Crumps: The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went
ISBN: 9781499524802 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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26,88 zł |
Charlie's First War: South Africa, 1899-1900
ISBN: 9780773544321 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Charles Henry Tweddell (1869-1921) was one of several thousand Canadian soldiers who fought with British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). A methodical diarist, Tweddell recounts his year of service from the time he left Quebec City until his return. Tweddell's diary captures the sounds, sights, and stench of war, its friendships and rivalries, its routine and boredom, its death, disease, and injury. Readers are taken into the battlefield and the British military s disastrous medical services and facilities, and his month-long sight-seeing sick leave in London. Tweddell's diary...
Charles Henry Tweddell (1869-1921) was one of several thousand Canadian soldiers who fought with British forces in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-190...
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148,71 zł |
Death or Deliverance: Canadian Courts Martial in the Great War
ISBN: 9780774825672 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series often depict courts martial as brutal and inflexible, and social memories of this system of frontline justice have inspired modern movements to seek pardons for soldiers executed on the battlefield. In this powerful and moving book, Teresa Iacobelli looks beyond stories of callous generals and quick executions to consider the trials of nearly two hundred soldiers who were sentenced to death but spared by a disciplinary system capable of... Soldiers found guilty of desertion or cowardice during the Great War faced death by firing squad. Novels, histories, movies, and television series ... |
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449,21 zł |
All Canada in the Hands of the British, Volume 43: General Jeffery Amherst and the 1760 Campaign to Conquer New France
ISBN: 9780806148496 / Angielski / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The full story of the successful sieges of Montreal that ended France's control of Canada In 1760, General Jeffery Amherst led the British campaign that captured Montreal and began the end of French colonial rule in North America. All Canada in the Hands of the British is a detailed account of Amherst's successful military strategy and soldiers' experiences on both sides. Newly promoted general Jeffery Amherst took command of British forces in North America in 1759 and soon secured victories at Fort Duquesne, Louisbourg, Quebec, Fort Ticonderoga, and Niagara. In 1760 William Pitt, head of the...
The full story of the successful sieges of Montreal that ended France's control of Canada In 1760, General Jeffery Amherst led the British campaign th...
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137,62 zł |
In Peace Prepared: Innovation and Adaptation in Canada's Cold War Army
ISBN: 9780774827034 / Angielski / Miękka / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second World War, the United States' invention of the atomic bomb and its replication by the Soviet Union posed new dangers for all nations. In Peace Prepared examines what Canada's Cold War Army did to prepare for war against the Warsaw Pact armies - and why and how it did it. Drawing on previously classified documents from both sides of the conflict, Andrew Godefroy reveals that although the Third World War never happened, peacetime operations played a significant role in the evolution of Canada's army. Officers,... Although the Allies claimed victory at the end of the Second World War, the United States' invention of the atomic bomb and its replication by the ... |
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156,47 zł |
Over the Canadian Battlefields
ISBN: 9781503314160 / Angielski / Miękka / 24 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the first days of March, 1919, I made hurriedly a pilgrimage that will be made in more leisurely manner by thousands of Canadians in coming years. For while the memory of the Great War endures and Canada retains her national consciousness, Canadians, generation after generation for centuries to come, will follow the Canadian way of glory over the battlefields of France and Flanders, with reverent hearts and shining eyes, learning anew the story of what will doubtless always remain the most romantic page in our national history. For lack of time I had to forego my visit to the bitter...
In the first days of March, 1919, I made hurriedly a pilgrimage that will be made in more leisurely manner by thousands of Canadians in coming years. ...
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76,50 zł |
The Great Navy Wreck Scam
ISBN: 9781883056513 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The U.S. Navy is seeking legislation that will grant it control of more than 17,000 wrecks worldwide: from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. If this Act is passed, divers will no longer be able to dive on these wrecks, and anglers will no longer be allowed to fish on them. And not only shipwrecks, but ditched and crashed aircraft. Wreck-diving and wreck-fishing will then be activities of the past, when America was the land of the free and the home of the brave. The underwater America of the future will belong almost exclusively to a handful of civilian staff members who are...
The U.S. Navy is seeking legislation that will grant it control of more than 17,000 wrecks worldwide: from the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tri...
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95,73 zł |
Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
ISBN: 9780774828888 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness... Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for se... |
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449,21 zł |
The Embattled General: Sir Richard Turner and the First World War
ISBN: 9780773546257 / Angielski / Twarda / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A re-evaluation of a controversial Canadian general that overturns much of what is known about him.
A re-evaluation of a controversial Canadian general that overturns much of what is known about him.
