Here a link to Victory Campaign: Operations in Northwest Eurpoe 1944 1945. This the official History of the Canadian army in Northwest Europe from D-day to the end of the war. A very factual account of Canadian operations and with references to actions of other armies and formations interacting with the first Canadian army. Many of Stacey's conclusions have fallen out of favour over recent years. By such authors as Copp, Blackburn, Whitaker, amoung others. HyperWar: The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945 Enjoy Matt
Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., Ottawa, 1966 Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery ©Crown Copyrights reserved Should this not be protected then by putting in on the internet?, or is this legal?
Phillip, All three volumes of the Official History are free Government of Canada publications. You can also download them as PDFs directly from the government site.
This is great news, helping make more source material available for discussion. Cheers for the link, wanted to crack through this for some time.
Matt, A very good post. And, I am in a total agreement that Stacey's account has come under critical review from Copp and others. Have you read the trilogy from Blackburn?
Randy Yes I have read Blackburn his books are as much as anything the story of the activies a GPO and FOO; YOU (as the books are written in the 3rd person) but he is very good at adding well supported views on the successes and shortcomings of equipment and command. His main claim is his longevity as a FOO was promoted to Capt early in the Normandy campaign and operated as foo from the being of 'Atlantic' I believe until the end of the war in europe. He claimed he was taken out of action in the last days of the war and made 3IC of the 4th field RCA in order that he make it through. He also mentions that when his longevity was discovered it became very difficult for him to find crew members for his observation party as all believed that his luck would surely run out and they didnt want to be with him when it did. He was awarded A MC for actions at Woensdrech in support of the Rileys, he called a Mike target on his own OP. He also penned a Famous diddy of the time which I cannot remember, but found it to be quite moving when I read it through. Swiper I did it for you. thought it would help you not to forget about the Canadians. Philip I think it is public domain now as it was published in 1956. In any case I was simply publishing a link
Roger Duhamel, F.R.S.C., Ottawa, 1966 Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery ©Crown Copyrights reserved Should this not be protected then by putting in on the internet?, or is this legal? Crown Copyright changed under the last government, and this should be legal, presuming that this applies to Crown Copyright in other countries. Open Government Licence All the best Andreas
