The Canadian Battlefields in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany: A Visitor's Guide

by Terry Copp

Overview

This book builds on the success of The Canadian Battlefields in Northwest Europe, 1944—45 by adding a new chapter dealing with the Canadian battles in Belgium during the First World War. In addition to bringing to life the Victory Campaign of the Second World War in Belgium, Holland, and Germany, it examines the terrible battles fought in the Ypres Salient, including the Canadians’ first battle at 2nd Ypres in April 1915 and the epic battle of Passchendaele in October—November 1917. The Canadian Battlefields in Belgium, Holland, and Germany is lavishly illustrated with photographs and colour maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781926804026
Publisher:	Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication date:	06/20/2011
Edition description:	Revised ed.
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Terry Copp is director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and professor emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and many articles on the Canadian role in the Second World War, including travel guides to the Canadian battlefields. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy won the 2004 Distinguished Book Award for non-US history from the American Society for Military History.

Mike Bechthold is the managing editor of Canadian Military History and the communications director of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies. He teaches military history at Wilfrid Laurier University and has published numerous articles on Canada and the Second World War. He has led civilian and military groups on tours of the Canadian battlefields in Europe and has taken thousands of photographs of the battlefields.