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196,58 zł |
A Dialogue in Hades
ISBN: 9781516987696 / Angielski / Miękka / 66 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. A DIALOGUE IN HADES. A PARALLEL OF MILITARY ERRORS, OF WHICH THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH ARMIES WERE GUILTY, DURING THE CAMPAIGN OF 1759, IN CANADA. ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES JOHNSTONE THEOPHANIA PUBLISHING The original of this manuscript is deposited in the French war archives, in Paris; a copy was, with the permission of the...
Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of ...
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72,87 zł |
Unwanted Warriors: The Rejected Volunteers of the Canadian Expeditionary Force
ISBN: 9780774828895 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for service." What impact did military exclusion have on these men? Nic Clarke looks for answers in the service files of 3,400 rejected volunteers and explores the mechanics of the medical examination, the physical and psychological qualities that the authorities believed made a fighting man, and how evaluations changed as the war dragged on. In the process, he exposes the deleterious effects that socially constructed norms about health and fitness... Unwanted Warriors uncovers the history of Canada's first casualties of the Great War ? men who tried to enlist but were deemed "unfit for se... |
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141,28 zł |
Strangers in Arms: Combat Motivation in the Canadian Army, 1943-1945
ISBN: 9780773547254 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A penetrating study of why soldiers fight and what sustained Canadians in battle during the Second World War.
A penetrating study of why soldiers fight and what sustained Canadians in battle during the Second World War.
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175,33 zł |
Port Elgin's War: A History of a Canadian Town and the 98th (Bruce) Anti-tank Battery during the Second World War
ISBN: 9781517396862 / Angielski / Miękka / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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89,74 zł |
World War 1: World War I in 50 Events: From the Very Beginning to the Fall of the Central Powers (War Books, World War 1 Books, War
ISBN: 9781530767892 / Angielski / Miękka / 86 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Do you want to learn how the Great War began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allied Forces Read about the 50 most important events of World War I, from the very beginning to the fall of the Central Powers. This book is perfect for history lovers. Author James Weber did the research and compiled this huge list of events and battles that changed the course of history forever. Some of them include: - The Defeat of the Russian 2nd Army in the Battle of Tannenberg (August 26, 1914) - The First Battle of Ypres (October 18, 1914) - The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania (May 7, 1915) - The...
Do you want to learn how the Great War began, was fought and ultimately won by the Allied Forces Read about the 50 most important events of World War ...
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62,78 zł |
The Escape of a Princess Pat
ISBN: 9781535374330 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Escape of a Princess Pat is a World War One history by George Pearson that provides an account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of Corporal Edwards, of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, and his final escape from Germany into Holland
The Escape of a Princess Pat is a World War One history by George Pearson that provides an account of the capture and fifteen months' imprisonment of ...
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30,29 zł |
Loyal Gunners: 3rd Field Artillery Regiment (the Loyal Company) and the History of New Brunswick's Artillery, 1893-2012
ISBN: 9781771122375 / Angielski / Twarda / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centres on the artillery units of New Brunswick. The story of those units is a profoundly Canadian story: one of dedication and sacrifice in service of great guns and of Canada. The 3rd Field Regiment (The Loyal Company), Royal Canadian Artillery, is Canada's oldest artillery unit, dating to the founding of the Loyal Company in Saint John in 1793. Since its centennial in 1893, 3rd Field--in various permutations of medium, coastal, and... Loyal Gunners uniquely encapsulates the experience of Canadian militia gunners and their units into a single compelling narrative that centr... |
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256,37 zł |
The Conscription Crisis of 1944
ISBN: 9781442639782 / Angielski / Miękka / 138 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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95,84 zł |
Letters to Vimy
ISBN: 9781460293331 / Angielski / Twarda / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It goes like this... A hundred years ago a German shell dropped on Pte. Oscar French on Vimy Ridge and ended his adventures in the First World War. A century later author Orland French replies to Oscar's real letters home to his mother and tells him, in his own sardonic style, how the world turned out after the horrific War to End All Wars. Letters to Vimy is an excellent and highly entertaining personal guide to the birth and growth of... Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It go... |
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162,69 zł |
Letters to Vimy
ISBN: 9781460293348 / Angielski / Miękka / 378 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It goes like this... A hundred years ago a German shell dropped on Pte. Oscar French on Vimy Ridge and ended his adventures in the First World War. A century later author Orland French replies to Oscar's real letters home to his mother and tells him, in his own sardonic style, how the world turned out after the horrific War to End All Wars. Letters to Vimy is an excellent and highly entertaining personal guide to the birth and growth of... Dear Uncle Oscar... I'm going to put a note on the back of our book to explain to readers what our correspondence inside is all about. It go... |
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112,43 zł |
Tin-Can Canucks: A Century of Canadian Destroyers
ISBN: 9780969154822 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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80,55 zł |