Description

Book Synopsis
The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 THE GENERALS

Major-General Bert Hoffmeister

Major-General George Kitching

Major-General Harry F.G. Letson

Major-General Bruce Matthews

2 THE FIGHTERS

Brigadier H.P. Bell-Irving

Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Bennett

Major-General M.P. Bogert

Colonel J. Allan (“Ding”) Calder

Major-General W.J. Megill

Lieutenant-General Robert Moncel

Major-General Roger Rowley

Major-General J. Desmond B. Smith

Major-General James Tedlie

Lieutenant-General Henri Tellier

Major-General C.B. Ware

Brigadier-General Denis Whitaker

3 THE STAFF

Brigadier G. Edward Beament

Lieutenant-General William A.B. Anderson

Brigadier George Pangman

Major Giles Perodeau

Finlay Angus Morrison

Major-General N. Elliot Rodger

Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh

Major-General Robert P. Rothschild

Lieutenant-General S.F. Clark

Lieutenant-Colonel J. Douglas Crashley

John W.H. Bassett

Harold Morrison

Colonel H.O. Moran

Lieutenant-Colonel E.T. Winslow

Major-General H.A. “Sparky” Sparling

Colonel Robert Raymont

Brigadier John D. (Jack) Christian

Colonel Ernest A. Côté

Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Mingay

Brigadier P.A. Stanley Todd

Colonel W. Clement Dick

Brigadier-General R.T. Bennett

Brigadier Frank Lace

Brigadier Beverley Matthews

Brigadier William Ziegler

Rt. Hon. J.W. Pickersgill

Lieutenant-Colonel Trumball Warren

4 THE FAMILIES

Mrs. Margaret Palmer

Peter Crerar

Group Captain Victor C.H. Stuart

Marguerite Stuart Shortreed

Dr. Mary Burns

Joseph Pope

Major W.H. Pope

Mrs. Simonne Pope Fletcher

Tony Foster

Peter Hertzberg

Thea Hertzberg Gray

Mrs. Dagmar Hertzberg Nation

Mrs. Sherwood Lett

George Montague

P.K. (Patricia Katherine) Page

Mrs. Helen Price Perodeau

Mrs. Mary Plow

Mr. Justice Joseph Potts

Mrs. Betty Spry

Malcolm and Atholl Sutherland-Brown

W.F.R. Stein

Colonel Malcolm Turner

Major Fred Vokes

Harvie Walford

Peter Worthington

Mrs. Clara “Larry” Worthington

William Young

Appendices

List of Canadian Generals of the Second World War

Table of Army Ranks and Responsibilities

Selected Readings

Index

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      Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
      Publication Date: 01/08/2016
      ISBN13: 9780774832991, 978-0774832991
      ISBN10: 0774832991
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      Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The senior Canadian officers of the Second World War learned how to fight a war on the job; for all of them, the weight of command was a burden to be borne.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      1 THE GENERALS

      Major-General Bert Hoffmeister

      Major-General George Kitching

      Major-General Harry F.G. Letson

      Major-General Bruce Matthews

      2 THE FIGHTERS

      Brigadier H.P. Bell-Irving

      Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Bennett

      Major-General M.P. Bogert

      Colonel J. Allan (“Ding”) Calder

      Major-General W.J. Megill

      Lieutenant-General Robert Moncel

      Major-General Roger Rowley

      Major-General J. Desmond B. Smith

      Major-General James Tedlie

      Lieutenant-General Henri Tellier

      Major-General C.B. Ware

      Brigadier-General Denis Whitaker

      3 THE STAFF

      Brigadier G. Edward Beament

      Lieutenant-General William A.B. Anderson

      Brigadier George Pangman

      Major Giles Perodeau

      Finlay Angus Morrison

      Major-General N. Elliot Rodger

      Lieutenant-General Geoffrey Walsh

      Major-General Robert P. Rothschild

      Lieutenant-General S.F. Clark

      Lieutenant-Colonel J. Douglas Crashley

      John W.H. Bassett

      Harold Morrison

      Colonel H.O. Moran

      Lieutenant-Colonel E.T. Winslow

      Major-General H.A. “Sparky” Sparling

      Colonel Robert Raymont

      Brigadier John D. (Jack) Christian

      Colonel Ernest A. Côté

      Lieutenant-Colonel Donald Mingay

      Brigadier P.A. Stanley Todd

      Colonel W. Clement Dick

      Brigadier-General R.T. Bennett

      Brigadier Frank Lace

      Brigadier Beverley Matthews

      Brigadier William Ziegler

      Rt. Hon. J.W. Pickersgill

      Lieutenant-Colonel Trumball Warren

      4 THE FAMILIES

      Mrs. Margaret Palmer

      Peter Crerar

      Group Captain Victor C.H. Stuart

      Marguerite Stuart Shortreed

      Dr. Mary Burns

      Joseph Pope

      Major W.H. Pope

      Mrs. Simonne Pope Fletcher

      Tony Foster

      Peter Hertzberg

      Thea Hertzberg Gray

      Mrs. Dagmar Hertzberg Nation

      Mrs. Sherwood Lett

      George Montague

      P.K. (Patricia Katherine) Page

      Mrs. Helen Price Perodeau

      Mrs. Mary Plow

      Mr. Justice Joseph Potts

      Mrs. Betty Spry

      Malcolm and Atholl Sutherland-Brown

      W.F.R. Stein

      Colonel Malcolm Turner

      Major Fred Vokes

      Harvie Walford

      Peter Worthington

      Mrs. Clara “Larry” Worthington

      William Young

      Appendices

      List of Canadian Generals of the Second World War

      Table of Army Ranks and Responsibilities

      Selected Readings

      Index

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