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Biographies, Guerre et militaire (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Policiers et militaires, Seconde Guerre mondiale
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Granatstein's study of life at the top during the Second World War centres on the most senior ranks in the…
Canadian Army. Men like Andrew McNaughton, Harold Crerar, Thomas Burns and Guy Simonds had not only to win military campaigns, but also command the sympathies of bureaucrats and powerful politicians. None, however, forgot they were fighting a war, and that their decisions directly affected the lives of Canadian soldiers. 1993.
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Biographies, Politique et gouvernement (biographies), Guerre et militaire (biographies), Histoire
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Sharifirad was shot down in the Iraqi-Iranian war in the early 1990s, saved by a group of local Kurds, and…
eventually returned to Iran where he became a national hero. The Ayatollah sent him to Pakistan as military attaché, but when he returned to Teheran, he was accused of being a CIA spy and was imprisoned, interrogated, and tortured. Upon his release, despite constant surveillance, he resolved to smuggle his family out of the country. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2010.
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire), Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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When the First World War began, Newfoundland had been without any kind of military organisation for more than half a…
century, so public-spirited citizens immediately formed themselves into a Patriotic Association, and within sixty days had recruited, partially equipped and dispatched 537 officers and men overseas. Nicholson details the harrowing experiences of the Newfoundland Regiment at Gallipoli, Beaumont Hamel, the Third Battle of Ypres and Cambrai, for which they were granted the title "Royal" - the only army unit to receive such a distinction during World War I. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.
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Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unparalleled ferocity which extended far beyond its European epicentre,…
it broke the century of relative peace and prosperity which we associate with the Victorian era and unleashed the demons of the twentieth century - pestilence, military destruction and mass death - and also the ideas which continue to shape our world today - modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, and radical ideas about economics and society. Includes violence. 1998.
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Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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In the winter trenches and flak-filled skies of World War I, soldiers and pilots alike might avoid death, only to…
find themselves imprisoned in Germany's archipelago of POW camps, often in abominable conditions. The most infamous was Holzminden, a land-locked Alcatraz of sorts that housed the most troublesome, escape-prone prisoners. Its commandant was a boorish, hate-filled tyrant named Karl Niemeyer who swore that none should ever leave. Desperate to break out of "Hellminden" and return to the fight, a group of Allied prisoners led by ace pilot (and former Army sapper) David Gray hatch an elaborate escape plan. Their plot demands a risky feat of engineering as well as a bevy of disguises, forged documents, fake walls, and steely resolve. Once beyond the watch towers and round-the-clock patrols, Gray and almost a dozen of his half-starved fellow prisoners must then make a heroic 150 mile dash through enemy-occupied territory towards free Holland. Drawing on never-before-seen memoirs and letters, Bascomb brings this narrative to cinematic life, amid the twilight of the British Empire and the darkest, most savage hours of the fight against Germany. At turns tragic, funny, inspirational, and nail-biting suspenseful, this is the little-known story of the biggest POW breakout of the Great War. 2018.
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Biographies, Guerre et militaire (biographies)
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Almost 2.5 million Americans have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since September 11, 2001. C.J. Chivers has reported from both…
fronts from the beginning, walking side by side with combatants for more than a dozen years. He describes the experience of war today as it is endured by those most at risk-the camaraderie and profound sense of purpose, alongside courage, frustration, and moral confusion mixed with technical precision. In these remote places where the reason for their presence is sometimes not clear, these young men kill or are killed, facing palpable and often constant threat of ambush or hidden bombs. They repeatedly return, rushing toward danger, often to rescue the wounded in wars that escalate around them as the Pentagon changes doctrines and plans. Weaving a history of the war through troops' experiences, the characters in The Fighters climb into an F-14 cockpit for the opening strikes after the attacks of 9/11, hunt for Osama bin Laden along the Pakistani border, chase insurgent rocket teams with helicopters alongside American bases, face snipers in a hostile city in Anbar Province in Iraq, and engage in deadly counterguerilla warfare in the soaring mountains of the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Some suffer terribly. All are changed. They return home, uncertain of their place in the world and what their wars have achieved. 2018.
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Aventure et exploration, Biographies, Guerre et militaire (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire)
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From the dawn of aviation, Canada has produced intrepid pilots of renown. Learning their craft in some of the most…
difficult conditions anywhere, many of these flyers became expert pilots, navigators and mechanics. These great Canadians pilots were among the highest-scoring Allied aces of both world wars. 2002.
