A professor of history at Wilfrid Laurier University challenges that notion that Canadian participation in D-Day was a failure, using signal logs, war diaries, operational research reports, and interviews to make his case.

Product Description: This book builds on the success of The Canadian Battlefields in Northwest Europe, 1944―45 by adding a new chapter dealing with the Canadian battles in Belgium during the First World War. In addition to bringing to life the Victory Campaign of the Second World War in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, it examines the terrible battles fought in the Ypres Salient, including the Canadians’ first battle at 2nd Ypres in April 1915 and the epic battle of Passchendaele in October―November 1917...read more

Product Description: Most of the world remembers the First World War as a time when, as historian Samuel Hynes put it, “innocent young men, their heads full of high abstractions like Honour, Glory, and England ... were slaughtered in stupid battles planned by stupid Generals...read more

Product Description: This book transports the reader to Sicily, where Canadian soldiers fought in the summer of 1943. With remarkable new three-dimensional satellite maps, this book is sure to be enjoyable reading for anyone with an interest in Canada’s Second World War experience...read more

A history of the D-Day landings, co-authored by a decorated field commander, draws on archival data, oral testimonies, and new interviews to reveal how Allied forces overcame the German army in spite of considerable disadvantages, including inferior weaponry and harrowing survival conditions. Original.

Product Description: This groundbreaking collection of documents details the technological and scientific research behind the victory campaign. Dozens of documents empirically examine the effectiveness and employment of the various weapons and tools of war...read more