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Tip of the spear : an intimate account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945 : a pictorial history / Bernd Horn and Michel Wyczynski.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Horn, Bernd, 1959- author.
- Wyczynski, Michel, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st--History.
- Canada.
- Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st--Pictorial works.
- World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Canada.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (312 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario ; Oxford, England : The Dundurn Group, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the story of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, established as the ""tip of the spear"" of Allied attacks in the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Author's Preface; Foreword; Battalion Commander's Introduction (Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser Eadie); An Overview History; PART I - BEGINNINGS; PART II - BUILDING A NATIONAL AIRBORNE CAPABILITY; PART III - THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE; PART IV - THE BATTALION AT WAR; PART V - OCCUPATION AND THE END OF THE CRUSADE; PART VI - POSTSCRIPT; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; V; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786611970017
- 9781281970015
- 1281970018
- 9781554883646
- 1554883644
- OCLC:
- 288132209
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