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| 3302 | DUBÉ, Timothy D. Canada at War, 1939–1945: A Survey of the Archival Holdings of the Second World War at the National Archives of Canada. 52p. Waterloo, Ont.: Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies, 1996. ISBN: 0969795564.
An excellent guide to the Canadian primary sources. |
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| 3303 | FEASBY, W. R. Official History of the Canadian Medical Services 1939–45. 2 vols., illus., index. Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1953–56.
The first volume looks at individual actions and campaigns, while the second reviews specific diseases. Naval medicine is mentioned in passing throughout the work. A little plodding but very full. |
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| 3304 | FOSTER, J. A. Sea Wings: A Pictorial History of Canada's Waterborne Defence Aircraft. 143p., illus. Toronto: Methuen Canada, 1986. ISBN: 045880410X.
An almost entirely pictorial history of the waterborne aircraft from Stranraers to Swordfish, with a strong emphasis on WWII. |
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| 3305 | GARDAM, John. Fifty Years After. 142p., illus. Burnstown: General Store Publishing House, 1990. ISBN: 0919431410.
Oral history, with a chapter on the RCN. Fairly anodyne. |
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| 3306 | GREEN, Hughie. Opportunity Knocked. 224p., illus. London: Muller, 1965.
A rather rambling autobiography of the actor and host of the gameshow Opportunity Knocks. He joined the RCAF in 1941 and flew flying boats with 117 Squadron based in Nova Scotia. In late 1943 he joined 45 Group RAF Ferry Command and undertook huge and lengthy flights to deliver planes where they were needed. Has a very small amount on A/S patrols in the Atlantic. |
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| 3307 | GREENHOUS, Brereton et al. The Crucible of War, 1939-1945 (The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force volume III.) xxiv, 1096p., bibliog., illus., index. Toronto, University of Toronto Press in cooperation with the Department of National Defence, 1994.ISBN: 0802005748.
This volume covers the RCAF squadrons and personnel serving overseas. An excellent piece of writing and research. |
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| 3308 | KOSTENUK, Samuel, & GRIFFIN, John. RCAF: Squadron Histories and Aircraft 1924–1968. xix, 255p., illus., index. Toronto, Samuel-Stevens, 1977. ISBN: 0888665776.
Some of the squadrons were involved in anti–submarine and other naval related duties in WWII. |
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| 3309 | MCELHERAN, Brock. V-Bombs and Weathermaps: Reminiscences of World War II. xvii, [9], 3–199p., bibliog., illus., index. Montreal: McGill-Queen's UP, 1995. ISBN: 0773513302.
The pleasant memoir of a Canadian naval meteorologist who joined up in 1942. The bulk of the book is an evocative recollection of London in 1944 when he was wounded in a V-1 attack while training at Greenwich. |
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| 3310 | MALONE, Dick. Missing from the Record. 227p. St. John's, Nfld: Collins, 1946.
The author held a variety of regimental and staff appointments in the Canadian Army. He gives some background to the various assault landings in Europe. |
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| 3311 | NICHOLSON, G. W. L. More Fighting Newfoundlanders: A History of Newfoundland's Fighting Forces in the Second World War. [xv], 621p., bibliog., illus., index. St. John's, Nfld.: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 1969.
Mainly concerned with Newfoundland's Royal Artillery Regiments. However a large section looks at those who served in the Navy and in the Merchant Marine, notably in the Atlantic. |
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| 3312 | PILBOROUGH, Geoff D. The Royal Canadian Air Force Marine Squadrons, Vol.1, 1935-1945. 184p., bibliog., illus. Edmonton, Alta.: Canimpex, 1996. ISBN: 898875111.
A detailed look at the Marine Branch at war. A second volume covers the post-war period. |
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| 3313 | SIMONDS, Peter. Maple Leaf Up, Maple Leaf Down: The Story of the Canadians in the Second World War. viii, 356p., illus. New York: Island, [1947].
The story of the First Canadian Army told for an American audience. It covers the landings at Dieppe, Sicily, Italy, and Normandy. |
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| 3314 | SOWARD, Stuart E. Hands to Flying Stations: A Recollective History of Canadian Naval Aviation. Volume 1. xviii, 340p., bibliog., illus., index. Victoria, B.C.: Neptune Developments, 1994. ISBN: 0969722907.
Although really the history of post-war Canadian naval aviation, this has much wartime material as background to the main theme. |
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| 3315 | TINGLEY, Ken. For King and Country: Alberta in the Second World War. x, 364p., bibliog., illus. Edmonton: Provincial Museum of Alberta, 1995. ISBN: 1895073812
A well written local history full of memoirs of Albertans and with some comment both on the Dieppe and the Battle of the Atlantic. |
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| 3316 | Canada's War at Sea. 2 vols. in 1, illus., index. Montreal: Beatty, 1944.
The first volume is an essay by Stephen Leacock on Canada and the sea, while the second, by Leslie Roberts, reviews the RCN at war with additional chapters on the merchant marine and the shipyards. |
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| 3317 | The Crow's Nest: A Short Account of the Seagoing Officers' Club and the Newfoundland Officers' Club, Issued on the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary, 1942–1952. 24p., [n.p.]: Guardian, 1952.
The club in St. John's where escort officers took their ease. |
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| 3318 | Royal Canadian Navy 1940-1941. 42p., illus. [Ottawa: n.p., 1941].
A propaganda pamphlet praising the work of the RCN. |
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| 3319 | APPLETON, Thomas E. Usque Ad Mare: A History of the Canadian Coast Guard and Marine Services. xiii, 318p., illus., index. Ottawa: Department of Transport, 1968.
The centennial history of the Coast Guard. The section on WWII is small and largely concerned with the transfer of the icebreaker Montcalm to Russia. |
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| 3320 | ARBUCKLE, J. G. Badges of the Canadian Navy. xii, 203p., illus., index. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus, 1987. ISBN:. 0920852491.
An illustrated guide to unit badges and the history of the units themselves. Includes a section on maritime air squadrons. |
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| 3321 | BARTLETT, E. H. The Royal Canadian Navy (Macmillan War Pamphlets. Canadian Series, 12). 30p., illus. Toronto: Macmillan, 1942.
A proud, patriotic, and censored account of the rise of the RCN as an Atlantic power. |
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