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What people are saying - Write a reviewReview: Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918 Volume 2User Review - Marc Leroux - GoodreadsThis is a must read for anyone interested in the Canadian involvement in the first world war. This explore the period where Canada (militarily) came of age, and led the breakthroughs of 1917 and 1918 ... Read full review Review: Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War 1917-1918 Volume 2User Review - Calvin - GoodreadsThis is book 2 of a two book series. Book 1 is "At The Sharp End Canadians in the Great War, 1914-1916; Book 2 is Shock Troops Canadians fighting 1917-1918. This is not a novel, but true actual events ... Read full review Related books
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32 other sections not shown Common terms and phrases2nd Canadian Division 4th Division 50th Battalion 72nd Battalion advance Allied Amiens ammunition April army artillery artillery fire assault attack August barbed wire batteries battle battlefield bombardment Brigade British bullets Byng Canada Canadian Corps Canadian Division canal captured casualties combat companies counterattacks craters creeping barrage dead death defenders Despite diary divisional dugouts enemy fire enemy lines enemy's fighting Flanders flank forces forward fought front lines German grenades ground gunners Haig heavy high command Hill 70 infantry killed kilometres Lewis guns Lieutenant machine guns Man's Land metres Military Military Cross moved November offensive officers ordered papers Passchendaele platoons prisoners Private pushed raid rear Regiment Report of Operations RG 9 rifle Sergeant shellfire shock shrapnel Somme strongpoints suffered survived tactics tanks Toronto trenches troops units veterans Victoria Cross victory Vimy Ridge Western Front wounded wrote Bibliographic information
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