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Canadians Under Fire

Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War

by (author) Robert C. Engen

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2009
Category
Canada
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773581753
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773536265
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $42.95

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In Canadians Under Fire Robert Engen explores the dynamics of what combat looked like to Canada's infantrymen during the Second World War. Analyzing unexamined battle experience questionnaires from over 150 Canadian infantry officers, Engen argues for a reassessment of the tactical behaviour of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War. The evidence also shows that Marshall's theory of non-participation in combat by Allied forces is demonstrably false: Canadian soldiers took a continued and aggressive part in the fighting.

About the author

Robert C. Engen is assistant professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College and the author of Strangers in Arms: Combat Motivation in the Canadian Army, 1943-1945.

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