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| Genre/Form: | History |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Capturing Hill 70. (CaOONL)20169040550 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Serge Marc Durflinger; Douglas E Delaney; Nikolas Gardner |
| ISBN: | 9780774833592 0774833599 |
| OCLC Number: | 948562467 |
| Description: | xii, 292 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction / Douglas E. Delaney -- Higher command : First Army and the Canadian Corps / Nikolas Gardner -- The Corps nervous system in action: commanders, staffs, and battle procedure / Douglas E. Delaney -- The best laid plans : Sir Arthur Currie's first operations as Corps commander / Mark Osborne Humphries -- The fire plan : gas, guns, machine guns, and mortars / Tim Cook -- Sinews of war : transportation and supply / Andrew Iarocci -- Force preservation : medical services / Robert Engen -- The other side of the hill : the German defence / Robert T. Foley -- To win at any cost : politics and manpower / J.L. Granatstein -- A battle forgotten? Remembering Hill 70 in its time and ours / Serge Marc Durflinger -- Conclusion / Douglas E. Delaney and Serge Marc Durflinger. |
| Series Title: | Studies in Canadian military history. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Douglas E. Delaney and Serge Marc Durflinger. |
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This new book, which chronicles the battle from its inception to its aftermath, asks two questions: Why was this small piece of ground so important, and how is it that now, a century later, almost no one remembers it? ... Whatever the reason for Hill 70's lack of recognition these days, this insightful, broad-ranging book ought to change that. It's very hard to read it without thinking: This is an incredible story, and how is it possible I've never heard it until now? -- David Pitt * The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) * Capturing Hill 70: Canada's Forgotten Battle of the First World War is a thought provoking book worthy of attention. By casting new light on this important battle and offering new perspectives on the leadership of Arthur Currie and the operations Canadian Corps, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of an important period of Canadian military history. -- Major John R. Grodzinski, Royal Military College of Canada * Canadian Military Journal, Vol. 17 No. 1, November 2016 * ...Hill 70 should gain the recognition it deserves as the first battle in the First World War planned, executed, and fought by Canadians...While taking nothing away from the accomplishment of Canadian arms at Vimy Ridge, Capturing Hill 70 puts these watershed 1917 battles into a detailed perspective...with the excellent collection of essays that comprise Capturing Hill 70. There is no romance here - only pragmatic efficiency in getting the job done in the Canadian way. -- Chris Arnett * Ormsby Review, February 2017 * City of Water paints a much more comprehensive picture of the role and effects of water in the nineteenth- and twentieth-century city than other urban river histories have. -- Michele Dagenais * The Canadian Historical Review * ...Capturing Hill 70 has provided Canadians with a multi-faceted, impressively researched, and balanced account of the bloody engagements undertaken in August 1917...[it] succeeds in elevating the engagement to its proper position, provides a comprehensive account of what happened and why, and opens many avenues for future research. -- Patrick Brennan, University of Calgary * Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Vol. 17 No. 3, Winter 2016 * The editors and contributors are to be congratulated on producing a stimulating and thoughtful book that is a fitting tribute to the Canadians who fought and died to capture Hill 70, and that will hopefully be a precursor for further studies of other neglected Great War battles. -- Simon Innes-Robbins, Imperial War Museums * Canadian Journal of History * Read more...
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- Canada. -- Canadian Army. -- Canadian Corps -- History.
- Canada. -- Canadian Army. -- Canadian Corps.
- Canada. -- Armée canadienne. -- Corps canadien -- Histoire.
- Hill 70, Battle of, France, 1917.
- Lens, Battle of, Lens, France, 1917.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- France.
- Military campaigns.
- Regimental histories.
- Canada.
- France.
- Bataille de la cote 70, France, 1917.
- Bataille de Lens, Lens, France, 1917.
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Histoire des unités -- Canada.
- Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 -- Campagnes et batailles -- France.
- France -- Regimental histories.
