968” By Eric Mcgeer, Joel Watson
Canadian Military History
Review of Varsity’s Soldiers: The University of Toronto Contingent of the Canadian Officers’ Training Corps, 1914-1968 by Eric McGeer
Review Of “Bombs And Barbed Wire: Stories Of Acadian Airmen And Prisoners Of War, 1939-1945” By Ronald Cormier And “The Captain Was A Doctor: The Long War And Uneasy Peace Of Pow John Reid” By Jonathon Reid, Jean-Michel Turcotte
Canadian Military History
Review of Bombs and Barbed Wire: Stories of Acadian Airmen and Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 by Ronald Cormier and The Captain Was a Doctor: The Long War and Uneasy Peace of POW John Reid by Jonathon Reid.
Review Of “A Different Track: Hospital Trains Of The Second World War” By Alexandra Kitty, Cynthia Toman
Review Of “A Different Track: Hospital Trains Of The Second World War” By Alexandra Kitty, Cynthia Toman
Canadian Military History
Review of A Different Track: Hospital Trains of the Second World War by Alexandra Kitty.
Review Of “Part Of Life Itself: The War Diary Of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, Cef” Edited By Graham Broad, Gary Sheffield
Review Of “Part Of Life Itself: The War Diary Of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, Cef” Edited By Graham Broad, Gary Sheffield
Canadian Military History
Review of Part of Life Itself: The War Diary of Lieutenant Leslie H. Miller, CEF edited by Graham Broad.
Review Of “French Generals Of The Great War: Leading The Way” Edited By Jonathan Krause And William Philpott, Roy A. Prete
Review Of “French Generals Of The Great War: Leading The Way” Edited By Jonathan Krause And William Philpott, Roy A. Prete
Canadian Military History
Review of French Generals of the Great War: Leading the Way edited by Jonathan Krause and William Philpott.
Review Of “Lifesavers And Body Snatchers: Medical Care And The Struggle For Survival In The Great War” By Tim Cook, Adam Montgomery
Review Of “Lifesavers And Body Snatchers: Medical Care And The Struggle For Survival In The Great War” By Tim Cook, Adam Montgomery
Canadian Military History
Review of Lifesavers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and the Struggle for Survival in the Great War by Tim Cook.
Review Of “Treasuring The Tradition: The Story Of The Military Museums” By Jeff Keshen And David Bercuson, Craig Leslie Mantle
Review Of “Treasuring The Tradition: The Story Of The Military Museums” By Jeff Keshen And David Bercuson, Craig Leslie Mantle
Canadian Military History
Review of Treasuring the Tradition: The Story of The Military Museums by Jeff Keshen and David Bercuson.
Review Of “Material Traces Of War: Stories Of Canadian Women And Conflict, 1914- 1945” By Stacey Barker, Krista Cooke And Molly Mccullough, Susan R. Grayzel
Review Of “Material Traces Of War: Stories Of Canadian Women And Conflict, 1914- 1945” By Stacey Barker, Krista Cooke And Molly Mccullough, Susan R. Grayzel
Canadian Military History
Review of Material Traces of War: Stories of Canadian Women and Conflict, 1914- 1945 by Stacey Barker, Krista Cooke and Molly McCullough.
