Shoestring soldiers : the 1st Canadian Division at war, 1914-1915 /

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The Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. Shoestring Soldiers is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada's initial overseas experience from late 1914 to the end of 1915. In this exciting new work, Andrew Iarocci challenges the dominant view...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Iarocci, Andrew, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Division, 1st.
Canada. > Armée canadienne. > Canadian Division, 1st > Histoire.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Canadian Division, 1st
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Canada.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Histoire des unités > Canada.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Récits personnels canadiens.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Front occidental.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
HISTORY > Military > Canada.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Canada
Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Soldiering and Canadian soldiers : the state of the art at the outbreak of war
  • Training for war : the Salisbury Plain camps
  • Across the Channel : apprenticing for war
  • Ypres : the salient and the armies
  • 22 April 1915 : Green clouds
  • 23 April 1915 : holding back the tide
  • 24 April 1915 : the breaking point
  • 25-26 April 1915 : the Canadian denouement
  • On the offensive : the La Bassée front, May-June 1915
  • Trench warfare : the Ploegsteert-Messines front.

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