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Histoire (biographies), Politique et gouvernement (biographies), Guerre et militaire (biographies), Journaux personnels et mémoires, Europe (histoire), Seconde Guerre mondiale
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When Otto Dietrich was invited in 1933 to become Adolf Hitler's press chief, he accepted with the simple uncritical conviction…
that Adolf Hitler was a great man, dedicated to promoting peace and welfare for the German people. At the end of the war, imprisoned and disillusioned, Otto Dietrich sat down to write what he had seen and heard in twelve years of the closest association with Hitler. c2010. Uniform title: 12 Jahre mit Hitler.
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Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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For German u-boats hunting Allied ships in the treacherous waters of the Atlantic, no target was as prized as the…
Leviathan, carrying more than 10,000 doughboys per crossing. But the Germans were not the only deadly force threatening the ship and its passengers. In 1918, a devastating influenza pandemic--the Spanish flu--spread throughout the globe, predominantly striking healthy young adults, including soldiers. Peter Hernon tells the ship's story across multiple voyages and through the experiences of a diverse cast of participants. 2017.
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Recalling his coverage of the fortieth anniversary of D-Day in 1984, reporter Brokaw describes World War II veterans as "the…
greatest generation any society has produced." Profiles individuals who sacrificed for their country, including Thomas Broderick--who founded the Blinded Veterans Association--and businessman Bob Bush, who lost an eye in a heroic rescue mission. Bestseller. 1998.
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Examines the British experience during World War I through the eyes of writers Siegfried Sasson, Robert Graves, and Edmund Blunden;…
through the poetry of David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg and Wilfred Owen; and through the amateur memoirs of the men in the trenches. 1975.
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Biographies, Guerre et militaire (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Guerre
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2002. Author Key enlisted in the U.S. Army to learn a trade and provide for his family, and was assured…
that he would never see combat. Instead, he was sent to Iraq to hunt for terrorists, a mission that involved beating civilians, kidnapping, and destroying homes and families. While on a two-week furlough, Key decided he couldn't go back to Iraq, and took his family to Canada. 2007.
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Biographies, Guerre et militaire (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens
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A unique account of a life shaped by Stalinism, Nazism, migration, famine, and war. John Werner was a survivor. Born…
in the Soviet Union just after the Bolshevik Revolution, he was named Hans and grew up in a German-speaking Mennonite community in Siberia. As a young man in Stalinist Russia, he became Ivan and fought as a Red Army soldier in the Second World War. Captured by Germans, he was resettled in occupied Poland where he became Johann, was naturalized and drafted into Hitler’s German army where he served until captured and placed in an American POW camp. Eventually he was released and immigrated to Canada, where he became John. 2013.
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Aventure et exploration, Guerre et militaire (biographies), Journaux personnels et mémoires, Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire), Policiers et militaires
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Autobiography of Canadian rear admiral Jeffry V. Brock, best-remembered for his opposition to the unification of the Canadian armed forces. Followed by "The thunder and the sunshine" (DC06444). c1981.
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Aventure et exploration, Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Canada (histoire), Première Guerre mondiale
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On December 7, 1917, in the heart of the World War I, two ships collided in Halifax harbour. The resulting…
explosion killed over 2,000 people and injured some 6,000 more. Macdonald presents the whole story of how the military, volunteers and ordinary citizens united to organize one of the most complex relief efforts in North American history. Descriptions of violence. 2005.
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Histoire (biographies), Canadiens (biographies), Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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A battlefield guide to the Battle of Cambrai and the Canal du Nord of September 1918, the last major battle…
fought by the Canadians in World War I. Include a history of the battle, biographies of soldiers, and information about the town of Arras. 1997.
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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A battlefield tour guide the Battle of Arras and the breaking of the Drocourt-Queant line in the final months of…
World War I. Includes a history of the battles, biographies of soldiers who fought, and information about the town of Arras. 1997. (For king & empire ; 5)
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A battlefield guide to the Battle of Passchendaele, August-November 1917, one of the bloodiest and most futile battles of World…
War I. Includes a history of the battle, biographies of soldiers, and information about the Belgian town of Ypres, now known as Ieper. 1996. (For king & empire ; 4)
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Ouvrages documentaires canadiens, Europe (histoire), Guerre, Première Guerre mondiale
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A battlefield guide to the capture of Vimy Ridge by the Canadian Corps in April 1917. Includes a history of…
the battle, biographies of soliders, and information on the French town of Arras. 1996.
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A battlefield guide to the Battle of the Somme, July to November 1916, one of the most horrific battles of…
World War I. Includes a history of the battle, biographies of soldiers, and information on the French town of Arras. 1996.