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Agent Zigzag: the true wartime story of Eddie Chapman : lover, betrayer, hero, spy
Par Ben Macintyre. 2007
On a chill December night in 1942, a Nazi parachutist landed in a Cambridgeshire field. His mission: to sabotage the…
British war effort. His German masters called him Fritz, or Fritzchen. The British police knew him as Eddie Chapman. Within weeks Chapman was in the hands of MI5 and operating as Agent Zigzag. 2007.Over 100 interviews with Canadian World War II pilots, coupled with information contained in logbooks, diaries and letters home, reveal…
the world of aerial combat. From training to engaging the enemy, the pilots describe harsh living conditions, lack of sleep, and the emotional roller-coaster of a pilot's life - including the sudden loss of a friend or brother. Some descriptions of sex, violence and some strong language. Bestseller 2005.A soldier first: bullets, bureaucrats and the politics of war
Par Rick Hillier. 2009
Born and raised in Newfoundland, Hillier joined the military as a young man and quickly climbed the ranks, playing a…
significant role in the 1998 ice storm and moving on to command a multinational NATO task force in Bosnia-Herzegovina. But it was his role as Canada's Chief of the Defence staff that defined him as a Canadian icon, as he demanded more funding, more troops and more appreciation for the women and men fighting in Afghanistan. Some strong language. c2009.A rage for glory: the life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN
Par James T De Kay. 2004
De Kay recounts the life of Commodore Stephen Decatur in the first new biography of the great naval hero. He…
chronicles the exploits of one of 19th-century America's bravest and most celebrated heroes. 2004.A lucky child: a memoir of surviving Auschwitz as a young boy
Par Thomas Buergenthal. 2010
Thomas Buergenthal is unique. He is a judge at the International Court in The Hague who was rescued from the…
death camps of Auschwitz at the age of 11. In his funny and heartfelt memoirs, he tells the story of his extraordinary journey - from the horrors of Nazism to an investigation of modern day genocide. 2010. Uniform title: Glückskind.A message from the Falklands: the life and gallant death of David Tinker: from his letters and poems
Par David Tinker, Hugh Tinker. 1983
Lieutenant Tinker was killed in the Falklands action. This collection of his letters home begins before his Falklands service days,…
but it is his clear perception of what is happening and how his views on war are changing that gives the book its relevance - and its poignancy. 1983.A keen soldier: the execution of Second World War Private Harold Joseph Pringle
Par Andrew Clark. 2002
Harold Pringle was underage and eager to fight when the Second World War broke out, but he soon found himself…
in Italy, with two-thirds of his company dead and himself shell-shocked. He embarked on a tragic, final course that culminated in a suspect murder conviction. His appeal was reviewed by the highest levels of government, right up to Prime Minister King, but Private Pringle was put to death - the only soldier the Canadians executed in the whole of the Second World War. Some descriptions of violence. 2002.A crown of life: the world of John McCrae
Par Dianne Graves. 1997
John McCrae's poem "In Flanders Fields" is remembered and recited every Nov. 11th on Remembrance Day. Here is the story…
of McCrae's life and of the war he lived through as a young doctor serving in the Canadian Army. 1997.81 days below zero: the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
Par Brian Murphy, Toula Vlahou. 2015
Shortly before Christmas in 1943, five Army aviators left Alaska's Ladd Field on a test flight. Only one ever returned:…
Leon Crane, a city kid from Philadelphia with little more than a parachute on his back when he bailed from his B-24 Liberator before it crashed into the Arctic. Alone in subzero temperatures, Crane managed to stay alive in the dead of the Yukon winter for nearly twelve weeks and, amazingly, walked out of the ordeal intact. Murphy recounts, for the first time, the full story of Crane's remarkable saga. 2015.A boy from Botwood: Pte. A.W. Manuel, Royal Newfoundland Regiment, 1914-1919
Par Bryan Davies, Andrew Traficante, Arthur Manuel. 2017
Brass buttons and silver horseshoes: stories from Canada's British war brides
Par Linda Granfield. 2002
This book tells the story of Canada's war brides. 48,000 young women met and married Canadian servicemen in Europe during…
World War II. Nothing could have prepared them for their experience in this new land. Some regretted their hasty love affairs and others enjoyed more than 50 years of happy marriage. 2002.Dad's war: father, soldier, hero
Par Chris Tarrant. 2014
Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very close - they played sports together, watched sports together, and shared the…
