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  • Guardians of the North

    Canadian Warships and Maritime Aircraft, 1910–2025

    by Richard H. Gimblett, Karl Gagnon ...
    A comprehensive, fully illustrated survey of Canada’s warship and maritime aircraft acquisitions from 1910 to the present day.Combining the talents of two of Canada’s foremost naval historians, this book fills an important void in the story of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and associated Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Maritime Aviation. An unprecedented chronological examination of when and why ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD

  • Citizen Sailors

    Chronicles of Canada's Naval Reserve, 1910-2010

    Edited by Richard H. Gimblett, Michael L. Hadley ...
    This commemorative volume produced on the occasion of the centennial of the Canadian Navy, 1910-2010, records a special kind of dual citizenship: Canadians exercising the profession of the sea in their nation’s service, while also living out the demands of their civilian occupations in their home communities. The perspectives of the part-time citizen-sailors who have made up Canada’s Naval Reserve ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Naval Service of Canada, 1910-2010

    The Centennial Story

    Edited by Richard H. Gimblett ...
    Commended for the 2009 Keith Matthews AwardThis lavishly illustrated commemorative volume chronicles the full century, 1910-2010, of the Canadian Navy as a proud national institution. Known Officially until 1968 as the Royal Canadian navy and since then as the Maritime Command of the Canadian Forces, the naval service of Canada has played an important role in the development and security of our ... Read more

    $9.59 CAD

  • The Seabound Coast

    The Official History of the Royal Canadian Navy, 1867–1939, Volume I

    by William Johnston, William G.P. Rawling, Richard H. Gimblett, John MacFarlane ...
    From its creation in 1910, the Royal Canadian Navy was marked by political debate over the countrys need for a naval service. The Seabound Coast, Volume I of a three-volume official history of the RCN, traces the story of the navys first three decades, from its beginnings as Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Lauriers tinpot navy of two obsolescent British cruisers to the force of six modern destroyers ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Networked Operations and Transformation

    Context and Canadian Contributions

    by Allan English, Richard Gimblett, Howard Coombs ...
    The authors consider various approaches to networked operations that are based on the physical environment and cultural context in which armed forces operate. They conclude that a "one size fits all" approach to command and control for networked operations may not be the most effective and suggest a more human-centric approach than the primarily technology-centred model used by the U.S. military. ... Read more

    Was $87.99 CAD Now $27.99 CAD

  • The Admirals

    Canada's Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century

    by Michael Whitby, Richard H. Gimblett, Peter Haydon ...
    The Admirals: Canada’s Senior Naval Leadership in the Twentieth Century fills an important void in the history of Canada’s navy. Those who carry the burden of high command have a critical niche in not only guiding the day-to-day concerns of running an armed service but in ensuring that it is ready to face the challenges of the future. Canada’s leading naval historians present analytical articles ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Operation Friction 1990-1991

    The Canadian Forces in the Persian Gulf

    by Jean H. Morin, Richard H. Gimblett ...
    This official account of the crisis in the Persian Gulf traces the Canadian Forces commitment to the Gulf region in response to Iraqi aggression in 1990-1991. Written by two officers who served in the Persian Gulf during the period of hostilities in 1991, this official account is the fruit of four years of detailed research. Based upon their personal experiences, numerous interviews, and ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD

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    The Story of the Canadian Submarine Service

    by Julie H. Ferguson ...
    A comprehensive history of Canada’s submarine service and the people who have served in it.Through a Canadian Periscope’s second edition celebrates the story of the Canadian submarine service on the occasion of its centenary in 2014.Created in 1914, at the beginning of World War I, Canada’s submarine force has overcome repeated attempts to sink it since then. Surprise, controversy, political ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • On to Victory

    The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23May 5, 1945

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as the sweetest of springs,” which saw the country’s liberation from German occupation.The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation’s freedom was won and the war concluded, but ... Read more

    $18.39 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Their Finest Hour

    by Winston S. Churchill ...
    Series Book 2 - Winston S. Churchill The Second World Wa
    The second volume in the WWII history "written with simplicity, lucidity, and gusto" by the legendary leader and Nobel Prize winner ( The New York Times).In Their Finest Hour, Winston Churchill describes the invasion of France and a growing sense of dismay in Britain. Should Britain meet France's desperate pleas for reinforcements or conserve their resources in preparation for the inevitable ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Ortona Street Fight

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    Series series Rapid Reads
    December 20, 1943. Two Canadian infantry battalions and a tank regiment stand poised on the outskirts of a small Italian port town. They expect to take Ortona quickly. But the German 1st Parachute Division has other ideas. For reasons unknown, Hitler has ordered Ortona held to the last man. Houses, churches and other buildings are dynamited, clogging the streets with rubble. Germans with machine ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Assault on Juno

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    Series series Rapid Reads
    Dawn, June 6, 1944. Off the Normandy coast 6,500 ships carry 150,000 Allied troops. This is D-Day, the long-awaited Allied invasion of German-occupied Europe. The Allies will storm five beaches. One is code-named Juno Beach. Here, 14,500 Canadians will land on a five-mile stretch of sand backed by three resort towns. The beach is heavily protected by a seawall, barbed wire, underwater obstacles ... Read more

    $7.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus