Canadians Under Fire
Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2009
- Category
- Canada
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773581753
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773536265
- Publish Date
- Sep 2009
- List Price
- $42.95
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Description
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.