Mike Bechthold: 3 books
Flying to Victory
Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940–1941
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
Canadian-born flying ace Raymond Collishaw (1893–1976) served in Britain’s air forces for twenty-eight years. As a pilot in World War I he was credited with sixty-one confirmed kills on the Western Front. When World War II began in 1939, Air Commodore Collishaw commanded a Royal Air Force group...
Vimy Ridge
A Canadian Reassessment
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2009
On the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep emotional attachment to the battle, inspired partly by the spectacular memorial on the battlefield....
Canada and the Second World War
Essays in Honour of Terry Copp
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Terry Copp’s tireless teaching, research, and writing has challenged generations of Canadian veterans, teachers, and students to discover an informed memory of their country’s role in the Second World War. This collection, drawn from the work of Terry’s colleagues and former students, considers...