Review Of “Haunted Britain: Spiritualism, Psychical Research And The Great War” By Kyle Falcon, Tim Cook
Review Of “Haunted Britain: Spiritualism, Psychical Research And The Great War” By Kyle Falcon, Tim Cook
Canadian Military History
Review of Haunted Britain: Spiritualism, Psychical Research and the Great War by Kyle Falcon
Review Of “The Book At War: How Reading Shaped Conflict And Conflict Shaped Reading” By Andrew Pettegree, Tim Cook
Canadian Military History
Review of The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading by Andrew Pettegree
Review Of “Small Stories Of War: Children, Youth And Conflict In Canada And Beyond” Edited By Barbara Lorenzkowski, Kristine Alexander And Andrew Burtch, Cynthia R. Comacchio
Review Of “Small Stories Of War: Children, Youth And Conflict In Canada And Beyond” Edited By Barbara Lorenzkowski, Kristine Alexander And Andrew Burtch, Cynthia R. Comacchio
Canadian Military History
Review of Small Stories of War: Children, Youth and Conflict in Canada and Beyond edited by Barbara Lorenzkowski, Kristine Alexander and Andrew Burtch
Review Of “Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces In War Comics” By Cord A. Scott, Matthew Barrett
Review Of “Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces In War Comics” By Cord A. Scott, Matthew Barrett
Canadian Military History
Review of Four Colour Combat: Canadian Forces in War Comics by Cord A. Scott
Review Of “E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist” By Robert Amos, Matthew Barrett
Review Of “E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist” By Robert Amos, Matthew Barrett
Canadian Military History
Review of E. J. Hughes: Canadian War Artist by Robert Amos
Review Of “But I Live: Three Stories Of Child Survivors Of The Holocaust” Edited By Charlotte Schallié And “The Long Winter Of 1945: Tivari” By Anna Di Lellio And Dardan Luta, Matthew Barrett
Canadian Military History
Review of But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust edited by Charlotte Schallié and The Long Winter of 1945: Tivari by Anna Di Lellio and Dardan Luta
143 Wing (Rcaf) Typhoons Over Normandy: Some Operational, Geographical And Archaeological Perspectives, David G. Passmore, David Capps-Tunwell
143 Wing (Rcaf) Typhoons Over Normandy: Some Operational, Geographical And Archaeological Perspectives, David G. Passmore, David Capps-Tunwell
Canadian Military History
This article presents the first attempt to conduct a geographical analysis of every air-to-ground attack conducted by a tactical fighter-bomber wing over the period 1 May–31 August 1944 in support of Operation Overlord. Ninety-five per cent of the 606 attacks made by 143 Wing Typhoons on single or multiple targets can be resolved to a map reference or place name, and their chronology and distribution reveal new insights into the Wing’s operational history. Commemorative and heritage perspectives are also highlighted for attacks on targets in woodland settings where archaeological survey of bomb craters can be linked to specific raids.
A Canadian Civil Affairs Officer In Italy: Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Robinson, Provincial Commissioner For Brescia In 1945, Janet Sanders, Rolando Anni, Maria Paola Pasini
A Canadian Civil Affairs Officer In Italy: Lieutenant-Colonel H. S. Robinson, Provincial Commissioner For Brescia In 1945, Janet Sanders, Rolando Anni, Maria Paola Pasini
Canadian Military History
This article provides an overview of one Canadian Civil Affairs Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel Homer Smiley Robinson, and his contribution to the rebuilding of the province of Brescia in north Italy and its eponymous capital after liberation from Nazi occupation. Robinson, as Provincial Commissioner, led the Civil Affairs team from April to October 1945 as the first Canadian to be appointed to the position. Traditionally, Civil Affairs has been studied predominantly as a bureaucratic structure. The human element in terms of staff and stakeholders has been almost entirely neglected. It is hoped that this account of a soldier-turned-governor will prove to be …
Preaching Peace, Selling Arms: The Evolution Of Canadian Military Export Policy, 1946-49, Paul Esau
Preaching Peace, Selling Arms: The Evolution Of Canadian Military Export Policy, 1946-49, Paul Esau
Canadian Military History
Recent sales of Canadian military equipment to Saudi Arabia have highlighted a contradiction between Canadian military export policy on paper and in practice. This contradiction is rooted in a series of policy decision made between 1946 and 1949, just after the Second World War. During this period Canadian policymakers accepted that military exports were economically and strategically necessary, and become an opportunistic exporter of military equipment to the non-communist world. The military export policies adopted during these years were flexible, pragmatic, and reactive; they incentivised risk-aversion and commercial competitiveness, but not internally consistency. Consequently, the defining principle of Canadian military …
From Zombie To Martyr: The Short Military Service Of Private Hector Sylvestre, Paul Marsden
From Zombie To Martyr: The Short Military Service Of Private Hector Sylvestre, Paul Marsden
Canadian Military History
This article outlines the brief military service of Private Hector Sylvestre, a young Franco-Ontarien paratrooper executed by the SS. His career began as a conscript in the Active Army, serving nine months prior to enlisting in the Canadian Active Service Force. From this point forward he made a series of fateful decisions, which ultimately led to his death as a member of the French Resistance. His path from Zombie to “martyr” is unique for a Canadian soldier during the Second World War.
