It can't last forever : the 19th Battalion and the Canadian Corps in the First World War /

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This book presents the first complete history of the 19th Battalion and its role in the Canadian Corps? operations in the First World War. Based on extensive archival research and featuring vivid personal accounts, it analyzes the unit's organization, internal dynamics, and evolution, from mobi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Campbell, David, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2017.
Colección:Canadian unit, formation, and command histories.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Battalion, 19th.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Battalion, 19th
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Canada.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Histoire des unités > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > France.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Canada
France
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Recruiting and mobilization, 1914-15
  • Training in England, May-September 1915
  • Life in the trenches, September 1915-March 1916
  • Trial by fire : St-Eloi, April 1916
  • "Trying the nerves": May-July 1916
  • A daylight coup and departing Belgium, 29 July-August 1916
  • Preparing for battle, 28 August-15 September 1916
  • Fighting at the Somme, 15 September-3 October 1916
  • A "most uneventful tour", October 1916-March 1917
  • "An Easter gift" : Vimy Ridge, 25 March-9 April 1917
  • A bloody setback, 10 April-1 July 1917
  • "The worst ever" : July-August 1917 and the Battle for Hill 70
  • "A dirty, dirty country" : September-November 1917 and the battle for Passchendaele
  • Days of uncertainty, November 1917-March 1918
  • "It was pretty lively", 21 March-June 1918
  • Prelude to victory, July-7 August 1918
  • The Battle of Amiens and its aftermath, 8-18 August 1918
  • Arras, 19-31 August 1918
  • Cambrai and Iwuy, 1 September-13 October 1918
  • Long road to Mons, 14 October-11 November 1918
  • Going home, eventually : 12 November 1918-25 May 1919.

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