One Soldier's Story: 1939-1945

From the Fall of Hong Kong to the Defeat of Japan

George S. MacDonell (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

202 Seiten

2002
Dundurn Group Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-55002-408-1 (ISBN)

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This story details the fateful adventures of two Canadian army regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese.

This is the story of a seventeen year old boy who ran away from home to join the Canadian Army at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It describes the fateful adventures of two regiments dispatched to the Pacific to face the Japanese, and the courage of two thousand young soldiers who, when faced with an impossible task thousands of miles from home, behaved with honour and distinction. Though they lost the battle of Hong Kong, they succeeded in showing the world the mettle of which they were made.

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, George MacDonell enlisted in 1939, at the age of seventeen, and served as a Company Sergeant Major in Canada and Hong Kong until 1946. Post-military, he earned a BA at the University of Toronto and launched a successful business career. He was Deputy Minister of Ontario from 1980 to 1985.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.11.2002
Zusatzinfo	65 illustrations
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	297 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-55002-408-6 / 1550024086
ISBN-13	978-1-55002-408-1 / 9781550024081
Zustand	Neuware