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Strange battleground : the operations in Korea and their effects on the defence policy of Canada / by Herbert Fairlie Wood ; maps by E.H. Ellwand.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Ottawa : R. Duhamel, Queen's printer, 1966Copyright date: �1966Description: x, 317 pp : ill (some color), color maps (some folded) ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
Other title:
  • At head of title: Official history of the Canadian Army
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Strange battleground.LOC classification:
  • DS919.2 .W6
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Available also on the Internet in PDF format.
Contents:
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.
Summary: The official story of the Canadian Army's part in the United Nation's action in Korea, 1950-1953.
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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.

Available also on the Internet in PDF format.

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