Canadians Behind Enemy Lines: 1939-1945 - Hardcover

MacLaren, Roy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774801476 ISBN 13: 9780774801478

Publisher: University of British Columbia Press, 1981

Synopsis

During the Second World War, almost one hundred Canadians served the Allied forces by passing as locals in occupied countries. At the behest of two British secret services, these men made language and custom their costumes. They risked their lives assisting resistance groups in sabotage and ambush missions or in smuggling Allied airmen out of occupied territories. Quiet heroes of the war, these bold Canadians helped to make the brutal and unrelenting warfare of the underground a potent weapon in the Allied arsenal. Thisisa study of unstinting personal courage in the face of overwhelming odds.

About this title

Book Description:

A history of the activities and lives of undercover Canadian operatives in Europe and Asia during World War II.

About the Author:

The Honourable Roy MacLaren, a graduate of the Universities of British Columbia, Toronto, and Cambridge, was a diplomat, businessman, and Member of Parliament. He was Minister of State (Finance), Minister of National Revenue, Minister of International Trade, and High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom. He is a director of several corporations as well as non-profit organizations in both Britain and Canada. He is the author of four other books on Canadian military and political subjects.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0774801476
• ISBN 13: 9780774801478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348