The Dominion of Canada in World War II

Canada in the Second World War

• The Second World War as a National Experience, Sidney Aster, ed.
• Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939-1945 (pdf)
• Aerodrome of Democracy: Canada and the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan 1939-1945, F.J. Hatch
(pdf)

The Canadian Army in the Second World War:

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN ARMY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
• The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Operational Summary, C.P. Stacey [Under construction -- see pdf]
• Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific, C.P. Stacey
• The Canadians in Italy, G.W.L. Nicholson (pdf)
• The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944-45, C.P. Stacey

THE CANADIAN ARMY AT WAR

• The Canadian in Britain, 1939-1944: The Years of Waiting
• From Pachino to Ortona: The Canadian Campaign in Sicily and Italy, 1943
• Canada's Battle In Normandy, 6 June--1 September 1944
• From Caen to Falaise: The Normandy Campaign, June-August, 1944

HISTORICAL OFFICER NUMBERED REPORTS

• Enemy Air Attack and the Canadian Army in the United Kingdom, 1943-45: The V-Weapons
• Liberation: The Canadians in Europe (pdf)

The Royal Canadian Navy in the Second World War:

THE NAVAL SERVICE OF CANADA: ITS OFFICIAL HISTORY
• Origins and Early Years (pdf)
• Activities on Shore During the Second World War (pdf)
• Far Distant Ships: An Official Account of Canadian Naval Operations in World War II [Under construction]

THE OFFICIAL OPERATIONAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

• No Higher Purpose, W.A.B. Douglas, et.al. (Vol. II, Part 1)
• A Blue Water Navy, W.A.B. Douglas, et.al. (Vol. II, Part 2)
  [Note: Vol. I covers the pre-1939 period; Vol. III covers post-1945.]
• A History of Canadian Naval Aviation 1918-1962 (pdf)

The Royal Canadian Air Force in the Second World War:

OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
• The Creation of a National Air Force, W.A.B. Douglas [U. Toronto Press]
• The Crucible of War, 1939-1945, Brereton Greenhous, et.al. [U. Toronto Press]
• RCAF Overseas: The First Four Years
• RCAF Overseas: The Fifth Year
• RCAF Overseas: The Sixth Year

Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939-1945:

• Volume I: Organization and Campaigns (pdf)
• Volume II: Clinical Subjejcts (pdf)

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Other Histories:

• The Framework of Hemisphere Defense (UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
• Guarding the Western Hemisphere and its Outposts (UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
• Military Relations Between the United States and Canada, 1939-1945 (UNITED STATES ARMY IN WORLD WAR II: SPECIAL STUDIES

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Links to non-HyperWar Resources:

Canadian Forces Directorate of History and Heritage Conflict and War -- CBC Archives Canadian Navy of Yesterday and Today RCAF.com -- History and Heritage of Canada's Air Force Canadian Virtual War Memorial Canadian War Industry During the Second World War Democracy at War -- Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War (Canadian War Museum) Hong Kong Veterans Commemorative Association Canadian Letters and Images Project (Department at Malaspina University College) Canadian War Poster Collection (McGill University Libraries) Canvas of War -- Masterpieces from the Canadian War Museum Veterans Affairs Canada -- The Second World War Wings of Freedom: The History and Heritage of Canada's Air Force Lieutenant Charles William Pearson (1912-2000): The Lincoln and Welland Regiment's WWII Campaign

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