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1	The French and Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America more books like this by Walter R Borneman add to wishlist This narrative history of epic 18th-century wilderness battles and pre-Revolutionary rumblings of independence presents the triumphs and tragedies of this frontier struggle. 8-page B&W insert. 15 maps. see all copies from £6.64! new only from £7.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	A History of Mexico more books like this by Henry B Parkes add to wishlist The book begins with an examination of Indian Mexico and continues with the Spanish Conquest, New Spain, the War of Independence, the age of Santa Anna, the reform, the reign of Diaz, the revolution, and the period of reconstruction. see all copies from £4.92! new only from £8.98! \| first editions
3	No time to wave goodbye more books like this by Ben Wicks add to wishlist Within hours of the German invasion of Poland in 1939, children were being evacuated out of the cities into the countryside in a carefully planned operation. For all these children, evacuation was an emotional experience; for some it was deeply traumatic, yet others discovered the pleasure of living in the country and formed lasting friendships. ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Vimy more books like this by Pierre Berton add to wishlist One chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scarp knows as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in their grasp what had eluded both British and French armies in over two years of fighting: they had seized the best-defended German bastion on the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.32! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	The Forgotten War more books like this by Stan B Cohen add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £14.82! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed more books like this by Palmiro Campagna add to wishlist New documents clarify the American government's role in the scandalous decision to scrap the Avro Arrow. Not since the Spitfire of World War II has an aircraft single-handedly captured a nation's imagination, and no one has uncovered more new insights into this legendary aircraft than Palmiro Campagna. For this edition, Campagna has done just that ... see all copies from £9.28! signed copies \| first editions
7	A Thousand Shall Fall more books like this by Murray Peden add to wishlist During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Those selected for Bomber Command operations went on to rain devastation upon the Third Reich in the great air battles over Europe, but their losses were high. German fighters and anti-aircraft guns took a terrifying toll. The chances ... see all copies from £6.28! new only from £9.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Canadians behind enemy lines, 1939-1945 more books like this by Roy MacLaren add to wishlist During the Second World War, Canadians found themselves behind enemy lines in Europe and Asia. Not all were ill-fated airmen, shot down in the fury of battle. In fact, some were there by design. As volunteers who risked their lives in extremely hazardous assignments, almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in ... see all copies from £7.50! new only from £10.35! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Up and at 'em more books like this by Harold Evans Hartney add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! signed copies \| first editions
10	The Black Devil Brigade: The True Story of the First Special Service Force in the World War II more books like this by Joseph A Springer add to wishlist The American and Canadian army volunteers who formed the innocuously named First Special Service Force in the Montana outback were assembled to perform virtually suicidal raids against German facilities in Norway and the Italian Alps. Filled with first-person accounts from unit members, this history documents the last-minute cancellation of those ... see all copies from £7.99! new only from £24.05! \| first editions
11	Dieppe Raid more books like this by Robin Neillands add to wishlist The Dieppe Raid is one of World War II's most controversial hours. In 1942, a full two years before D-Day, thousands of men, mostly Canadian troops eager for their first taste of battle, were sent across the Channel in a raid on the French port town of Dieppe. Air supremacy was not secured; the topography of the town and its surroundings - hemmed ... see all copies from £3.33! new only from £5.52! \| first editions
12	Six War Years, 1939-1945: Memories of Canadians at Home and Abroad more books like this by Barry Broadfoot add to wishlist see all copies from £2.16! new only from £19.12! \| first editions
13	Tarnished Brass more books like this by Scott Taylor, Brian Nolan add to wishlist see all copies from £4.95! first editions
14	A military history of Canada more books like this by Desmond Morton add to wishlist Is Canada really "a peaceable kingdom" with "an unmilitary people"? Morton says no. Canada has been shaped, divided, and transformed by war there is no greater influence in Canadian history, recent or remote. Through the Cold War, the Gulf War, and after, Canadians had to make difficult decisions about defence and foreign policy, which have not ... see all copies from £4.99! new only from £13.71! \| first editions
15	A Rifleman Went to War more books like this by Jeff Cooper, Herbert W. McBride add to wishlist see all copies from £17.68! new only from £17.68! \| first editions
16	The lost patrol more books like this by Dick North add to wishlist A spellbinding true tale worthy of Jack London. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £38.86! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	The Devil's Brigade more books like this by Robert Harry Adleman add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! new only from £9.41! \| first editions
18 view cover	Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War more books like this by J L Granatstein add to wishlist Originally published in 1993, "The Generals" has received resounding praise for its relevance, depth, and scholarship. A detailed account of Canada's military at a crucial time in history, the book focuses on the personalities, politics and pressures that define Canada's involvement in WW2. It is the only book of its kind on this subject and ... see all copies from £11.42! new only from £13.62! \| first editions
19 view cover	Avro arrow : the story of the Avro arrow from its evolution to its extinction more books like this by Richard Organ, Arrowheads add to wishlist At its creation in the 1950s the Avro Arrow was considered 20 years ahead of its time but the development program was cancelled for political reasons. This is the story of the aircraft featuring rare photos and surviving diagrams. see all copies from £13.00! new only from £15.18! \| first editions
20	Once upon a wartime more books like this by Peter Layton Cottingham add to wishlist see all copies from £14.86! signed copies
21	Juno: Canadians at D-Day June 6, 1944 more books like this by Ted Barris, Theodore Barris add to wishlist see all copies from £9.55! new only from £17.87! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Blood on the Hills more books like this by David J Bercuson add to wishlist Caught by Surprise with a Phantom Army in the Summer of 1950, The Canadian government was forced by its major allies to promise a ground combat contribution to the UN effort to push back the Communist invasion of South Korea from the north. The Canadian Army Special Force, as the Korean contingent was first called, was hurriedly raised, trained, ... see all copies from £12.91! new only from £21.70!
23 view cover	A Rifleman Went to War more books like this by Herbert W McBride add to wishlist see all copies from £16.64! new only from £16.64! \| first editions
24 view cover	Inside Camp X more books like this by Lynn Philip Hodgson add to wishlist The first full-length, inside story about the infamous and respected top secret World War II Secret Agent training school, strategically located on the shores of Lake Ontario in Canada. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond spy thrillers trained at Camp X. Sir William Stephenson -- the man called Intrepid -- headed the organization that ran Camp X ... see all copies from £10.50! new only from £72.86!
25	The Long Return more books like this by Bob Porter add to wishlist see all copies from £6.69! signed copies \| first editions

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	The Forgotten War Vol. 2: A Pictorial History of WWII in Alaska & NW Canada by Stan B. Cohen see all from £7.09! new only from £14.82!
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