Canadian Battlefields of the Second World War
Dieppe, D-Day, and the Battle of Normandy
- Publisher
- Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
- Initial publish date
- May 2019
- Category
- World War II, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781926804170
- Publish Date
- May 2019
- List Price
- $30.00
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Description
This guidebook offers an introduction to the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Dieppe Raid and the Normandy campaign plus information on accommodation, museums, memorials and other points of interest. The battlefields of the Second World War have long played an important part in the collective memory and imagination of Canadians. This guide is intended to encourage a new generation to set out on their own journey not just to the iconic landing beaches, memorials and museums but to the villages and fields where young Canadians fought to free France from the yoke of Nazi tyranny.
About the authors
Terry Copp is the director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and a professor emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and many articles on the Canadian role in the Second World War, including travel guides to the Canadian battlefields. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy won the 2004 Distinguished Book Award for non-US history from the American Society for Military History.
Matt Symes is a PhD candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University. He works as the publications manager for the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and as the online editor for canadianmilitaryhistory.ca. With Eric McGeer, Matt has published three Battlefield Guides on the Italian Campaign in the Second World War.
Nick Lachance is a mature student finishing his BA in Honours History at Wilfrid Laurier University. As a research assistant at LCMSDS he manages the digitization of the 300,000 Second World War aerial reconnaissance photographs the center has in its possession. A freelance photographer and photojournalist, many of Lachance’s photos appear in this and other LCMSDS publications.
Matt Baker is the founder of UsefulCharts and the creator of its educational wall charts. Based in Vancouver, BC, he holds a PhD in education and is a passionate advocate of visual learning.
His YouTube channel has more than 250,000 subscribers, and his design work has appeared in BBC Focus magazine, as well as on NASA’s JPL website. Follow him on Twitter: @usefulcharts.