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"Our Gallant Doctor": Enigma and Tragedy: Surgeon-Lieutenant George Hendry and HMCS Ottawa, 1942
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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2007. First edition
Hardcover. 280 pages. ENG

Condition: NEAR FINE / VERY GOOD
Inscription and signature (probably by author, but indecipherable) on title page. Dust jacket has a bit of wear to top/bottom edges of spine.
Biography of Surgeon-Lieutenant George Hendry of HMCS Ottawa, lost when the destroyer was torpedoed in the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942.
Canada Netherlands Pays-Bas Nederland
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Ottawa: Veterans Affairs Canada, 2005
Softcover. 76 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / FINE
Stapled pictorial wraps with matching dust jacket.
Illustrated with b&w photos, fold out map. Text is in English, French, and Dutch.
Account of the First Canadian Army's liberation of the Netherlands in 1944-1945.
Glorious Chapter: The Canadians at Dieppe
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Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1943
Hardcover. 165 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD
Grey cloth boards with green titles. No dust jacket. Binding is sound and square. No writing/markings.
Illustrated with b&w photos.
Wartime account of the Canadian role in the Dieppe Raid of August 1942, published the year of the operation.
The Canadian Army 1939 - 1945: An Official Historical Summary
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Ottawa: King's Printer, 1948
Hardcover. 354 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD
Red cloth boards with faded gilt titles and decorations. No dust jacket. Front hinge is a bit soft. Previous owner's name/address stamp on first blank page. No other writing/markings.
Illustrated with colour plates, fold-out maps. Includes appendices, indexes.
We Landed at Dawn: The Story of the Dieppe Raid
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New York: Harcourt Brace, 1943
Hardcover. 217 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD / GOOD
Pages are tanning. Dust jacket is worn at edges, with a couple of short tears.
Contemporary account of the Dieppe Raid of August 1942, published the year of the operation.
They Left the Back Door Open! A Chronicle of the Allied Campaign in Sicily and Italy
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Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1944. First edition
Hardcover. 191 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD / GOOD
Dust jacket is worn at tips and spine. Several short tears. Clean text, no writing/markings.
Illustrated with black and white photos.
A Selection of Ships' Badges of His Majesty's Royal Navies
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Toronto: Gutta Percha & Rubber Ltd., 1942
Softcover. 16 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD
Stapled wraps. Slight wear to tips.
Wartime collection of ships' badges from His Majesty's Royal Navies, published in 1942.
Camp X: Canada's School for Secret Agents 1941 - 1945
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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1986
Hardcover. 327 pages. ENG

Condition: NEAR FINE / VERY GOOD
Slight shelfwear to dust jacket. Binding is sound. No writing/markings.
The Scheldt / L'Escaut De Schelde
Veterans Affairs Canada
The Scheldt / L'Escaut De Schelde
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Veterans Affairs Canada, 2005
Softcover. 32 pages. MUL

Condition: VERY GOOD
Stapled wraps with jacket. Dust jacket has a tiny tear to top edge of rear panel. Includes photos, fold-out map.
Account of the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944, in which the First Canadian Army fought to open the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping.
Fighter Pilot: A Personal Record of the Campaign in France 1939-1940
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London: Cassell, 2001
Hardcover. 175 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Slight shelfwear.
A Nation Forged in Fire: Canadians and the Second World War, 1939-1945
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Toronto: Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1989
Hardcover. 287 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / GOOD
Dust jacket has a couple of small punctures (cat?), creasing to top edge.
vii, 287 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.)
Wavell in the Middle East, 1939-1941:  A Study in Generalship
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Brassey's, 1993
Hardcover. 323 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Dust jacket has a short closed tear to top edge of rear panel.
Victory at Falaise: The Soldiers' Story
W. Denis Whitaker & Shelagh Whitaker
Victory at Falaise: The Soldiers' Story
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HarperCollins, 2000
Hardcover. 371 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Light shelfwear.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-363) and index. xi, 371 p. : ill., maps.
Airborne: The Heroic Story of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in the Second World War
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Toronto: Lester, 1995. First edition
Hardcover. 227 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / NEAR FINE
Light wear to top edge of dust jacket at top of spine.
Includes bibliographical references (209-[216]) and index. xii, 227 p. : ill.
Guderian: Panzer General
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Greenhill / Stackpole, 2003
Hardcover. 228 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-222) and index. xii, 228 p. : ill., maps.
Tug of War: The Allied Victory That Opened Antwerp
W. Denis Whitaker & Shelagh Whitaker
Tug of War: The Allied Victory That Opened Antwerp
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Toronto: Stoddart, 2000. Second edition
Hardcover. 470 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-452) and indexes. x, 470 p. : ill., maps.
Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph
W. Denis Whitaker & Shelagh Whitaker
Dieppe: Tragedy to Triumph
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Toronto / Montreal: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1992. First edition
Hardcover. 372 pages. ENG

Condition: VERY GOOD / VERY GOOD
Light shelfwear.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-356) and index. xv, 372 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.
Voices from the Twentieth Century: The Battle of Britain and the Blitz
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London: Michael O'Mara, 2002
Hardcover. 143 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Short tear to top corner of dust jacket spine.
Includes CD in unopened front pocket.
Collection of eyewitness accounts and contemporary voices from the Battle of Britain and the London Blitz of 1940-1941.
No Higher Purpose: The Official Operational History of the Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War, 1939-1943, Vol. 2, Part I
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St. Catharines, ON: Vanwell, 2002. First edition
Hardcover. 664 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / FINE
Clean, unworn copy. No writing or markings. Binding is sound and tight.
Issued also in French under title: Rien de plus noble. 664 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.)
"C" force to Hong Kong: A Canadian Catastrophe, 1941-1945 (Canadian War Museum historical publication no. 30)
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Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1997
Hardcover. 160 pages. ENG

Condition: FINE / VERY GOOD
Rear dust jacket flap creased.
vii, 160 p. : ill., maps. Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-158) and index.
Account of the Canadian garrison sent to defend Hong Kong in December 1941, which fought until overwhelmed and then endured years of brutal Japanese captivity.