INDEX

Able Company, 267, 347, 366, 367

Ableson, George, 361

Acheson, William, 122

Admiral Graf Spee, 96

Advanced Flying Unit (AFU), 167–69

aerial bombardment, 55–58, 155–59. See also Bomber Command

1940–1941 Allied campaign, 156–59

1942 Allied campaign, 217–21

1943 Allied campaign, 309, 314–16, 319–22

area bombing, 201, 314–16

Blitz, 55–58

bombs, 220, 240

and civilian morale, 221

civilian targets, 157–59, 204–5, 241, 314–16, 320–22

German defence, 205–6

German industry, 220, 319–20

Second Front strategy, 420–21

Afrika Korps, 63–64, 329

Air Gap, 110–13

airmen

Canadian identity, 310–12

chances of survival, 316–17

culture, 163, 170, 227

morale, 322–28

public image, 160–61

slang, 170–71

strain of war, 223, 225–26, 230, 231, 249–50

superstitions, 228, 231–32, 246

Alexander, Harold, 343, 344, 379

Allen, Ralph, 413

Allister, William, 72

Amy, Ned, 398

Annis, Clare, 175

anti-colonial attitude, 168, 182, 302, 311–12. See also inter-nation tensions

anti-semitism, 15, 16–17. See also racism

Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee. See asdic

anti-tank guns, 339–40, 353, 381

anti-war sentiments, 23

Appeasement, 18–19

Arcadia (conference), 174

area bombing, 201, 314–16

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley bomber, 153, 169

artists, war, 397

asdic, 121, 124, 144–45

Ashton, Clifford, 138

Athenia, 20–21

atrocities, war, 31, 65–66, 67, 83–84, 86, 87–90, 209

Audette, Louis, 105

Avant, Alan, 163

Avro Lancaster, 202–3, 233–34, 313

Babin, Alfred, 74, 86

Bader, Douglas, 54

Baird, Douglas, 192, 225

Baird, Kenneth, 79, 91

Baker Company, 366, 367

Baker, James, 316

barbiturates, 229

Baroni, Ross, 226, 228

Barrett, Harry, 138, 142, 294

Barrymore, Lionel, 207

Bartley, Hugh, 204

battle exhaustion, 416–17

battlefield experiences, 4–6, 9–10

Battle for Western Europe, 37–48

Battle of Britain, 49–55

German strategy, 50–51

No. 1 Squadron, 51–53, 54

radar, 49

RAF, 49

Battle of Britain Sunday, 54

Battle of Malta, 213–17

Battle of Ortona, 389–417

Canadian casualties, 415

Casa Beradi, 404

Gully, the, 398

Ortona (town), 405–6

Pescara, 395

Point 59, 415

San Leonardo, 392–98

Santa Maria di Constantinopoli, 414

urban warfare, 407–15

Villa Rogatti, 392

Battle of Second Ypres, 284

Battle of the Atlantic. See convoy escort

Battle of the St. Lawrence, 186–89

Bayerlein, Carl, 408

Befehlshaber der Unterseeboote (BdU), 126, 127

Bell, Bill, 4–5

Bell, William, 90

Bender, Paul, 195

Bennett, Donald, 323

Bennett, Edwin, 274

Bennett, E.I., 79

Benzedrine (“bennies”), 230

Berard, Leo, 77, 87, 88

Bernays, Max, 290

Betcher, Bruce, 247

Beurling. George, 215–16

Birchall, Leonard, 209

Bishop, Arthur, 230

Bishop, Billy, 21, 161, 167

Bishop, W.A., 79

Bismarck, 96, 126

Black Pit. See Air Gap

Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), 258, 263, 265, 267

Blitz, 55, 58

blitzkrieg, 31, 37

Boforce, 383

Bogert, M.P. “Pat,” 383, 401

Bomber Command, 153–72

accidents, 165, 169, 172

bomb aimer, 162, 170, 225, 233–34, 240

Canadian recruits, 162

civilian targets, 157–59, 204–5, 241, 314–16, 320–22

enemy fighters, 157, 243–44, 245, 247–48

established, 153

flight engineer, 162, 170, 233

four-engine planes, 201–3

ground crew, 227 gunners, 162, 235, 244–45

intelligence officer, 225

Lübeck operation, 208

meteorological officer, 225

navigational aids, 217–18

navigator, 162, 225, 234

night raids, 156

pilot, 162, 233

responsibilities of aircrew, 169–70

specific-target strategy, 155–57

