Strange battleground : the operations in Korea and their effects on the defence policy of Canada /
Wood, Herbert Fairlie,
Strange battleground : the operations in Korea and their effects on the defence policy of Canada / At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army by Herbert Fairlie Wood ; maps by E.H. Ellwand. - x, 317 pp : ill (some color), color maps (some folded) ; 26 cm
At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army. "Published by authority of the Minister of National Defence."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296).
Trouble in Korea -- Canada faces the Far East -- Growing pains -- Preparations for battle -- The Canadians in Korea prepare for battle -- The first encounters -- The special force in Fort Lewis and the army in Canada -- The third U.N. advance to the 38th Parallel -- The enemy talks peace as the Commonwealth Division is formed -- 1951 in retrospect -- Operations to December 1951 -- The second winter -- Operations December 1951-April 1952 -- The Static War, I -- The Static War, II -- Jockeying for position -- The last Canadian battle -- The armistice ... and afterwards -- Appendix A: Brigadier Fleury's report of his first interview with General MacArthur, 5 October 1951 -- Appendix B: Command instructions to Brigadier Rockingham, 13 April 1951 -- Appendix C: Honours and awards, Korea, 1951-53 -- Appendix D: Command and staff appointments.
The official story of the Canadian Army's part in the United Nation's action in Korea, 1950-1953.
66007874
1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953--Regimental histories--Canada.
Guerre de Cor�ee, 1950-1953--Histoire des unit�es--Canada.
Regimental histories.
Canada.
DS919.2 / .W6
Strange battleground : the operations in Korea and their effects on the defence policy of Canada / At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army by Herbert Fairlie Wood ; maps by E.H. Ellwand. - x, 317 pp : ill (some color), color maps (some folded) ; 26 cm
At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army. "Published by authority of the Minister of National Defence."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-296).
Trouble in Korea -- Canada faces the Far East -- Growing pains -- Preparations for battle -- The Canadians in Korea prepare for battle -- The first encounters -- The special force in Fort Lewis and the army in Canada -- The third U.N. advance to the 38th Parallel -- The enemy talks peace as the Commonwealth Division is formed -- 1951 in retrospect -- Operations to December 1951 -- The second winter -- Operations December 1951-April 1952 -- The Static War, I -- The Static War, II -- Jockeying for position -- The last Canadian battle -- The armistice ... and afterwards -- Appendix A: Brigadier Fleury's report of his first interview with General MacArthur, 5 October 1951 -- Appendix B: Command instructions to Brigadier Rockingham, 13 April 1951 -- Appendix C: Honours and awards, Korea, 1951-53 -- Appendix D: Command and staff appointments.
The official story of the Canadian Army's part in the United Nation's action in Korea, 1950-1953.
66007874
1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953--Regimental histories--Canada.
Guerre de Cor�ee, 1950-1953--Histoire des unit�es--Canada.
Regimental histories.
Canada.
DS919.2 / .W6