The Vernon Military Camp And The Imperial Training Archipelago, 1939-45, Megan Hamilton
The Vernon Military Camp And The Imperial Training Archipelago, 1939-45, Megan Hamilton
Canadian Military History
The Vernon Military Camp was one of the many interwoven institutions that fed trained soldiers into the vast armies of the British Empire in the Second World War. Beginning the war as a barren hill that lacked modern equipment, it was eventually developed into a professional training centre that both served and benefitted from national, Imperial and Allied war efforts. Taking a ground-level view of Canadian Army training and inter-theatre learning, this article argues that army training camps, even those in the periphery, played a vital role in strengthening Imperial and Allied interoperability by facilitating knowledge transfer away from active …
Authors’ Response To Review Of "Untold: Northeastern Ontario’S Military Past. Volume One And Two", Dieter K. Buse, Graeme S. Mount
Authors’ Response To Review Of "Untold: Northeastern Ontario’S Military Past. Volume One And Two", Dieter K. Buse, Graeme S. Mount
Canadian Military History
Letter to the Editor
Authors’ Response to Review of Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past. Volume One, 1662 - World War I and Volume Two, World War II - Peacekeeping.
Review Of "Untold: Northeastern Ontario’S Military Past. Volume One, 1662 - World War I" And "Untold: Northeastern Ontario’S Military Past. Volume Two, World War Ii - Peacekeeping" By Dieter K. Buse And Graeme S. Mount, Curtis B. Robinson
Canadian Military History
Review of Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past. Volume One, 1662 - World War I and Untold: Northeastern Ontario’s Military Past. Volume Two, World War II - Peacekeeping by Dieter K. Buse and Graeme S. Mount
Review Of "Civilians At The Sharp End: First Canadian Army Civil Affairs In Northwest Europe" By David A. Borys, John Macfarlane
Review Of "Civilians At The Sharp End: First Canadian Army Civil Affairs In Northwest Europe" By David A. Borys, John Macfarlane
Canadian Military History
Review of Civilians at the Sharp End: First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in Northwest Europe by David A. Borys
Review Of "Genesis Of The Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, And The Home Fleet, 1896-1914" By Christopher M. Buckey, Mark Klobas
Canadian Military History
Review of Genesis of the Grand Fleet: The Admiralty, Germany, and the Home Fleet, 1896-1914 by Christopher M. Buckey
Review Of "Winning Armageddon: Curtis Lemay And Strategic Air Command, 1948-1957" By Trevor Albertson, Russell Isinger
Review Of "Winning Armageddon: Curtis Lemay And Strategic Air Command, 1948-1957" By Trevor Albertson, Russell Isinger
Canadian Military History
Review of Winning Armageddon: Curtis LeMay and Strategic Air Command, 1948-1957 by Trevor Albertson
Review Of "Building The Army’S Backbone: Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers In The Second World War" By Andrew L. Brown, Megan Hamilton
Review Of "Building The Army’S Backbone: Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers In The Second World War" By Andrew L. Brown, Megan Hamilton
Canadian Military History
Review of Building the Army’s Backbone: Canadian Non-Commissioned Officers in the Second World War by Andrew L. Brown
Review Of "Armies In Retreat: Chaos, Cohesion And Consequences" Edited By Timothy G. Heck And Walker D. Mills, Jake Gasson
Review Of "Armies In Retreat: Chaos, Cohesion And Consequences" Edited By Timothy G. Heck And Walker D. Mills, Jake Gasson
Canadian Military History
Review of Armies in Retreat: Chaos, Cohesion and Consequences edited by Timothy G. Heck and Walker D. Mills
Review Of "Montreal At War: 1914-1918" By Terry Copp With Alexander Maavara, Caroline D'Amours
Review Of "Montreal At War: 1914-1918" By Terry Copp With Alexander Maavara, Caroline D'Amours
Canadian Military History
Review of Montreal at War: 1914-1918 by Terry Copp with Alexander Maavara
Review Of "The North Star: Canada And The Civil War Plots Against Lincoln" By Julian Sher, Tim Cook
Review Of "The North Star: Canada And The Civil War Plots Against Lincoln" By Julian Sher, Tim Cook
Canadian Military History
Review of The North Star: Canada and the Civil War Plots against Lincoln by Julian Sher
Review Of "On The Dangerous Edge: British And Canadian Trench Raiding On The Western Front 1914-1918" By Kenneth Radley, Tim Cook
Canadian Military History
Review of On the Dangerous Edge: British and Canadian Trench Raiding on the Western Front 1914-1918 by Kenneth Radley