An army of never-ending strength : reinforcing the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944-45 /

An army may march on its stomach, but it needs more than hot dinners to fight. As Canadians battled through northwest Europe in the late stages of the Second World War, how did they reinforce their front line? And at what cost? An Army of Never-Ending Strength investigates the operational record of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gullachsen, Arthur W., 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : UBC Press, [2021]
Series:	Studies in Canadian military history.
Subjects:	Canada. > Canadian Army. > Army, First. Canada. > Canadian Army. > Army, First > Equipment. Canada. > Canadian Army. > Army, First > Personnel management. World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > Canada. World War, 1939-1945 > Equipment and supplies.

Table of Contents:

Personnel Reinforcements
The Sixty-Day Shortage
Vehicles and Weapons
Army Doctrine and Losses
Formations and Their Units
The Normandy Campaign
Channel Ports, Scheldt, and the River Mass
Veritable, Blockbuster, and War's End
An Assessment of Canadian Formations.