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A New Mandate For Unficyp The Canadian Contingent In Cyprus, July-August 1974, Robert J. Gravelle Jan 1989

A New Mandate For Unficyp The Canadian Contingent In Cyprus, July-August 1974, Robert J. Gravelle

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The Friction Of War: A Study Of The Lincoln And Welland Regiment, 1940-1945, Geoffrey Hayes Jan 1985

The Friction Of War: A Study Of The Lincoln And Welland Regiment, 1940-1945, Geoffrey Hayes

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

This is a study of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, a Canadian infantry Regiment which fought in North West Europe during the last ten months of the Second World War. It follows the Regiment’s development from its mobilization in 1940 until the end of the hostilities in May 1945. The relationship between the soldier, the military organization with which he could best identify and the field of battle is the central theme of this study. Through the use of both archival and oral evidence, this study examines what Carl von Clausewitz called “the friction of war.” It details how men …


Highland Light Infantry Of Canada, 1940-1944, Richard Mark Dykeman Jan 1985

Highland Light Infantry Of Canada, 1940-1944, Richard Mark Dykeman

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This thesis is a study of the Canadian infantry battalion, the Highland Light Infantry of Canada, in the first five months of the campaign to liberate northwest Europe. The purpose of this paper is to establish a careful record of the unit’s campaign as a way of addressing the critical statements made by C.P. Stacey, the Official Historian of the Canadian Army in the Second World War and other military historians, on the leadership and performance of Canadian military units in northwest Europe. Throughout the campaign the battalion under study demonstrated a pattern of careful planning, high courage and skill …


James Layton Ralston And Manpower For The Canadian Army, John Robinson Campbell Jan 1984

James Layton Ralston And Manpower For The Canadian Army, John Robinson Campbell

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This thesis is a study of one aspect of the public career of James Layton Ralston (1881-1948), soldier, lawyer, politician and Minister of National Defense 1940-1944. Ralston was a man known to all Canadians during the Second World War, but after his forced resignation from the Cabinet in the fall of 1944 he ceased to play a prominent public role and war largely forgotten. Historians, working within the traditional framework of Liberal-national unity historiography, have been content to stereotype Ralston as an Empire-minded conscriptionist whose policies threatened national unity. No biography of this major Canadian politician has been written and …


The Loyal Edmonton Regiment At War, 1943-1945, Shaun R.G. Brown Jan 1984

The Loyal Edmonton Regiment At War, 1943-1945, Shaun R.G. Brown

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Luctor Et Emergo: The Impact Of The Second World War On Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard Jan 1983

Luctor Et Emergo: The Impact Of The Second World War On Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard

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This thesis is a study of the impact of the Second World War on Zeeland, the most southerly maritime province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The thesis attempts to describe life in Zeeland before the outbreak of war and then looks at the changes caused by the arrival of the Germans in may 1940. For four and a half years Zeelanders (hereafter referred to as Zeeuws) lived and worked under the yoke of German rule and oppression before exchanging that yoke for freedom. It was here that Canadians played a role.

On a grand scale, the Canadian Army was …