Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War

by Robert C. Engen

Overview

In Canadians Under Fire Robert Engen explores the dynamics of what combat looked like to Canada's infantrymen during the Second World War. Analyzing unexamined battle experience questionnaires from over 150 Canadian infantry officers, Engen argues for a reassessment of the tactical behaviour of Canadian soldiers in the Second World War. The evidence also shows that Marshall's theory of non-participation in combat by Allied forces is demonstrably false: Canadian soldiers took a continued and aggressive part in the fighting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780773581753
Publisher:	McGill-Queens University Press
Publication date:	09/23/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Robert C. Engen is senior lecturer in war studies at Deakin University and co-editor of Why We Fight: New Approaches to the Human Dimension of Warfare.

Robert C. Engen is assistant professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces College

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 3

1 History Against Fire 11

2 The Battle Experience Questionnaires 28

3 The Officer Respondents 49

4 The Combined-Arms Team 72

5 Canadian Infantry Effectiveness 103

Conclusion 144

Appendix A Sample Questionnaires 150

Appendix B Selected Questionnaires Statistics 166

Appendix C List of Officer Respondents 186

Notes 195

Bibliography 229

Index 241