Canadian Battlefields of the Second World War
Dieppe, D-Day, and the Battle of Normandy
Published on 30. May 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-926804-17-0 (ISBN)
Description
This guidebook offers an introduction to the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Dieppe Raid and the Normandy campaign plus information on accommodation, museums, memorials and other points of interest. The battlefields of the Second World War have long played an important part in the collective memory and imagination of Canadians. This guide is intended to encourage a new generation to set out on their own journey not just to the iconic landing beaches, memorials and museums but to the villages and fields where young Canadians fought to free France from the yoke of Nazi tyranny.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Waterloo, ON
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Over 100 illustrations, photographs, and maps
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 154 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
435 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-926804-17-0 (9781926804170)
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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.
Matt Baker received his MA in history in 2011 from Wilfrid Laurier University after graduating from the University of Guelph in 2009. Matt was introduced to LCMSDS during graduate school, where he focused on recruiting in Ontario during the First World War and participated in the War & Memory battlefield tour.
Matt Baker received his MA in history in 2011 from Wilfrid Laurier University after graduating from the University of Guelph in 2009. Matt was introduced to LCMSDS during graduate school, where he focused on recruiting in Ontario during the First World War and participated in the War & Memory battlefield tour.