TY - BOOK AU - Horn,Bernd AU - Wyczynski,Michel TI - Paras versus the Reich: Canada's paratroopers at war, 1942-45 SN - 9781554882625 AV - D768.15 .H67 2003eb U1 - 940.54/1271 PY - 2003/// CY - Toronto [Ont.] PB - Dundurn Group KW - Canada KW - Canadian Army KW - Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st KW - Armée canadienne KW - fast KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Regimental histories KW - Aerial operations, Canadian KW - Campaigns KW - Western Front KW - Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 KW - Histoire des unités KW - Opérations aériennes canadiennes KW - Campagnes et batailles KW - Front occidental KW - HISTORY KW - Military KW - World War II KW - bisacsh KW - Military campaigns KW - Military operations, Aerial KW - Canadian KW - Western Front (World War (1939-1945)) KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-339) and index; Table of Contents; Foreword; Introduction; PART I -- CREATION OF A CANADIAN AIRBORNE CAPABILITY; PART II -- INTO THE FIRE -- CANADIAN PARATROOPERS AT WAR; Conclusion; Appendix 1 Ten Commandments of Canadian Parachute Troops; Appendix 2 Honours and Awards; Appendix 3 Corporal F.G. Topham's Citation for the Victoria Cross; Appendix 4 Maps; Glossary; Notes; Index; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - This book traces the development of airborne forces from earliest mythology to their earth-shattering debut in the Second World War UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=244861 ER -