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The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps : an illustrated history

Marteinson, J. K., 1938- (Author). McNorgan, Michael R. (Added Author). Maloney, Sean. (Added Author). Johnson, Christopher, illustrator. (Added Author). Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association. (Added Author). Canadian War Museum. (Added Author).
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Canada. Canadian Armed Forces. Royal Canadian Armoured Corps > History.
  • ISBN: 1896941176
  • Physical Description 445 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps
  • Publisher Kitchener, Ont. : Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association in cooperation with the Canadian War Museum ; [2000]

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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps : An Illustrated History
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Royal Canadian Armoured Corps : An Illustrated History

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Forewordp. 7
Acknowledgementsp. 9
1The Cavalry Heritagep. 11
2Canada's Mounted Troops in the First World Warp. 33
3Between the Wars, 1919-1939p. 59
4Creation and Building of the Corpsp. 79
5Training the Corps in Britain: Sharpening the Swordsp. 101
6The Raid on Dieppep. 133
7Armoured Operations in Sicilyp. 143
8The Pursuit through Southern Italyp. 155
9The Battles of the Moro and Ortonap. 167
10The Battles of the Liri Valleyp. 177
11The Advance into Northern Italyp. 203
12The Battle of Normandy: The Landings and Break-inp. 229
13The Battle of Normandy: The Breakoutp. 259
14Normandy to the Scheldt: The Grand Pursuitp. 289
15The Battles for the Rhinelandp. 303
16Liberation of the Netherlands and the End of the Warp. 319
17The Early Years of the Cold War, 1945-1955p. 337
18The 'Golden Age', 1956-1970p. 357
19Regeneration, 1971-1989p. 379
20Brave New World, 1990-2000p. 397
Senior Corps Appointmentsp. 417
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviationsp. 421
Sourcesp. 423
Donorsp. 425
Indexp. 435
List of Maps
    The North-West Rebellion, 1885p. 20
    South Africa, 1899-1902p. 24
    Guyencourt and Saulcourt, 27 March 1917p. 41
    Cambrai, 20 November 1917p. 42
    Moreuil Wood, 30 March 1918p. 45
    Canadian Cavalry Brigade and 1 Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, 21 March-1 April 1918p. 48
    Le Cateau, 9 October 1918p. 51
    Great Britain, Canadian Armoured Corps Camps, 1940-1944p. 106
    The Dieppe Raid, 19 August 1942p. 134
    Sicily and the Italian Peninsulap. 144
    South-East Sicily, 10 July-17 August 1943p. 147
    Southern Italy, 6-15 September 1943p. 156
    Southern Italy, 17 September-3 November 1943p. 161
    The Moro River and Ortona, 5 December 1943-4 January 1944p. 168
    The Town of Ortonap. 171
    The Liri Valleyp. 180
    The Gustav Line, 1st Armoured Brigade, 11-15 May 1944p. 181
    Penetration to the Melfa River, 5th Armoured Division, 23-25 May 1944p. 189
    Advance to Ceprano, 26-28 May 1944p. 198
    Ceprano to Frosinone, 29-30 May 1944p. 199
    Lake Trasimene to Arezzo Line, 1 CAB, 25 June-18 July 1944p. 203
    The Gothic Line, 30 August-1 September 1944p. 206
    Coriano, 3-13 September 1944p. 214
    Into the Appenines, 1 CAB, 11 September 1944-24 January 1945p. 220
    The Adriatic Coast, 23 September 1944-6 January 1945p. 222
    Allied Operations in North-West Europe, June 1944-May 1945p. 230
    D-Day Landings and D+1, 6-7 June 1944p. 233
    Le Mesnil-Patry and the Mue Valley, 11 June 1944p. 246
    The Attack on Carpiquet, 4 July 1944p. 248
    Buron-Authie-Ardenne Abbey, 8-9 July 1944p. 251
    Verrieres Ridge-Tilly-la-Campagne, 25 July 1944p. 256
    Operation Totalize, Phase 1, 7-8 August 1944p. 261
    Operation Totalize, Phase 2, 8-10 August 1944p. 263
    Operation Tractable, 14-16 August 1944p. 275
    The Falaise Gap, 17-21 August 1944p. 281
    Normandy to the Scheldt, 31 August-12 September 1944p. 293
    The Scheldt, October-November 1944p. 297
    The Rhineland, February-March 1945p. 307
    The Liberation of Hollandp. 323
    Canadian Bases in Germany, 1951-1993p. 346
    Korea, 1950-1954p. 348
    Korea, 25 Brigade Sector, September 1951-July 1953p. 352
    Sinai, UNEF I, Canadian Reconnaissance Squadron Area of Operations, January 1957-May 1967p. 358
    UN Force in Cyprus, 1964-1993p. 371
    South-Central Somalia, UNITAF Area, December 1992-May 1993p. 402
    Bosnia-Herzegovina, UNPROFOR II, 1992-1995p. 404
    Bosnia-Herzegovina, IFOR and SFOR, 1995-2000p. 408
    Kosovo, Canadian Area of Operationsp. 412
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