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NO HIGHER PURPOSE: THE OFFICIAL OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-1943. VOLUME II, PART 1.
by Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael; Caldwell, Robert H.; Johnston, William; Rawling, William G.P
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1551250616
- ISBN 13
- 9781551250618
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 2002. 664 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Map endpapers. B&w photographs, b&w and colour maps, colour plates. "In April 1943, the Royal Canadian Navy assumed responsibility for Canadian Northwest Atlantic Command, the only operational area to be run by a Canadian Commander-in-Chief during the Second World War. (This book) describes the RCN's long, challenging journey from the outbreak of the war in September 1939 to the momentous events of Spring 1943. Based on extensive research in Canadian, British, American and German archives, (it) describes the mobilization of the naval service during the first half of the war, measures its response to the demanding, ever-changing strategic situations that confronted the Allies, and analyses the service of our ships and sailors on the North Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean seas as well as the defence of Canadian waters. With the main focus on the Battle of the Atlantic, this important and well-illustrated history demonstrates how Canadian naval forces proved indispensable to victory in that most critical campaign of the Second World War." Minor wrinkle at top of spine; place, date and signature in ink on free front endpaper. Dust jacket has very light wrinkling at top of spine and flap-folds, minor rubbing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.
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- Bookseller
- Capricorn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25388
- Title
- NO HIGHER PURPOSE: THE OFFICIAL OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, 1939-1943. VOLUME II, PART 1.
- Author
- Douglas, W.A.B.; Sarty, Roger; Whitby, Michael; Caldwell, Robert H.; Johnston, William; Rawling, William G.P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1551250616
- ISBN 13
- 9781551250618
- Publisher
- Vanwell
- Place of Publication
- St. Catharines, Ontario
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- Convoys, German U-boats, Gulf St Lawrence, Mediterranean, Merchant vessels, Caribbean, British Columbia, Alaska, Halifax, Esquimalt, Enigma, Tanker escort, Angus Macdonald, Iceland, L.W. Murray, Dudley Pound, RCN, Radar, Operation Torch, St. John's, B
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military - Naval; Military - World War II; Military - Naval: World War II;
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Capricorn Books
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