"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...
| Основен автор: | Greenhous, Brereton, 1929- |
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| Автор-организации: | Canadian War Museum. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Toronto [Ont.] :
Dundurn Press,
℗♭1997.
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| Серия: |
Canadian War Museum historical publication ;
no. 30. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=244722 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
"C" force to Hong Kong. |
| Резюме: |
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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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Co-published by Canadian War Museum. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (vii, 160 pages, [32] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781554880430 1554880432 9781459713321 145971332X |