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Ottawa: Veterans Affairs Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. Booklet. 066268723X . Only slight wear ; Booklet with card covers and colourful dustjacket (in mylar). 20 pages in English and 20 pages in French with a fold-out map, printed both sides in between ; Remembrance Series - Dieppe; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 40 pages; This is a commemorative booklet released in memory of those fought in the first action that Canadians experienced during WWII .

Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press. Very Good+. 1990. Second Printing. Softcover. 0195408047 . Card covers show very light shelf wear.; A bright, solid book.; Trade PB; 8.9 X 5.9 X 1.0 inches; 314 pages; "On August 19, 1942, a mainly Canadian force left England in an attempt to seize the German-occupied French port of Dieppe--a mission that has been described as the largest raid in history. The result was a complete disaster. Here Brian Villa unravels all the complexities that led to it: the political interests in both Britain and Canada; the pressures placed on Churchill and the British Chiefs of Staff; and especially the vagaries of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who was ultimately responsible as Chief of Combined Operations. As the first thorough examination of the disaster, the book is animportant contribution to the literature on World War II." .