same sense of humour. Chris loved and admired his father but it was only after his death he realised that he hardly knew him at all. Basil Avery Tarrant grew up in 1920s Reading. He worked as an administrator in a local factory and spent his Saturday nights down at the music halls. But what happened to Basil during the war, and how he came to be awarded the Military Cross, remained a mystery to Chris and his family for nearly sixty years. In this emotional journey, Chris discovers that Basil was involved in some of WWII's most significant campaigns. 2014.Band of brothers: E compagny, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborn from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Par Stephen E Ambrose. 1992
A description of life in the Easy Company, 101st Airborne Division, US Army, from the time of their rigorous training…
in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory. Drawing on interviews, journals and letters, the author tells - often in their own words - the story of these American heroes. c1992, 2001.C'est quand les cons sont braves qu'ils commettent les pires bêtises. Voilà ce que dit en substance Brassens dans une…
de ses chansons posthumes, à laquelle Martin Petit emprunte son titre pour le récit de son parcours de quatorze années dans l'armée canadienne. Avec une verve extraordinaire et beaucoup d'aplomb, il nous fait revivre l'histoire et les émotions d'un fantassin qui a servi sur de nombreux théâtres d'opération, dans le golfe Persique, en ex-Yougoslavie et en Somalie. Il nous rend sensible l'évolution d'un garçon qui s'est engagé par goût de l'aventure et pour voir du pays, et qui ressort de chaque conflit un peu plus marqué par l'horreur de la guerre. Ayant aujourd'hui à vivre avec le syndrome de stress post-traumatique, Martin Petit est devenu farouchement pacifiste. S'il brise ici la loi du silence, c'est qu'il voudrait, par son témoignage, éviter à d'autres jeunes gens de connaître les mêmes épreuves que lui. -- 4e de couv.The incredible War of 1812: a military history
Par Donald E Graves, J. Mackay Hitsman. 1999
An account of the causes of the war of 1812 and of the campaigns and battles that raged on land…
and water, from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico. Hitsman describes the life and role of the soldiers - both the regulars and the militia - and the difficulties of waging war in largely trackless territory, where rivers and lakes were the main means of transport. Some descriptions of violence. 1999.Under an Afghan sky: a memoir of captivity
Par Mellissa Fung. 2011
October, 2008. Mellissa Fung, a long-time reporter for CBC’s The National, was leaving a refugee camp outside of Kabul when…
she was grabbed by armed men claiming to be Taliban, stabbed, stuffed into the back of a car and driven off into the desert. When the group finally reached a village in the middle of nowhere, her kidnappers pushed her towards a hole in the ground. For twenty-eight days, Mellissa Fung lived in that hole, which was barely big enough to stand up or lie down in, nursing her injuries, praying, writing in her notebook and, as a veteran journalist, interrogating her own captors. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2011.And no birds sang
Par Farley Mowat. 1975
The barbarity and futility of war transformed a swaggering, self-confident junior officer into a seasoned, cynical veteran as his regiment…
was decimated in Sicily and struggled to survive the carnage of the 1943 Italian campaign. Strong language and descriptions of violence. Canada Reads 2012. 2003, c1975.More than 250,000 courageous men and women were enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. These…
Canadians fought valiantly in every major air operation from the Battle of Britain to the bombing of Germany. Thousands lost their lives. Those who survived to tell their stories were forever changed. Here are some of their incredible stories. 2003.During World War II, some of the most treacherous jobs were those performed by men and women located deep within…
enemy territory. Always in danger of being exposed and subjected to torture, imprisonment, and even death, their stories are chilling accounts of bravery and luck - and, in some cases, what happens when the luck runs out. Some descriptions of violence. 2003.Great military leaders: charismatic Canadian commanders (Amazing stories)
Par Norman Leach. 2004
The history of Canada is filled with charismatic and talented military leaders. Each of the men featured in this collection…
was wildly successful in business and used his private wealth to provide Canada with a military unit at its times of greatest need. Today these respected units continue to serve Canada and Canadians. Includes biographies of Lord Strathcona, Henry Pellatt, and Hamilton Gault. Some descriptions of violence. 2004.