Barbed Wire and Mandolins / by Academic Video Online, National Film Board of Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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Cross-border warriors : Canadians in American forces, Americans in Canadian forces : from the Civil War to the Gulf / by Gaffen, Fred, PALCI EBSCO books

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Anglo-American-Canadian naval relations, 1943-1945 / by Navy Records Society (Great Britain), JSTOR

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The Gothic line : Canada's month of hell in World War II Italy / by Zuehlke, Mark, 1955-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- 9 Quite an affair -- 10 A gallant do -- 11 Most difficult and unpleasant -- 12 Something radically wrong -- Part three : The gate crash -- 13 Go down, boys -- 14 A definite breach -- 15 A bitter day -- 16 Pure bloody murcer -- 17 A greater sorrow -- 18 Absolute bedlam -- 19 A long chance -- Part four : The dog fight -- 20 All this unpleasantness -- 21 A sure-thing gallop -- 22 It was useless -- 23 A hard row to hoe -- 24 Five minutes to twelve -- Part five : The ridges -- 25 This is our house -- 26 A carefully coordinated plan -- 27 Little reason for it -- 28 To the last man -- 29 Going to bleed you -- 30 We'll all be heroes -- 31 The gallant attackers -- 32 Well done, Canada -- Epilogue : the Gothic line in memory -- Appendix A : Eighth Army order of battle -- Appendix B : Caandians at the Gothic line -- Appendix C : Canandian Infantry Battalion (typical organization) -- Appendix D : Canadian military order of rank -- Appendix E : German military order of rank -- Appendix F : The decorations -- Glossary of common military terms and weaponry.…”
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Operation Plunder : the British & Canadian Operations / by Saunders, Tim, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…The Attack on ReesDD Tanks; 152 Brigade; 9 Canadian Brigade; Summary; The Death of General Rennie; CHAPTER 5 -- Operation WIDGEON; 1 Commando Brigade's Plan; The Crossing; Into Wesel; Communications; Counter-Attack; The Clearance and Occupation of Wesel; CHAPTER 6 -- Operation TORCHLIGHT 15th (Scottish) Division; Enemy Forces; 15th Division's Training and Preparations; 15th Division's Plan; 44 Lowland Brigade -- Codeword POKER; 227 Highland Brigade -- Codeword NAP; Divisional Reserve 46 Highland Brigade -- Codeword WHIST; The Attack on Haffen; 44 Lowland Brigade; XII Corps Evening Situation Report.…”
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Tip of the spear : an intimate account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945 : a pictorial history / by Horn, Bernd, 1959-, PALCI EBSCO books

Subjects: “…Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st History.…”
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The Crucible of war, 1939-1945 / by JSTOR

Table of Contents: “…The foundations of Canadianization, June 1941-June 1942 -- 3. Struggle and dissent, June 1942-May 1945 -- 4. …”
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The creation of a national air force / by Douglas, W. A. B. (William Alexander Binny), 1929-, JSTOR

Subjects: “…Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force History.…”
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Paras versus the Reich : Canada's paratroopers at war, 1942-45 / by Horn, Bernd, 1959-, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I -- CREATION OF A CANADIAN AIRBORNE CAPABILITY; PART II -- INTO THE FIRE -- CANADIAN PARATROOPERS AT WAR; Conclusion; Appendix 1 Ten Commandments of Canadian Parachute Troops; Appendix 2 Honours and Awards; Appendix 3 Corporal F.G. …”
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The invisible war : the untold secret story of Number One Canadian Special Wireless Group, Royal Canadian Signal Corps, 1944-1946 / by Murray, Gil, 1925-, PALCI EBSCO books

Subjects: “…Canada. Canadian Army. Royal Canadian Corps of Signals. Candian Special Wireless Group, Number One History.…”
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A most ungentlemanly way of war : the SOE and the Canadian connection / by Horn, Bernd, 1959-, PALCI EBSCO books

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North Atlantic run : the Royal Canadian Navy and the battle for the convoys / by Milner, Marc, JSTOR

Subjects: “…Canada. Royal Canadian Navy History.…”
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"C" Force to Hong Kong : a Canadian catastrophe 1941-1945 / by Greenhous, Brereton, 1929-, PALCI EBSCO books, Canadian War Museum

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; Epigraphs; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Strategic Background, 1934-1941; Chapter 2 The Canadian Commitment; Chapter 3 "C" Force to Hong Kong; Chapter 4 "A Psychological Miracle"; Chapter 5 The Japanese Attack; Chapter 6 Loss of the Mainland Territories; Chapter 7 "A Spectacular and Grim Crossing"; Chapter 8 Confusion Worse Confounded; Chapter 9 Divided -- and Conquered; Chapter 10 "We are Being Blamed"; Chapter 11 In Spite of Dungeons; Chapter 12 Work, Death, and Cherry Blossom Time; Chapter 13 Liberation; Notes; Index.…”
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Props on her sleeve : the wartime letters of a Canadian airwoman / by Buch, Mary Hawkins, PALCI EBSCO books

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Casual slaughters and accidental judgments : Canadian war crimes prosecutions, 1944-1948 / by Brode, Patrick, 1950-, JSTOR, Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History

Table of Contents: “…'Siegergericht' -- 12. Canadian War Crimes and the Consequences -- App. Charge Sheet of Kurt Meyer.…”
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JOEY JACOBSON'S WAR : a jewish-canadian airman in the second world war. by USHER, PETER J., PALCI EBSCO books

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Corps commanders : five British and Canadian generals at war, 1939-1945 / by Delaney, Douglas E. (Douglas Edward), 1964-, PALCI EBSCO books

Subjects: “…Canada. Canadian Army Officers Biography.…”
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"Right on, you got the elbow out!" : wartime memories of the R.C.A.F. / by Monnon, Ernest F. (Ernest Fernand), 1915-1989, PALCI EBSCO books

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A small price to pay : consumer culture on the Canadian front, 1939-1945 / by Broad, Graham, ProQuest Ebook Subscriptions

“…Studies in Canadian military history…”
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Civilians at the sharp end : First Canadian Army Civil Affairs in northwest Europe / by Borys, David A., 1981-, JSTOR

Subjects: “…Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First. Civil Affairs.…”
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