The Canadian Naval Chronicle 1939 1945

Author : Robert A. Darlington
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Canadian Naval Chronicle, 1939-1945 written by Robert A. Darlington and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.. This book was released on 1998 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World War II the Canadian Navy embarked on a five-year anti-submarine offensive with a tiny fleet of six destroyers and a navy largely untrained in submarine warfare. This chronicle of ship successes and losses charts the increase in fighting capability of the Canadian naval forces and their growing success against enemy submarines and surface warships. From the dreadful loss of sixteen ships out of a single convoy in 1941, to the painstaking teamwork of hunting down and destroying an asdic contact a few years later, the authors have managed to capture the drama of these events in considerable detail. The information provided in each account represents comprehensive research into the incident from available records and from personal recollections and interviews collected by the authors. Each includes the ships and crews involved on both sides, their movements just prior to the event, the action itself, the casualty lists, and the medals awarded as a result of the action. This book also contains, for the first time, a complete record of all the Canadian owned Merchant ships lost, as well as a table of RCAF Squadron successes against enemy U-boats. --

Author : Hal Lawrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Bloody War written by Hal Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kenneth MacPherson
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
ISBN 13 : 9781551250526
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corvettes of the Royal Canadian Navy 1939-1945 written by Kenneth MacPherson and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This illustrated history of the WWII Canadian Corvette is a comprehensive account of the class.

Author : Joseph Schull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Far Distant Ships written by Joseph Schull and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald E. Graves
Publisher : Published for the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust by Robin Brass Studio
ISBN 13 : 9781896941325
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Peril on the Sea written by Donald E. Graves and published by Published for the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust by Robin Brass Studio. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War the Royal Canadian Navy expanded from a tiny service of 10 ships in 1939 to become the third largest Allied navy by 1945. Its primary role was convoy escort in the North Atlantic to keep open the vital lifeline carrying supplies to Britain. In small, ill-equipped ships, most notably the famous corvettes, the RCN battled U-boats and dreadful weather in a role that has often gone unheralded in many histories. This book was commissioned by the Canadian Naval Memorial Trust to commemorate the 60th anniversay of the Battle of the Atlantic. Written and complied by Donald E. Graves, it includes not only the author's text but many excerpts from the recollections of those who took part... Canadian, German, sailors, civilians. The book is generously illustrated with photographs as well as drawing, maps and diagrams that explain the intricacies of anti-submarine warfare in World War II.

Author : John D. Harbron
Publisher : St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Longest Battle : the Royal Canadian Navy in the Atlantic 1939-1945 written by John D. Harbron and published by St. Catharines, Ont. : Vanwell Pub.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stanley W. Dziuban
Publisher : Washington : Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945 written by Stanley W. Dziuban and published by Washington : Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. This book was released on 1959 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of Allied cooperation in hemispheric defense and in the fight against Germany and Japan. The common effort ranged from growing wheat to the climactic development of the atomic bomb.

Author : Joseph Schull
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781523486427
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Far Distant Ships written by Joseph Schull and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-19 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Far Distant Ships, first published in 1950, recounts the often overlooked but vital contribution made by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) to the Allied victory in World War II. Especially critical in protecting the endless convoys crossing the North Atlantic from the US to Great Britain, the Canadian navy used its limited men and ships to their utmost. Their resourcefulness was also reflected in their development of the corvette, a small convoy escort ship, built in Canadian shipyards, that proved to be one of the most effective antisubmarine vessels of the war. The RCN also served important roles in Allied landings in North Africa, Italy, and Normandy. Illustrated throughout with photographs, maps, and figures, and written is an engaging style, The Far Distant Ships is the classic account of the Royal Canadian Navy in WWII.

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ISBN 13 : 9781898875161
Total Pages : 3 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Royal Canadian Naval Postal History 1939-1945 written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 3 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carolyn Gossage
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550029134
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greatcoats and Glamour Boots written by Carolyn Gossage and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out "doing their bit" for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, "to free a man to fight," as the recruiting posters urged. By the war’s end almost 50,000 of them were in the forces. Carolyn Gossage has compiled a fascinating collage of anecdotal and documentary material. The colourful story of Canada’s "forgotten women" - those who volunteered for service during World War II in the RCAF Women’s division, the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (CWAC) and the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens) - entertains and enlightens.