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" Tip of the spear : "
Bernd Horn and Michel Wyczynski.
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BL
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983787
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b738157
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| Main Entry
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Horn, Bernd,1959-
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Tip of the spear : : an intimate account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945 : a pictorial history /\ Bernd Horn and Michel Wyczynski.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto [Ont.] :: Dundurn Press,, ©2002.
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1 online resource (310 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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145971282X
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: 1554883644
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: 9781459712829
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: 9781554883646
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1550023888
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9781550023886
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Table of Contents; Author's Preface; Foreword; Battalion Commander's Introduction (Lieutenant-Colonel Fraser Eadie); An Overview History; PART I -- BEGINNINGS; PART II -- BUILDING A NATIONAL AIRBORNE CAPABILITY; PART III -- THE BRITISH EXPERIENCE; PART IV -- THE BATTALION AT WAR; PART V -- OCCUPATION AND THE END OF THE CRUSADE; PART VI -- POSTSCRIPT; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; V; Bibliography.
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This is the story of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, established as the "tip of the spear" of Allied attacks in the Second World War.
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Canada.-- History.
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Canada.-- Histoire.
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Canada.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Regimental histories-- Canada.
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Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945-- Histoire des unités-- Canada.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.
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Regimental histories.
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54/1271
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D792.C2H67 2002eb
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Wyczynski, Michel,1953-
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