training, 162–72

“turn back rate,” 317–19

two-engine planes, 153–54

wireless operator, 162, 169, 170, 234, 235, 237

bomber stream, 235–37

bombing operation, 223–50

aerial photographs, 241, 243

aircrew, 230

bomber stream, 235–37

“bombing up,” 227

bomb run, 237–41

briefing, 223–26

crippled aircraft, 248–49

debriefing, 249–50

fatigue, 229–30, 249

pre-flight preparation, 230

searchlights, 237–38

shellfire, 236, 237, 238–39, 240

spare time, 224–27

Bonner, Al, 138, 146

Boston, social life, 296

Bourassa, Clarence, 270

Bowen, Gerald, 133, 142, 143, 145, 147

Boyd, Harry, 197

Boyd, Roy, 408

Bren gun, 335

Bretagne, 49

Brick, Paul, 116, 295

Bridgwater, Al, 227

Bristol Blenheim bomber, 153

British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (BCATP), 161–67, 309

British Eighth Army, 329, 343, 350, 352, 377, 378, 379, 389

British First Army, 332

British Fourteenth Army, 209

Brittain, Miller, 165, 238

Brock, Jeffry, 141, 147, 197

Brodeur, Louis-Philippe, 308

Brooke, Sir Alan, 319, 332

Brookes, George, 312, 318

Brown, Atholl Sutherland, 210

Brown, George, 168, 314

Brown, W.I., 131

B-17 Flying Fortress, 316

Buchan, John, 358

Burbridge, Ralph, 115, 151

Burnett, Wilf, 210

Butt, D.M., 201

Cagney, James, 161

Calder, Vince, 71, 89

Calgary Regiment. See 14th Canadian Army Tank Battalion

Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, 114, 258, 267, 268, 269–70

Campbell, Alex, 236, 350, 357, 358

Campbell, W.R., 361

Campobasso, 387–88

Canada

economic conditions, 59

enlistment, 25–28, 29

national identity, 168, 182–84, 422–23

national unity, 21–23

outbreak of war, 20–30 rearmament, 23–24

trade imbalance, 61–62

Canadian Active Service Force. See Canadian Army Overseas

Canadian army

in 1939, 28–30

British images of, 36

demographic profile, 35

French Canadians, 29

social life, 37

Canadian Army Film, 412

Canadian Army Overseas, 29

Canadian Defence Quarterly, 340

Canadianization policy, 309–14

Canadian National Steamships Ltd, 197

Canadian Women’s Army Corps, 7

Canso. See Consolidated Catalina flying boat

Captains of the Clouds (film), 161

cargo ships, 190, 192. See also convoy escort

Carleton and York Regiment, 339, 356, 378, 384, 401, 404–5, 415

Carley float, 194

carpet bombing, 56, 220

Carrière, Felix, 36

Carswell, Andy, 172

Casablanca Conference, 230, 309

Cassels, Bon, 327

Catto, Douglas, 266

C Force, 72

Chamberlain, Neville, 18, 43, 49

Chance, David, 235, 243

Chapman, J.K., 26, 323

Char B (French tank), 39

Charlie Company, 267

Chatham, 187

Cheney, Donald, 160, 237, 241

Chequer, George Joseph, 327

Chiang Kai-Shek, 69

China, Japanese atrocities in, 67

Christie, Kay, 86

Churchill tanks, 273–74

Churchill, Winston, 43, 55, 68, 84, 94, 107, 110, 153, 156, 174, 178, 204, 209, 256, 283, 303–4, 315, 330–31

“circus” operation, 210

Clark, John, 246

Clark, Mark, 378–79

Clayton, Bob, 75

Clever, W.H., 162

Cockin, Battle, 358

Coldridge, Stan, 171, 237

Coles, George, 108

Collins, Robert, 162–63

Cologne, bombing, 208 of

Colville, Alex, 397

Combined Bomber Offensive, 309, 314– 16, 319–22

Comfort, Charles, 397

conscription, 21, 22, 23, 24, 188

Consolidated Catalina flying boat, 175, 177–78, 189, 308

Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, 292

Convoy

ON 127, 297–302

HX-1, 98

HX 133, 126–28

OB 336, 127

SC 42, 128–31

SC 58, 116

SC 94, 287–88

SC 95, 293

convoy code, 114–15

convoy escort, 124–31, 422. See also Newfoundland Escort Force (NEF)

