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Author Horn, Bernd, 1959-

Title Tip of the spear : an intimate account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945 : a pictorial history / Bernd Horn and Michel Wyczynski
Published Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (310 pages) : illustrations
Contents Table of Contents; Author's Preface; Foreword; Battalion Commander's Introduction (Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser Eadie); An Overview History; PART I -- BEGINNINGS; PART II -- BUILDING A NATIONAL AIRBORNE CAPABILITY; PART III -- THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE; PART IV -- THE BATTALION AT WAR; PART V -- OCCUPATION AND THE END OF THE CRUSADE; PART VI -- POSTSCRIPT; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; V; Bibliography
Summary This is the story of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, established as the "tip of the spear" of Allied attacks in the Second World War
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
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Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st -- History
SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st fast
Kanada Parachute Battalion 1 gnd
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada
HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
Regimental histories
Erlebnisbericht
Bildband
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
Author Wyczynski, Michel, 1953-
ISBN 9781554883646
1554883644
9781459712829
145971282X