A War of Patrols: Candian Army Operations in Korea (Studies in Canadian Military History)

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The extended peace the world anticipated following the decisive Allied victory in the Second World War used to be rapidly shattered in June 1950 by the invasion of South Korea by communist North Korea. Responding to a United Nations’ call to lend a hand the South Korean regime, Canada deployed an 8000-man brigade to the peninsula to fight as a part of an American-led UN force.

This comprehensive account of the Canadian campaign in Korea provides the first detailed study of the training, leadership, operations, and tactics of the brigade under every of its three wartime commanders in addition to its relationship with American and Commonwealth allies. An impeccably researched analytical history, the book examines the uneven performance of the quite a lot of Canadian units and argues that the soldiers of the “Special Force” to start with sent to Korea were more thorough and professional in their operations than were the army’s regular battalions that at last replaced them at the front.

The revisionist interpretations of A War of Patrols will attract both academic and military professionals, in addition to general readers interested in a fresh look at a very powerful a part of Canada’s military past.

Published in association with the Canadian War Museum.

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