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"C" Force to Hong Kong : a Canadian catastrophe 1941-1945 /
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 dupl...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ont.] :
Dundurn Press,
©1997.
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| Colección: | Canadian War Museum historical publication ;
no. 30. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 General Staff, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, guilty of putting his own interests above those of his men in telling the minister of National Defence that there was "no military risk" in sending the "C" Force?The book recounts the formation of the "C." |
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| Notas: | Co-published by Canadian War Museum. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 160 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781554880430 1554880432 9781459713321 145971332X 9786611962531 6611962530 1281962538 9781281962539 |