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'C' Force to Hong Kong - A Canadian Catastrophe (Hardcover) Loot Price: R627
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'C' Force to Hong Kong - A Canadian Catastrophe (Hardcover): Brereton Greenhous, Canadian War Museum

'C' Force to Hong Kong - A Canadian Catastrophe (Hardcover)

Brereton Greenhous, Canadian War Museum

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This is the story of a "no military risk" campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Office. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Was Canadian Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, guilty of putting his own interests above those of his men in telling the minister of National Defence that there was "no military risk" in sending the "C" Force? The book recounts the formation of the "C" Force and its departure to Hong Kong where it arrived just three weeks before the Japanese attack. It outlines the course of the battle from December 8, 1941, until the inevitable surrender of the garrison on Christmas Day. It places appropriate emphasis on the Canadian contribution, refuting 1947 allegations by the British General-Officer-Commanding - allegations which were only made public in 1993 - that the Canadians did not fight well. Greenhous attacks these charges with solid evidence from participants and eye-witnesses. Finally, the book tells the story of life and death in the prison camps of Hong Kong and Japan.

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Imprint: Dundurn Group
Country of origin: Canada
Release date: June 1997
First published: June 1997
Authors: Brereton Greenhous • Canadian War Museum
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-1-55002-267-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Humanities > History > American history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > Humanities > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General
Books > History > American history > From 1900 > Second World War
Books > History > European history > From 1900 > Second World War > General
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War
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LSN: 1-55002-267-9
Barcode: 9781550022674

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