Commanding Canadians : The Second World
β Michael Whitby; Michael Whitby
π Library
π
2002
π UBC Press
π English
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A perfect hell: the forgotten story of the Canadian commandos of the Second World War
β Scribed by Allied Forces. Special Service Force, 1st;Nadler, John
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada;Anchor Canada
- Year
- 2010;2005
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
It's 1942 and Hitler's armies stand astride Europe like a colossus. Germany is winning on every front. This is the story of how one of the world's first commando units, put together for the invasion of Norway, helped turn the tide in Italy.
1942. When the British generals recommend an audacious plan to parachute a small elite commando unit into Norway in a bid to put Nazi Germany on the defensive, Winston Churchill is intrigued. But Britain, fighting for its life, can't spare the manpower to participate. So William Lyon MacKenzie King is contacted and asked to commit Canadian troops to the bold plan. King, determined to join Roosevelt and Churchill as an equal leader in the Allied war effort, agrees.
One of the world's first commando units, the First Special Service Force, or FSSF, is assembled from hand-picked soldiers from Canadian and American regiments. Any troops sent into Norway will have to be rugged, self-sufficient, brave, and...
β¦ Subjects
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Italy;World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Canada;World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--United States;Regimental histories;Military campaigns;;History;Allied Forces. -- Special Service Force, 1st -- History;World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada;World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States;World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy;Allied Forces. -- Special Service Force, 1st;Canada;Italy;United States
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