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Canadians on the Somme, 1916: The Neglected Campaign

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9781911512950

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Supplemented by 79 photographs and 33 maps, this well-written and very detailed narrative properly recognizes the sacrifice and determination of Canadians who fought in 1916. * Bulletin MHS * This is a superb, highly-detailed account. * WW1 Revisited * There is a clear analysis of actions throughout the book; the final section, ‘Assessment’, is, quite simply, a masterpiece which cannot be recommended highly enough. * Stand to! * This brilliant book, published around the 100th anniversary of Passchendaele, reminds us that we were not alone in facing the Germans in WW1, but that there were also troops from various of our commonwealth countries. * Books Monthly *

This brilliant book, published around the 100th anniversary of Passchendaele, reminds us that we were not alone in facing the Germans in WW1, but that there were also troops from various of our commonwealth countries. * Books Monthly * This is a superb, highly-detailed account. * WW1 Revisited *

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A University of Western Ontario MBA, Bill had a 30-year career as a senior executive in the Canadian high-tech industry, in marketing. He returned to university to pursue his avocation of researching and writing history. He received his PhD from the University of Birmingham in 2012 - under the supervision of Professor Gary Sheffield - and he is the author of numerous scholarly articles on the First World War related to the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). In 2015, his reconsideration of the reputation of the controversial Canadian general Sir Richard Turner was published as The Embattled General: Sir Richard Turner and the First World War by McGill-Queen’s University Press. His research focus is on the tactical, operational and administrative developments in the CEF, as well as the CEF's senior command levels.

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