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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Granatstein, J. L.     Subjects     Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First.     Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Granatstein, J. L.       by title:      The best little army...       by call number:      940.541271 G748b     Search the Web     Granatstein, J. L.     Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First.     Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns.       MARC Display

The best little army in the world : the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944-1945 / J.L. Granatstein. by Granatstein, J. L. Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Canada, c2015. Call #: 940.541271 G748b Subjects Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First.   Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Battlefields.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns. ISBN:  9781443439893 (hc.) Alternate title:  Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944-1945 Edition:  First edition. Description:  320 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "The Canadian First Army that fought its way from Juno Beach at D-Day in June, 1944, through Normandy, into the Netherlands to liberate that country, to the terrible battles in the Scheldt area, and finally into Germany in 1945. How Canada, which had no army to speak of in 1939, raised a citizen army and turned it into one of the very best fighting armies in World War II, one which helped defeat the most implacable, desperate and battle-hardened German army over the course of 11 months in '44 and '45. Canada has always produced astonishingly effective soldiers, and this book is about one of their finest moments. The Canadian army changed from an amateur force in 1939-41 into the supremely skilled and formidably equipped army by late 1944 that was able to prevail against a first-class enemy. In effect, the citizen soldiers became professionals, able to organize and plan, to move and fight, and to win against the best army the world had ever seen, the Wehrmacht. The army trained and learned on the job, and though the losses in killed and wounded were high, they were less than in the Great War. A story of courage, skill and persistence. Jack Granatstein is the author of Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada, Canada 1957-67, Canada's War, The Generals, Canada's Army, Who Killed Canadian History?, The Oxford Companion to Canadian Military History and The Greatest Victory: Canada's Hundred Days, 1918"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.541271 G748b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.541271 G748b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList Tantallon Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.541271 G748b Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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