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Review Of "Fighting With The Empire: Canada, Britain And Global Conflict, 1867-1947" Edited By Steve Marti And William John Pratt, Katelyn Stieva

Canadian Military History

Review of Fighting with the Empire: Canada, Britain and Global Conflict, 1867-1947 edited by Steve Marti and William John Pratt

Review Of "The Fight For History: 75 Years Of Forgetting, Remembering, And Remaking Canada’S Second World War" By Tim Cook, Roger Sarty

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Review of The Fight For History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering, and Remaking Canada’s Second World War by Tim Cook

Review Of "The True Face Of Sir Isaac Brock" By Guy St-Denis, Craig Leslie Mantle

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Review of The True Face of Sir Isaac Brock by Guy St-Denis

Review Of "Remembered In Bronze And Stone: Canada’S Great War Memorial Statuary" By Alan Livingston Macleod, Sarah L. Hart

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Review of Remembered in Bronze and Stone: Canada’s Great War Memorial Statuary by Alan Livingston MacLeod

Review Of "Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged The U.S. Navy" By Norman Polmar, Thomas A. Brooks And George E. Federoff, Arthur W. Gullachsen

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Review of Admiral Gorshkov: The Man Who Challenged the U.S. Navy by Norman Polmar, Thomas A. Brooks and George E. Federoff

Review Of "The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King And The Untold Friendships That Won Wwii" By Neville Thompson, Tim Cook

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Review of The Third Man: Churchill, Roosevelt, Mackenzie King and the Untold Friendships that Won WWII by Neville Thompson

Review Of "Surviving The Great War: Australian Prisoners Of War On The Western Front, 1916-18" By Aaron Pegram, Tim Cook

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Review of Surviving the Great War: Australian Prisoners of War on the Western Front, 1916-18 by Aaron Pegram

Review Of "For Home And Empire: Voluntary Mobilization In Australia, Canada, And New Zealand During The First World War" By Steve Marti, Jordan Beavis

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Review of For Home and Empire: Voluntary Mobilization in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand during the First World War by Steve Marti

Review Of "Anxious Days And Tearful Nights: Canadian War Wives During The Great War" By Martha Hannah, Kristine Alexander

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Review of Anxious Days and Tearful Nights: Canadian War Wives during the Great War by Martha Hannah

“Condemned To Be Free:” The Dilemmas Of Canadian Civilians In Japanese-Occupied Hong Kong, Brian Edgar

Canadian Military History

Enemy occupation after military defeat is generally seen as a situation in which the defeated are deprived of choices. This is obviously correct, but it is also true that they are sometimes faced with dilemmas harsher and more significant than those of peacetime. The study of the experience of Canadian civilians during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong casts light on some of these dilemmas. This article begins with an account of the Hong Kong Canadians on the eve of war, showing them to consist of two distinct but linked communities—the Chinese and the European. It goes on to describe …

A Halifax: The Story Of Mz 899, David J. Bercuson

Canadian Military History

We know a great deal about the Royal Air Force’s (RAF)’s bomber offensive. There is also an extensive library of autobiographies, memoirs and other primary sources telling the personal stories of a great many aircrew, some famous—such as Guy Gibson who led the Dam Busters Raid of 1943—and others not so famous—such as Howard Hewer’s In For a Penny, In for a Pound, the story of a young man who flew in Nos. 148 and 218 Squadrons of the RAF. But few of those works have focused on the aircrew of individual aircraft because of the dearth of primary source …

Brigadier J. K. Lawson’S Diary: October To December 1941, Tyler Wentzell

Canadian Military History

This article contextualises and reproduces the diary kept by Brigadier J. K. Lawson during his command of C Force at the Battle of Hong Kong. The diary covers events from Lawson’s departure from Ottawa by rail on 23 October 1941 until his death in battle on 19 December. Allied soldiers hid Lawson’s diary and other effects from Japanese guards during four long years of imprisonment and had them delivered to his widow after the war.

The Victors, Not The Vanquished: A Conversation With Hong Kong Veteran George Macdonell, Brad St.Croix

Canadian Military History

This article centres around a conversation the author had with Battle of Hong Kong veteran George MacDonell. Several questions were asked to gain insights about events related to the battle as MacDonell saw it and the years the Canadian prisoners of war spent in brutal Japanese captivity. MacDonell was also asked about his opinions on a variety of subjects. Ultimately, one of his greatest concerns is that the exploits of him and his comrades would be forgotten. This article is designed to bring attention to such a worry so that work can be done to ensure this does not happen.

