Ten Decisions: Canada’s Best, Worst, and Most Far-Reaching Decisions of the Second World War
Larry D. Rose- Details the toughest decisions that shaped Canada's role in WWII, whose effects continue to this day.
- Why Canada went to war, defied Britain by organizing its own air force (and training over 100,000 cadets), pivoted to the U.S., and walked into a disaster in Dieppe.
- Presents the forgotten history of C.D. Howe, Canada's "Minister for Everything" whose wartime powers were almost unrivaled in Canada.
- How the Corvette, the "ugly little ship the Royal Canadian Navy didn't want," became an enduring symbol of victory against all odds in the Battle of the Atlantic.
- A new look at the key figures of the war, including William Lyon Mackenzie King, Guy Simonds, and Canada's leading commander, General Henry Crerar.
- Author is a seasoned journalist and popular military history writer, and has an ear for the vivid and an approachable style for the general reader or armchair historian.
श्रेणियाँ:
साल:
2017
प्रकाशन:
Dundurn
भाषा:
english
पृष्ठ:
304
ISBN 10:
1459738292
ISBN 13:
9781459738294
फ़ाइल:
EPUB, 3.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017