The History of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Volume 2: 1939-1945.

Roman Jarymowycz recounts the story of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada in three volumes, tracing its history from the roots to present day. Through diaries, letters, classified documents, and the regimental archive, he weaves the strands of a complex story into an epic narrative.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jarymowycz, Roman Johann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada > History.
Canada. > Canadian Army. > Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover
  • The History of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Volume II: 1939-1945
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • CONTENTS
  • LIST OF APPENDICES
  • LIST OF MAPS
  • PART IV THE ROYAL HIGHLANDERS OF CANADA IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939-1945
  • CHAPTER 1 MOBILIZATION AND GUARDING CANALS, 1 RHC MOBILIZED
  • AUGUST 1939
  • First Division Mobilized
  • 1 RHC Mobilized for 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
  • 5th Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
  • The Provisional Officers Training School
  • Struggles at the Home Front, 1940
  • John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir
  • Waiting to be Mobilized, 2 RHC, 1940
  • The Summer of 1940
  • Modern War Realized
  • Colonel Hutchison and the Home Front
  • The 2nd Battalion RHC: March 1942 to July 1943
  • 2 RHC 1942
  • 2 RHC Disbanded July 1943
  • Wartime Training 1943 to 1944
  • Nothing to Snuff at ...
  • Montreal and the Second World War
  • Hutchison's Highland Mafia
  • Ravenscrag, Beer and Highland Cadets
  • Retrospect: The Home Front 1939-1944
  • CHAPTER 2 REGIMENTAL COMMANDERS, 1939-1944: DIEPPE, ITALY AND UK
  • The Battalion in Aldershot, England
  • Dramatis Personae
  • Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Gault Blackader and his Regiment, 1940-42
  • Six Out-Sourced Black Watch Officers in the Mediterranean
  • Lieutenant Colonel Jim Weir, The Cape Breton Highlanders
  • Lieutenant Colonel Robert Boyd Somerville, The Cape Breton Highlanders
  • Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Doucet OBE, The Perth Regiment
  • Yugoslavia Jones, Commando
  • Lieutenant Colonel Charles Petch OBE, NNS, 4th PLDG
  • Lieutenant Colonel John Bourne, FSSF
  • 1 RHC in Great Britain 1942-1944: Four Commanders, Three Colonels
  • Lieutenant Colonel Stephen Douglas Cantlie
  • Operation Jubilee
  • Dieppe 19 August 1942
  • The Black Watch Mission
  • The C Company Grenade Incident
  • Edward Force
  • Blue Beach 0545 hrs
  • Captain MacLaurin's Mortars on Red Beach
  • 0530-1230 hrs 19 August 1942
  • Trapped Aboard LCT 127
  • Captain John Alexander Kenny
  • MIA
  • Recognitions for Gallantry
  • Post-Dieppe Training for War 1942-1943
  • Musical Chairs: Cantlie, Henderson and again Cantlie
  • 1 RHC April 1943 to January 1944
  • Criticism: The Farewell Address
  • En passant: Lieutenant Colonel Henderson
  • A New RSM
  • Stuart Cantlie Prepares for Normandy
  • "Worthy"
  • Black Watch in the Armoured Corps
  • July 1944
  • Dress Rehearsals Done, War at last
  • CHAPTER 3 NORMANDY
  • THE BATTLES FOR VERRIÈRES RIDGE: JULY-AUGUST 1944
  • Upholding Their Good Name
  • Into Normandy
  • The Tactical Situation Circa July 1944
  • Verrières Ridge: The First Battle 18-24 July
  • Operation Atlantic
  • Lieutenant Colonel SST Cantlie and His Battalion
  • Operations Atlantic and Goodwood, 18 July-21 July "The Best Tank Country West of Paris"
  • Counterattack vs. Counterattack: 21 July, 1 RHC, Operation Atlantic
  • The Purgatory of Verrières Ridge 21-24 July 1944
  • Verrières Ridge: The Second Battle 25-26 July
  • Operation Spring

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