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1	And No Birds Sang more books like this by Farley Mowat add to wishlist In July 1942, Farley Mowat was an eager young infantryman bound for Europe and impatient for combat. This powerful, true account of the action he saw, fighting desperately to push the Nazis out of Italy, evokes the terrible reality of war with an honesty and clarity fiction can only imitate. In scene after unforgettable scene, he describes the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Six War Years, 1939-1945: Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad more books like this by Barry Broadfoot add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.88! \| first editions
3	Sky Is Falling more books like this by Kit Pearson add to wishlist During World War II, 10-year-old Norah and her five-year-old brother, Gavin, are sent to live in Canada after the Nazis begin bombing England. Norah finds life in Canada difficult, especially when it seems that her host, Mrs. Ogilvie, is trying to recreate Gavin in the image of her dead son. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	The guest children : the story of the British child evacuees sent to Canada during World War II more books like this by Geoffrey Bilson add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! signed copies
5	Blackouts to Bright Lights: Canadian War Bride Stories more books like this by Barbara Ladouceur (Editor), Phyllis Spence (Editor) add to wishlist In this best-seller, thirty-six Canadian war brides recount their early lives, their involvement in wartime duties, the magical/funny moments when they met their Canadian husbands-to-be and their journeys from Britain to Canada. The stories convey courage and humour: qualities that carried the war brides through the difficult war years and that ... see all copies from $2.58! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Battle Exhaustion more books like this by J T Copp add to wishlist Battle Exhaustion introduces a new kind of military history that will transform existing views of the Canadian Army's experience during the Second World War. Terry Copp and Bill McAndrew examine the behaviour of soldiers under the extreme stress of war and the medical and military attempts to manage this behaviour. Unlike previous studies, Battle ... see all copies from $8.40! new only from $72.25! \| first editions
7	Til We Meet Again more books like this by John McQuarrie, David O'Malley (Illustrator) add to wishlist This photographic celebration of World War II warbirds includes painstakingly restored Tigermoths, Avengers, Spitfires, Lancasters, and others. A tribute to the RCAF pilots who so valiantly took to the skies. see all copies from $7.87! new only from $20.56! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Above and Beyond: The Canadians' War in the Air, 1939-45 more books like this by Spencer Dunmore add to wishlist Packed with captivating anecdotes, gleaned from a host of surviving aircrew...the result is good history which will hold the reader's attention from first till last. see all copies from $7.95! first editions
9	All the Fine Young Eagles more books like this by David L Bashow add to wishlist see all copies from $2.78! new only from $37.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	C Force to Hong Kong: A Canadian Catastrophy more books like this by Brereton Greenhous add to wishlist This is the story of a "no military risk" campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Office. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Was Canadian Chief of the ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $29.94! \| first editions
11	Our Gallant Doctor: Enigma and Tragedy: Surgeon Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa, 1942 more books like this by Professor James Goodwin, Michael Bliss (Foreword by), Tony German (Foreword by) add to wishlist During the Battle of the Atlantic, Dr George Hendry had just finished performing two major surgical operations on board the destroyer HMCS Ottawa when his ship was ambushed by 13 German U-boats. Canadian warships like Ottawa, sinking her in 20 minutes. Utterly exhausted, Dr Hendry was lost along with 113 of his shipmates. George Hendry was a much ... see all copies from $14.95! new only from $29.99! \| first editions
12	Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph more books like this by W Denis Whitaker add to wishlist see all copies from $5.92! first editions
13	Wild Daisies in the Sand more books like this by Tom Sando add to wishlist This book reopens a chapter in Canadian history. The book is a series of diary entries beginning in 1941, when author Tom Sando was imprisoned in concentration camps, first in Petawawa and then Angler, Ontario -- a young Japanese Canadian imprisoned only because he was willing to stand and fight for his rights as a Canadian. The Japanese ... see all copies from $4.19! new only from $9.39! \| signed copies \| SVS
14	Deemed Suspect: A Wartime Blunder more books like this by Eric Koch add to wishlist In the spring of 1940, Eric Koch was a law student in London. Four months later, he was a prisoner in Quebec, arrested as an enemy alien by the British government and sent to a prison camp in Canada. see all copies from $2.06! signed copies \| first editions
15	Way We Were more books like this by Ken Bell add to wishlist see all copies from $12.34! first editions
16	In enemy hands : Canadian prisoners of war, 1939-45 more books like this by Daniel G. Dancocks add to wishlist see all copies from $3.86! first editions
17	Spitfire II: The Canadians more books like this by Robert Bracken, Ron Lowry (Illustrator) add to wishlist Canadians flew Spitfires in over a dozen RCAF fighter squadrons and in RAF squadrons in every theatre of war. These are the first-person accounts of Canadians who saw that action first-hand. According to Wing Commander James E. "Stocky" Edwards, "Canadian Spitfire pilots were among the best in the Allied Air Forces. The Spitfire seem made for ... see all copies from $19.51! new only from $42.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
18	High Blue Battle: The War Diary of No. 1 (401) Fighter Squadron, Rcaf more books like this by Dave McIntosh add to wishlist see all copies from $3.39! new only from $11.50! \| first editions
19	Through footless halls of air : the stories of a few of the many who failed to return more books like this by Floyd Williston add to wishlist see all copies from $5.13! new only from $19.95! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	Thank you, Canada : from Messerschmitt pilot to Canadian citizen more books like this by Eckehart J. Priebe add to wishlist see all copies from $9.61! signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Invaders: British and American Experience of Seaborne Landings, 1939-1945 more books like this by Colin Bruce add to wishlist World War II was the first war in which amphibious landings played a truly significant role in the outcome of a global conflict. Drawing on the testimony of hundreds of participants, the author recounts their experiences in the Allied amphibious landings, vividly describing some of the most significant battles of the war. Organized chronologically ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	They Were So Young: Montrealers Remember WWII more books like this by Patricia Burns (Editor), Desmond Morton (Foreword by) add to wishlist After visiting her cousin's grave in the Canadian military cemetery at Bretteville-sur-Laize in Normandy, Patricia Burns returned to Montreal with a determination to record the stories of veterans of World War II. These stories of young men and women who served in the Army, Navy and Air Force illustrate the raw courage, youthful bravado, and ... see all copies from $8.23! new only from $8.23!
23	The evaders : true stories of downed Canadian airmen and their helpers in World War II more books like this by Emerson Lavender, Norman Sheffe add to wishlist see all copies from $5.78! signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Maple Leaf Against the Axis more books like this by David J Bercuson add to wishlist Maple Leaf Against the Axis is a compelling recounting of the Second World War and the Canadians who fought it. Here, in all its passion and drama, is the story of how the Canadian army, navy and air force fought in battles ranging from Hong Kong to the Rhine River crossing. David Bercuson, one of Canada's preeminent military historians, covers ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $15.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Maple Leaf Against the Axis: Canada's Second World War more books like this by David J Bercuson add to wishlist Here, in all its passion and drama, is the story of how the Canadian Army, Navy, and Air Force fought during the Second World War, from the battle of Hong Kong to the Rhine River crossing and the significant part Canadians played in the Allied victory. see all copies from $7.50! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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