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Author Greenhous, Brereton, 1929-

Title "C" Force to Hong Kong : a Canadian catastrophe 1941-1945 / Brereton Greenhous.

Publication Info. Toronto [Ont.] : Dundurn Press, [1997]
©1997

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 160 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
World War, 1939-1945 language
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 30
Canadian War Museum historical publication ; no. 30.
Note Co-published by Canadian War Museum.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Acknowledgements; Epigraphs; Foreword; Chapter 1 The Strategic Background, 1934-1941; Chapter 2 The Canadian Commitment; Chapter 3 "C" Force to Hong Kong; Chapter 4 "A Psychological Miracle"; Chapter 5 The Japanese Attack; Chapter 6 Loss of the Mainland Territories; Chapter 7 "A Spectacular and Grim Crossing"; Chapter 8 Confusion Worse Confounded; Chapter 9 Divided -- and Conquered; Chapter 10 "We are Being Blamed"; Chapter 11 In Spite of Dungeons; Chapter 12 Work, Death, and Cherry Blossom Time; Chapter 13 Liberation; Notes; Index.
Summary 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."
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Subject Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945.
Canada. Canadian Army.
History.
Canada. Canadian Army.
Canada. Armée canadienne.
Canada. Armée canadienne -- Histoire -- Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945.
World War (1939-1945)
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- China -- Hong Kong.
Chronological Term 1939 - 1945
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Canadian War Museum.
Other Form: Print version: Greenhous, Brereton, 1929- "C" force to Hong Kong. Toronto ; Buffalo, NY : Dundurn Press, ©1997 1550022679 9781550022674 (DLC) 98104861 (OCoLC)39229821
ISBN 9781554880430 (electronic book)
1554880432 (electronic book)
9781459713321 (electronic book)
145971332X (electronic book)
9781550022674
1550022679 (bound)