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A young Canadian soldier’s account of the battle of Ortona, Italy! Seventeen-year-old Paul Baldassara lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Army. He jo
Operation Husky
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Pages: 506
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-01 - Publisher: D & M Publishers

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On July 10, 1943, two great Allied armadas of over 2,000 ships readied to invade Sicily. This was Operation Husky, the first step toward winning a toehold in fa
Battle Exhaustion
Language: en
Pages: 292
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When Canadian troops cracked mentally, their commanders could not understand that strict discipline and good training were not enough to keep battle exhaustion
The Necessary War, Volume 1
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Authors: Tim Cook
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Co-winner of the 2014-2015 Charles P. Stacey Award Tim Cook, Canada’s leading war historian, ventures deep into World War Two in this epic two-volume story of