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Why Canada Was Unprepared for the Second World War|
7,49 € |
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| Verlag: | Dundurn |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 28.10.2013 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781459710665 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 336 |
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<p>Why was Canada not preparing for the Second World War when the rest of the world was ready to meet Hitler’s threats? <br><br>Despite Canada’s active participation in the First World War, which many claimed made Canada a nation, the country was almost defenceless in September 1939 when war was declared again.<br><br> Larry D. Rose, a long-time journalist and a military specialist, examines the military’s own failures, the hidden agenda of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and the divisions within Canada leading up to Canada’s entry into the war. He suggests that the lack of preparedness was directly responsible for two of Canada’s costliest military defeats: the battle of Hong Kong and Dieppe. </p>
Military specialist Larry D. Rose examines why Canada was not training and preparing to go to war before the declaration in 1939. The failures of all involved are examined, as are the other issues that delayed this important decision resulting in the significant loss of Canadians in Dieppe and in Hong Kong.
Larry D. Rose spent twenty-four years at CTV News. He has worked as producer of CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson, and as news director at CTV Kitchener (now CTV Southwest). He has also worked for The Canadian Press and Global News. He lives in Toronto.
For those who want to know some intriguing facts of our history and why Canada was completely unprepared for the Second World War, this is a must read. The portrait of King is masterful and Rose’s writing style makes it an excellent read. As a young soldier who enlisted in the first week of the war I wondered why we were so unprepared. Now I know!
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