From The Vaults: Objects Relating To The Canadian Experience In Hong Kong, Stacey Barker, Jeff Noakes

Canadian Military History

This article focuses on the material culture of Canadians’ experiences during and after the Battle of Hong Kong. Stories of combat, captivity, and the return home are told through this selection of personal objects now preserved in the collections of the Canadian War Museum. These artifacts highlight the particular circumstances and harsh conditions faced by prisoners of war and civilian detainees, and serve as entry points into the wider history of the battle, its aftermath and its lasting consequences.

Cet article porte sur la culture matérielle des expériences des Canadiens et Canadiennes pendant et après la bataille de Hong Kong. …

Fun Behind The Wire?: Francis “Huck” O’Neill And The Canadian Pow Experience In Hong Kong, 1941-1945, Michael B. Pass

Canadian Military History

Many prior studies of Canadian POWs during the Pacific War have focused on the sadism and mistreatment of their Japanese jailors, helping to make this a dominant image of the conflict. This article moderates this view by discrediting the notion that Japanese soldiers were motivated by an omnipresent belief in “bushido,” as well as by studying newly discovered documents produced in captivity by Canadian Auxiliary Services Officer Francis O’Neill. It argues that Japanese conduct towards POWs was more variable than previously recognised and highlights moments of levity and fun as O’Neill and his fellow prisoners organised sporting events, games and …

The Battle Of Hong Kong, Forgotten And Remembered: C Force, Cultural Memory And Commemoration, Alexandra Mckinnon

Canadian Military History

This article considers how veterans of C Force and their families have shaped Canadian cultural memory of the Battle of Hong Kong and their engagement with memorial and material landscapes. In considering bottom-up processes of commemoration, this article suggests that the “forgotten battle” of Canadian service in the Second World War has not been forgotten after all. Instead, Canadian cultural memory of the battle reflects the enduring impact of individual experience in shaping national narratives.

Reappraising The Battle Of Hong Kong: Preliminary Observations From A Spatial History Project, Chi Man Kwong

Canadian Military History

This article summarises the author’s recent experience of revisiting the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941 through a spatial history project based on a critical reading of primary sources from Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, Canada and Japan. The spatial history approach allows the author to propose new observations about the operational and tactical dimensions of the battle, the experience of the Canadian forces, the performance of the Japanese forces and the reasons for the battle’s outcome, which was seemingly a foregone conclusion. This article also discusses some possible future research directions on the topic and outlines how these new …

Review Of “The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’S First World War Internment Camps” By Sandra Semchuk, Andrew Theobald

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Review of The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps by Sandra Semchuk

Review Of “The Craft Of Wargaming: A Detailed Planning Guide For Defense Planners And Analysts” By Jeff Appleget, David Stubbs

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Review of The Craft of Wargaming: A Detailed Planning Guide for Defense Planners and Analysts by Jeff Appleget

Review Of “The Imperial Army Project: Britain And The Land Forces Of The Dominions And India, 1902-1945” By Douglas E. Delaney, Brad St. Croix

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Review of The Imperial Army Project: Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945 by Douglas E. Delaney

Review Of “Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo” By Sean M. Maloney, Krenare Recaj

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Review of Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo by Sean M. Maloney

Review Of “Indigenous Peoples And The Second World War: The Politics, Experiences And Legacies Of War In The Us, Canada, Australia And New Zealand” By R. Scott Sheffield And Noah Riseman, William John Pratt

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Review of Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand by R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman

Review Of “Ypres” By Mark Connelly And Stefan Goebel, Katrina J. Pasierbek

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Review of Ypres by Mark Connelly and Stefan Goebel

Review Of “Fort Henry: An Illustrated History” By Steve Mecredy, Michael P. A. Murphy

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Review of Fort Henry: An Illustrated History by Steve Mecredy

Review Of “Forging The Shield: The U.S. Army In Europe, 1951-1962 (U.S. Army In The Cold War)” By Donald A. Carter, Mark Klobas

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Review of Forging the Shield: The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951-1962 (U.S. Army in the Cold War) by Donald A. Carter

Review Of “A Township At War” By Jonathan F. Vance, John Heckman

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Review of A Township At War by Jonathan F. Vance

Review Of “Crerar’S Lieutenants: Inventing The Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45” By Geoffrey Hayes, Caroline D’Amours

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Review of Crerar’s Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45 by Geoffrey Hayes

Review Of “Not For King Or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, The Communist Party Of Canada, And The Spanish Civil War” By Tyler Wentzell, Tim Cook

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Review of Not for King or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, The Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War by Tyler Wentzell

Review Of “Making The Best Of It: Women And Girls Of Canada And Newfoundland During The Second World War” Edited By Sarah Glassford And Amy Shaw, Tim Cook

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Review of Making the Best of It: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War edited by Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw

Review Of “Harry Livingstone’S Forgotten Men: Canadians And The Chinese Labour Corps In The First World War” By Dan Black, Tim Cook

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Review of Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men: Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War by Dan Black