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  • Canada's Soldiers in South Africa

    Tales from the Boer War, 1899-1902

    by John Boileau ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    In 1899 a thousand Canadian soldiers went to war--in South Africa.They were fighting white farmers who defied the mighty British empire by setting up their own, independent state.This South African or Boer War of 1899-1902 marked the first time Canadian troops went abroad to fight alongside Britain.Like other conflicts, the Boer War was controversial in Canada. Sir Wilfrid Laurier's liberal ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Lucky and the Lost

    The Lives of Titanic's Children

    by John Boileau ...
    More than half the children aboard Titanic died in the sinking, calling into question the notion of "women and children first." In The Lucky and the Lost: The Lives of Titanic's Children, historian John Boileau tells the stories of the children who fortunately escaped in lifeboats and those who tragically did not. It also examines the heart-breaking circumstances of the victims' deaths as well as ... Read more

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  • Too Young to Die

    Canada's Boy Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen in the Second World War

    John Boileau and Dan Black tell the stories of some of the 30,000 underage youths -- some as young as fourteen -- who joined the Canadian Armed Forces in the Second World War. This is the companion volume to the authors' popular 2013 book Old Enough to Fight about boy soldiers in the First World War. Like their predecessors a generation before, these boys managed to enlist despite their youth. ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Old Enough to Fight

    Canada's Boy Soldiers in the First World War

    Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada's armed forces in the First World War. They served in the trenches alongside their elders, and fought in all the major battles: Ypres, the Somme, Passchendaele, Vimy Ridge, and the rest. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story.Some boys ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Amazing Atlantic Canadian Kids

    Awesome Stories of Bravery and Adventure

    Celebrate the amazing accomplishments of kids from across the East Coast in this book, the first in a new illustrated series about Amazing Atlantic Canadians. Learn about incredible young people excelling as athletes and inventors, overcoming adversity and even saving lives. Includes over 50 amazing, diverse youth from history to present day and shows young readers that greatness has no age limit. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • Great Canadian War Heroes

    Victoria Cross Recepients of World War II

    by Tom Douglas ...
    Series series Amazing Stories
    Great Canadian War Heroes tells the amazing stories of the 16 Canadians who received the Victoria Cross during WWII. They came from all walks of life and from various ranks within the Canadian Forces, but they all had one thing in common: each displayed exceptional bravery in the face of the enemy. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Rails Across the Prairies

    The Railway Heritage of Canada’s Prairie Provinces

    by Ron Brown ...
    Rails Across the Prairies traces the evolution of Canada's rail network, including the appearance of the first steam engine on the back of a barge. The book looks at the arrival of European settlers before the railway and examines how they coped by using ferry services on the Assiniboine and North Saskatchewan Rivers. The work then follows the building of the railways, the rivalries of their ... Read more

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  • Dambusters

    Operation Chastise 1943

    Series Book 16 - Raid
    In May 1943 a specially established RAF squadron made its permanent imprint on military aviation history.They flew a high-risk, low level, nighttime attack against German hydro-electric dams vital to the Nazi armaments industry in the Ruhr Valley. A comparatively tiny part of Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris' four-month-long “Battle of the Ruhr” this one raid had an impact totally out of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The German Army on Vimy Ridge, 1914–1917

    by Jack Sheldon ...
    The book starts with on the capture of Vimy Ridge and the nearly spur of Notre Dame de Lorette in October 1914. The major battles of spring and autumn 1915 is described as is the twelve month period from late autumn 1915 when British forces occupied the lines on the western Ridge. The period from late autumn 1916 onwards when the Canadian Corps was preparing for the April 1917 assault on the ridge ... Read more

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  • Saint-Nazaire

    Operation Chariot – 1942

    by James Dorrian ...
    Series series Battleground French Coast
    In early 1942, shipping losses in the Atlantic threatened Britain's very survival. In addition to the U-Boat menace, there was real concern that the mighty German battleship Tirpitz be unleashed against the vital Allied convoys. Yet only the 'Normandie' Dock at St Nazaire could take her vast size in the event of repairs being required. Destroy that and the Tirpitz would be neutralized.Thus was ... Read more

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  • Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945

    by Lance Goddard ...
    Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation.In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Guadalcanal: Starvation Island

    by Eric Hammel ...
    GUADALCANAL: Starvation Island by Eric Hammel =- The Japanese defeats at Midway and Guadalcanal decided the outcome of the Pacific War. Guadalcanal was the classic three-dimensional campaign. On land, at sea, and in the air, fierce battles were fought with both sides stretching their supplies and equipment to the breaking point. The campaign lasted six months, involved nearly one million men, and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD