TRUE CANADIAN HEROES ON THE BATTLEFIELD

Toronto: Prospero Books, 2004. Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. First Printing - First Thus. 8vo. (xvi) 341 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white photographs. The Contents are: Preface by Arthur Bishop, the son of Billy Bishop; Foreword by General A. J. G. D. de Chastelaine; Start Line: The War of 1812; Courage in the Crimea; The Indian Mutiny; The Boer War: Liliefontein. World War One: Ypres - Gallantry Against Poison Gas; Battle of Attrition; Das Blutbad - Slaughter on the Somme; Preparation; Valour as Vimy Ridge; Hill 70; Arras; Trench Warfare; Passchendaele; Cambrai - First Effective Tank Attack; Final German Thrust. Canada's 100 Days: Amiens; Breaching the Hindenburg Line; Collapse at Cambrai; Final Pursuit. World War Two: The Hapless Horror of Hong Kong; The Debacle at Dieppe; The Conquest of Sicily; The Canadian Campaign in Italy 1: Ortona; Anzio; Burma; Italy 2: Liri Valley; Cross the Gari River; Assault on the Hitler Line; The Melfa River Crossing; Europe; The Battle of Normandy; D-Day; Build-up to the Breakout; The Falaise Gap; Breakout; Clearing the Channel Ports; Italy 3: The Rugged Route to Rimini; Breaking the Gothic Line; Slog to the San Fortunato Ridge; Freeing the Port of Antwerp; Market Garden; Italy 4: The Final Phase; The Savio River; The Last Operation; Clearing the Rhineland; Crossing the Rhine; Liberation of the Netherlands; Build-up to Capitulation. Korea: Kapyong; Kowang Hi; followed by an epitaph; Abbreviations; Decorations; Designations; General; Ranks; and a Name Index..