Canadian Military

The ninth book in the Canadian Battle Series, Breakout from Juno, is the first dramatic chronicling of Canada's pivotal role throughout the entire Normandy Campaign following the D-Day landings.

On September 4, 1944, Antwerp, Europe’s largest port, fell to the Second British Army and it seemed the war would soon be won. But Antwerp was of little value unless the West Scheldt Estuary linking it to the North Sea was also in Allied hands. In his greatest blunder of the war, Field Marshal Montgomery turned his back on the port, leaving the First Canadian Army to fight its way up the long coastal flank. By the time the Canadians and others serving with them reached the area, it had been transformed into a fortress manned by troops ordered to fight to the death.

During World War II, Canada trained tens of thousands of airmen under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Those selected for Bomber Command operations went on to rain devastation upon the Third Reich in the great air battles over Europe, but their losses were high. German fighters and anti-aircraft guns took a terrifying toll. The chances of surviving a tour of duty as a bomber crew were almost nil.

This is the story of the average Canadian who volunteered for the Canadian Expeditionary Force told through the lens of one battalion - the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division. This Highland Regiment fought in the Ypres Salient and in the Somme, at Vimy, Passchendaele, and Amiens. It suffered the first gas attack; its ranks were decimated as it fought at virtually every major battle in the European theatre.

An incredibly evocative and action-filled story of one man’s fight in the First World War, rich and raw with remarkable detail. NATIONAL BESTSELLER As he tended to the chores on his homestead, Lester Harper never imagined that he would turn in his hoe for a Lee-Enfield rifle on the Western...

Deeds not words. To the members of Canada’s Joint Task Force Two, it isn’t just a motto. It’s a way of life. Most Canadians have never heard of them, but when a Canadian veteran and a British intelligence officer vanish in Belize, it’s JTF2 that answers the call. Sergeant Sebastien “Rocky” Ray, reeling from the disappearance of his friend and commander, must lead Alpha Team for the first time. The objective is clear: rescue the hostages and eliminate their captor. But the enemy is no ordinary zealot. He is part of a larger design, an architect of upheaval intent on reshaping entire societies.

Francis Pegahmagabow has long been considered the most prolific killing machine of the First World War as he has been credited with over 378 deaths. This book chronicles his reputation as both a sniper and scout as the Canadian/British Army allowed him to roam freely throughout the "No Man's Land" region of France where he singlehandedly took down German troops.

In 1966 Canada had an incident like Roswell New Mexico yet very few had ever heard about this. The author talks to those who were there to piece together what really happened. Hear in their own words what they saw, what they learned, and what really happened.

On September 17, 1944, over 8,000 men of the British 1st Airborne Division landed in German-occupied Netherlands as part of the largest airborne invasion ever undertaken. Twenty-two-year-old Canadian paratrooper Leo Heaps was one of them. Told with authenticity and clarity, Heaps’ personal account of the nightmare battle fought after the paratroopers dropped at Oosterbeek paints a remarkably vivid picture of one of the most dramatic and little-known events of the Second World War.

Sand and Steel gives us D-Day, arguably the greatest and most consequential military operation of modern times, beginning with the years of painstaking and costly preparation, through to the pitched battles fought along France's northern coast, from Omaha Beach to the Falaise and the push east to Strasbourg.

Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion is the first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier during the 1990s, and his experience in the Legion's elite Groupe des Commandos Parachutistes (GCP). Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa’s most troubled nations.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, 42 thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were trying to throw back fascist dictator General Franco’s troops, which included countless German and Italian soldiers. By October 29, 1938 though, only two thousand Internationals were able to gather for a speech requesting them to withdraw. Despite all their efforts, Spain wanted to continue on its own, hoping the war would become a Spanish affair once again.

They came to test a route. They stayed because they had no choice. October 2045. A Chinese naval task force enters the Northwest Passage, exercising legal transit rights through waters Canada once claimed as its own. The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) task force consists of a nuclear icebreaker, the Xuelong 3 (雪龙3) - "Snow Dragon 3", a collection of Arctic research vessels, and a last-minute addition: a Type 075 Yushen-class - Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) 40,000-ton amphibious assault ship/helicopter carrier with a thousand Chinese Marines who've spent six months training in the ...

The sun won't rise for forty days. Neither side can wait that long. December 2045. A thousand Chinese Marines are slowly freezing to death in ships never meant to survive an Arctic winter. Their government has declared the mission a success. Their Admiral knows better. And the men who could rescue them have been ordered to treat them as a threat. As polar night descends on Victoria Strait, a British intelligence officer pieces together what the Americans already know but won't share. A Canadian sergeant prepares her section for a tactical situation she doesn't understand. And deep in the ...

Master the Art of Military Grievance Analysis with this Essential Guide for CAF and DND Analysts After five years analyzing hundreds of grievances and managing teams at the Canadian Forces Grievance Authority, Jay Tarzwell shares the knowledge that matters—the stuff they don't teach in training. This comprehensive guide covers everything grievance analysts need to know: The CRAF method for analyzing contentions Natural justice and procedural fairness principles Writing clear, defensible synopses and decision letters Managing difficult grievors and complex files Understanding bias (yes, ...

For 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything it had at Great Britain in hopes of early victory in World War II. The task of defending southern England from airborne attack fell to pilots in the Royal Air Force, supplemented in their darkest hour by more than 100 flyers from Canada. These Canadians, some from famous families, some straight off the farm, served in forty-seven different Battle of Britain squadrons.

Andrew Kirsch didn’t grow up watching spy movies, or dreaming about being a real-life James Bond. He was hardly aware that Canada even had its own intelligence service—let alone knew what its officers did. But when a terrorist attack occurred near the office of his financial services job, all of a sudden fighting terrorism meant a lot more to him than the markets. Within 18 months he had landed a job with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS)—where he spent the next decade of his life.

The Battle of the Atlantic, Canada’s longest continuous military engagement of the Second World War, lasted 2,074 days, claiming the lives of more than 4,000 men and women in the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Canadian merchant navy The years 2019 to 2025 mark the...

Uncover the overlooked battle that turned the tide of World War II. In the shadow of D-Day and Operation Market Garden lies one of the most critical—and underappreciated—campaigns of the Second World War: the Battle of the Scheldt. In this gripping and meticulously researched account, military historian Terry Sloan brings to life the fierce struggle to secure the Scheldt Estuary, a strategic gateway to the port of Antwerp—and ultimately, Allied victory in Europe. From flooded polders and deadly dikes to relentless infantry assaults and tactical innovation, The Scheldt Offensive ...

The United States is trapped in the third year of a brutal civil war. Once-great cities now lie in ruins, reduced to radioactive wastelands. As the Red Faction hatches a ruthless plan to end the war on its terms, the world can no longer stand by. To defend freedom and restore order, the CANZUK alliance—Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom —must act. As war approaches, in the North, an untested deputy prime minister faces shadowy international forces threatening her nation’s survival, while in the divided South, a desperate president is willing to gamble everything ...