
The Canadian Battlefields in Normandy
A Visitor's Guide
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published on 30. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-9783441-4-6 (ISBN)
Description
A revised edition of the bestselling guidebook by one of Canada's foremost military historians brings the Normandy campaign to life with never-before-seen full-colour photographs. Revised full-colour maps and updated text transport the reader back to the summer of 1944. This guide is essential reading for any Canadian who is contemplating a trip to France. Published by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies and distributed by Wilfrid Laurier University Press.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Waterloo, Ontario
Canada
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-9783441-4-6 (9780978344146)
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Persons
Terry Copp is the director emeritus of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and a professor emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and many articles on the Canadian role in the Second World War, including travel guides to the Canadian battlefields. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy won the 2004 Distinguished Book Award for non-US history from the American Society for Military History. Mike Bechthold is a historian of the First and Second World Wars and an air power specialist. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of New South Wales, Canberra, and an M.A. & Honours B.A. from Wilfrid Laurier University. His most recent book is Flying to Victory: Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940-1941 (2017).
Content
Table of Contents for The Canadian Battlefields in Normandy: A Visitor's Guide, 3rd edition by Terry Copp and Mike Bechthold D-Day and the Airborne Bridgehead The Airborne Bridgehead Juno Courseulles-sur-Mer Bernieres-sur-Mer St. Aubin-sur-Mer The American and British Landing Areas The Bridgehead Battles, 7 June to 12 June 1944 The Tour Carpiquet and Caen The Tour Verrieres Ridge Operation "Goodwood" and "Atlantic" Operation Spring The Tour Operation "Totalize" The Tour Operation "Tractable" and the Falaise Gap Operation "Tractable" Closing the Pocket The Tour Where to Stay in Normandy Appendices Appendix 1-First Canadian Army in Normandy Appendix 2-Organization of Army Units Appendix 3-The Royal Canadian Air Force in Normandy Appendix 4-Suggested Readings