Fields of Fire : The Canadians in Normandy: Second Edition / Terry Copp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Copp, Terry, author.

Series:

The 1998 Joanne Goodman lectures Fields of fire

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Army--History--World War, 1939-1945.

Canada.

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Edition:

2nd Edition

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With Fields of Fire, Terry Copp challenges the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a “failure” – that the allies won only through the use of brute force, and that the Canadian soldiers and commanding officers were essentially incompetent. His detailed and impeccably researched analysis of what actually happened on the battlefield portrays a flexible, innovative army that made a major, and successful, contribution to the defeat of the German forces in just seventy-six days.Challenging both existing interpretations of the campaign and current approaches to military history, Copp examines the Battle of Normandy, tracking the soldiers over the battlefield terrain and providing an account of each operation carried out by the Canadian army. In so doing, he illustrates the valour, skill, and commitment of the Allied citizen-soldier in the face of a well-entrenched and well-equipped enemy army.This new edition of Copp’s best-selling, award-winning history includes a new introduction that examines the strategic background of the Battle of Normandy.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Maps

Introduction To The Second Edition

Preface

Fields Of Fire: The Canadians In Normandy

1.Introduction: Military History Without Clausewitz

2.D-Day

3.The Bridgehead

4.The Battles for Caen

5.Stalemate?

6.Operation Goodwood - Atlantic

7.Operation Spring

8. Falaise

9.Victory In Normandy?

10. Normandy: A New Balance Sheet

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D Prisoners Of War

Notes

Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index

Notes:

"The 1998 Joanne Goodman Lectures."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-1945-7

1-4426-1944-9