Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to KosovoFrom the Plains of Abraham to Vimy Ridge to peacekeeping efforts in Kosovo, Canadian soldiers have long offered the greatest sacrifice with tremendous skill and courage. Now, fully updated and for the first time in paperback, the battlefields on which Canadian soldiers fought so valiantly have been mapped out in one stunning full-color volume. Mark Zuehlke, widely regarded as Canada’s pre-imminent Military Historian, adds historical background and insightful commentary to C. Stuart Daniel’s more than 80 intricately detailed maps of 400 years of Canada’s battlefields. The French and Indian Wars, the Battles of Ypres and Passchendaele, Dieppe, D-Day, Korea and Kosovo — Zuehlke and Daniel have painstakingly researched every battle in every war, on the ground, in the air, and at sea. More than 50 stunning photographs and illustrations of our soldiers at war complement this book’s vibrant battlefield maps and captivating prose. |
Contents
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The Seven Years War 17561763 | 27 |
War Within the Thirteen Colonies 17741783 | 45 |
The War of 1812 18121814 | 59 |
Years of Rebellion 18371885 | 81 |
The South African War 18991902 | 103 |
World War I 19141918 | 119 |
World War II 19391945 | 145 |
Korea and the Cold War 19501965 | 175 |
Peacekeeping Operations 19482001 | 193 |
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Photo Credits | 221 |
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The Canadian Military Atlas: The Nation's Battlefields from the French and ... Mark Zuehlke,C. Stuart Daniel No preview available - 2006 |
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