Military - World War II from Capricorn Books

Toronto: Thomas Allen, 2013. 288 pp, 9 1/4" H. Map/plan endpapers, b&w photographs, reproductions. "On the night of March 24, 1944, eighty Commonwealth airmen crawled through a 400-foot-long tunnel, code-named 'Harry', and most slipped into the darkness of a pine forest beyond the wire of Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner-of-war compound near Sagan, Poland. The event became known… Read more about this item

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 2013. 471 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs, maps. Signed at top of title page: "David O'Keefe". "David O'Keefe rewrites history, connecting Canada's tragedy at Dieppe with an extraordinary and colourful cast of characters - from the young Commander Ian Fleming and his team of crack commandos, to the code-breaking scientists of Bletchley… Read more about this item

Toronto: New Jewish Press / University of Toronto Press, 2018. 358 pp, 9" H. B&w photographs. Signed and dated on half title page: "Ellin Bessner / May 3, 2023 / Oakville - Ontario". "In this comprehensive rendering, Ellin Bessner vividly depicts the valour, the trauma, the willingness to risk life and limb, and the impressive resilience of the Canadian… Read more about this item

Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan, 1998. 160 pp, 128 pp, 11 1/2" H - 2 volume set. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps/plans, reproductions. Volume 1. The Road to Alexandria - "Hitler, worried about the consequences of a total Italian collapse in North Africa, had decided to send in small numbers of German troops to bolster up the flagging… Read more about this item

Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998. 258 pp, 9 1/4" H. "From 1942 to 1973, John Starnes was engaged in such areas as communications intelligence and, during his tenure as the first civilian director-general of the RCMP Security Service, in counter-espionage and counter-subversion. His recollection of these confidential activities and the part he played in them is supported by… Read more about this item

Stroud: Sutton, 2008. 151 pp, 10" H. B&w photographs, map. "(O)ffers a new insight into the many roles of Britain's Fire Services through personal anecdotes and the use of recently discovered archive documents. This fascinating timeline of firefighting history takes the reader from the emergency caused by the air raids in the First World War through the subsequent planning… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Director of Public Information / Edmond Cloutier, 1940. Two World War II related items. 1. Canada Carries On: Review of the War Effort of the Dominion as presented to the House of Commons, July 29-30, 1940. 42 pp + 4 additional pages title 'Notes', 10" H, stapled in wraps. Contents: Introduction by Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King, Prime… Read more about this item

Ottawa: Department of National Defence, 1947. 42 pp, 9 1/2" H, stapled in wraps. No date, but c1947. "New weapons forged in The Second Great War and revolutionary changes in the comparable strengths of many nations make the defence of Canada a matter of major national policy and of direct concern to every individual Canadian. The object of… Read more about this item

Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2008. 148 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w photographs. "After joining the Grenadier Guards in 1937, Cyril Feebery served in the British Expeditionary Force before being evacuated wounded from Dunkirk. Undeterred he volunteered for the newly formed Commandos and, on completion of their rigorous training in Scotland, was sent to the Middle East to be a… Read more about this item

Hersham, Surrey: Midland / Ian Allan, 2008. Volume four of the four volume set - containing chapters Twelve through Twenty-One, with paging running from 583 - 752, 12 1/8" H. B&w and colour illustrations - photographs, profiles. "In this volume, salient details of every operational squadron that served as part of the wartime 2nd TAF are listed. Supporting units… Read more about this item

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2004. 160 pp, 11" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps - map of location of torpedoed ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence on rear cover. Tells the story of the defence of Canada against the U-boat threat in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence during World War II. Interior - light toning to the… Read more about this item

Hersham, Surrey: Classic / Ian Allan, 2008. 208 pp, 9 7/8" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, reproductions, 5 colour plates (aircraft profiles). "(A) unique illustrated account of the careers of the two 'fighting princes' of the Luftwaffe's night fighter force, Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld, whose dramatic lives were often inter-connected. (The author) was… Read more about this item

London: Osprey, 1985. 48 pp, 9 3/4" H. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs, maps, 8 pages of colour uniform studies. Contents: Introduction; Canada and her Army; 1900-14: The Growing Commitment; 1914-18: Attrition; 1939-45: The Global War; 1950-53: United Nations Involvement. Interior - clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - tiny bump at the top… Read more about this item

Toronto: HarperCollins, 2022. 308 pp, 9 5/16" H. B&w photographs, reproductions. "A knife, a diary, a recipe book, a stringed instrument, and a cotton pouch. Each belonged to an individual who was in their twenties during the Second World War: a fresh-faced prairie boy, a melancholic youth, a capable cook, a musician wounded at the front, and a survivor.… Read more about this item

Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 2004. 160 pp, 11" H. B&w photographs, reproductions, maps - map of location of torpedoed ships in Gulf of St. Lawrence on rear cover. Tells the story of the defence of Canada against the U-boat threat in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence during World War II. Interior - light toning to the… Read more about this item

London: Brockhampton Press, 1999. 224 pp, 9 1/2" H. B&w plates, map. "In this hugely entertaining and informative study, John Wilcox selects just six military classes which he proposes as elite performers, superstars amongst generations of warriors of all races, creeds and colours. He selects: The Longbowmen of England; The Vikings of the North; The Riflemen of Saratoga; The… Read more about this item

Belleville, Ontario: Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment Association, 2006. 368 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps/battle plans. "Told in Mowat's vivid, elegant style, this is the heart-and-soul story of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment's part in the Second World War. From the summons gathering the militia members together, through its rigorous training into an efficient fighting unit,… Read more about this item

New York: Viking, 2019. 337 pp, 9 1/4" H. B&w photographs, maps. "On the Fourth of July, 1942, four Allied ships traversing the Arctic split off from their decimated convoy to head farther north into the ice field of the North Pole. They were seeking safety from Nazi bombers and U-boats in a perilous white maze of ice floes,… Read more about this item

New York: Little Brown, 2021. 240 pp, 8 1/4" H. B&w photographs. "Most military thinkers in the years leading up to World War II saw the airplane as an afterthought. But a small group of idealistic strategists had a different view. This 'Bomber Mafia' asked: What if precision bombing could, just by taking out critical choke points - industrial… Read more about this item

Lincoln, R.I.: Andrew Mowbray, 1994. 303 pp, 11 1/4" H, glazed pictorial boards. "The definitive guide to U.S. infantry weapons of World War II - covering everything carried into combat by the Army or Marines - rifles, carbines, edged weapons, shotguns, machine guns, mortars, bazookas, grenades, recoilless rifles, submachine guns, automatic rifles, flame throwers - it's all here! Includes hundreds… Read more about this item