Canadian battlefields of the Second World War : Dieppe, D-Day, & the battle of Normandy : a visitor's guide

Copp, J. T. (Author). Baker, Matt, 1986- (Added Author). Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies. (Added Author).

Summary: A guidebook detailing the Canadian role in the 1944 Normandy Campaign during the Second World War as well as the 1942 Canadian raid on Dieppe. The book seeks to teach the history of these campaigns, while providing up to date information on how to visit and navigate these sites of Canada's national heritage.

Record details

ISBN: 9781926804170 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
192 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Waterloo, ON : LCMSDS Press of Wilfrid Laurier University, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The Dieppe Raid -- D-Day: the airborne bridgehead -- D-Day: Juno Beach -- D-Day: American & British beaches -- The bridgehead battles -- The battles for Verrières Ridge -- "Tractable" & the Falaise Gap -- Appendix I: First Canadian army -- Appendix II: Unit organization.