air protection, 110–14, 179, 308

anti-submarine weapons and technology, 120–24

C groups, 307

collisions, 116

corvettes, 103–7, 109, 122–24

depth charges, 122–24

destroyers, 108–9

escort tactics, 115–18

inshore convoy, 180–81

insufficient resources, 174, 178, 297, 304–5

losses, 302–4

oil tanker, 184–85

ramming the enemy, 120, 291, 292

Triangle Run, 181

U-boat attacks, 126–31, 287–93, 297–302

UK-to-Gibraltar route, 304

convoy formation, 114–18

“cookie” (bomb), 220

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), 34

corkscrew dive, 245

Cormier, Rudy, 356

Corrigan, C.E., 388

Corrigan, Leonard, 90

Corvette K-225 (film), 181

corvettes, 103–7, 109, 122–24, 133–52

food, 138–39

living conditions, 135–38

morale, 145–50

rough seas, 133–34

seasickness, 137–38

strain of war, 141, 144–45, 150–52

winter conditions, 141, 142–44

work routines, 139–42

Cousins, Howard, 133

Cousins, S.J., 361

Coventry, bombing of, 57

Crawford, J.N., 90

Crerar, Harry, 70, 71, 92, 253, 256, 283

“crewing up,” 171–72

Crozier, Robert, 26

Culley, Ray, 137, 149–50

Currie, Sir Arthur, 21, 331

Curry, Frank, 124, 138, 144, 148, 152, 293, 295

Cybulski-Ross, Martin, 167

Danson, Barney, 4

Davis, Eldon, 416

death, dying, 193–200, 422

debriefing, 249

deflection shooting, 53

DeMone, Edison, 239

Dempsey, Joseph, 192

DEMS (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship), 192–93

Denmark, German invasion of, 37

depth charges, 122–24

Desert Air Force (DAF), 363, 394

“destroyers for bases” deal, 107–8

Deutscher, Joseph, 158

Deutschland, 96

DeWolf, Harry, 40

Dicks, Bud, 83–84

Dieppe raid, 251–85

air battle, 274–76

Berneval, 260, 262

Canadian casualties, 282

deficient planning., 256–59

German casualties, 282

German defence, 260

lessons learned, 283–85

Pourville beaches, 267–70

Puys, 263–67 RAF Fighter Command, 257

strategic goal, 259

tactical goals, 258–59

tanks, 258, 273–74

whitewashed, 282–83

Dobing, Sid, 299

Dobson, Andrew “Dobby,” 297

Dog Company, 267, 394

dogfight, 47, 53, 211–13

Dönitz, Karl, 20, 110, 119, 179, 194, 287

Donnelly, Howard, 88

Dorion, Aimé, 290

Dornier 17, 50, 276

Dornier 217, 276

Douglas C-47 Dakotas, 209

drinking, 145–46, 293–94, 323–24

Duffy, Warren, 204

Dumais, Lucien, 278

Dunkirk, retreat from, 41

Dunlap, Larry, 346

Duplessis, Maurice, 33–34

Eastern Air Command, 110, 125, 175, 177–78, 186, 308

Eastern Front, 62–67, 251

Battle of Stalingrad, 330

German atrocities, 65–66

resilience of Soviet soldiers, 63

winter conditions, 66–67

Easton, Alan, 121, 135, 192

Eddy, Roy Ernest, 192

Edmonton Regiment,338, 359, 367, 398, 400, 407, 408, 409, 413, 414, later Loyal Edmonton Regiment

Edwards, R.L., 53

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 342–43, 346

Elliot, Elwyn, 194

Elliot, Raymond, 85

Ellis, L.G., 264

Enigma naval codes, 126, 254

Essen, terorized, 322

Essex Scottish, 258, 271

Eves, R.W., 209

Farquharson, Bob, 209–10

federal-provincial relations, 33–34

5th British Division, 378

Fighter Command, 210–16, 257. See also Battle of Britain

Final Solution, 66, 315

Finland, war with Soviet Union, 63

Finnie, Jim, 245

First Canadian Army, 253

1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade, 334, 340

1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 42, 331, 338, 357, 390, 415

1st Canadian Infantry Division, 29, 43, 251, 331, 334, 338–40, 377

1st Middlesex, 73

First Nations soldiers, 27

First World War

Canada and, 21

trench warfare, 15–16

Fishpond radar, 235

Fitz, H.C., 302

5/7 Rajputs, 73, 76 77, 79

flak gun, 205–6

Fleming, Margaret, 8

Foch, Ferdinand, 360

Focke-Wulf Fw 190, 212, 275

Forin, J.D., 370

Forster, Hugo, 130

Forsyth, Tom, 85

48th Highlanders of Canada, 338, 394, 395, 415

44th Royal Tank Regiment, 393

4 Group, 200

14th Canadian Army Tank Battalion, 258, 273–74, 340, 383, 397

4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, 339

France

British retreat, 41

defeat of, 38–44

evacuation at Dunkirk, 41

German strategy, 38–40

southern campaign, 41–42

Freya radar stations, 205

Fulton, John “The Moose,” 207

Funkmessbeobachtung 1 radar detector, 186

Fusiliers Mont-Royal (FMR), 258, 277–78

Galloway, James, 141

Galloway, Jim, 106

Galloway, Strome, 356, 367, 417

Gee, John, 201

Gee, navigational aid, 217

Geraghty, Donald, 89

German

1st Parachute Division, 406–7, 410

15th Panzer Grenadier Division, 354, 358, 359

90th Panzer Grenadier Division, 390

302nd Infantry Division, 260

Germany, 13–30

Allied bombing, impact, 319–22

defeat in North Africa, 329–30

rearmament, 15, 18

Soviet campaign, 64–67

territorial expansion, 17–19

trench warfare, 15–16

war production, 220, 319–20

Girouard, Pius, 383, 404

Godefroy, Hugh, 212–13

Goebbels, Joseph, 319–20

Gostling, Alfred, 269

Gouk, George, 269

Graham, Howard, 338

Gray, Robert Hampton, 292

Great Terror, 62

gremlins, 246

Gresham, A.B., 80, 81

Griffin, Anthony, 120

Grubb, Freddy, 130

Haggard, W.A., 267–68

Halifax (city), reputation of, 295

Halton, Matthew, 413

Hamburg, bombing of, 320–22

Hamilton, H.S., 24

Hancock, Charlie, 170, 199

Handley Page Halifax, 202–3, 233–34, 313

Handley Page Hampden bomber, 153

Harrington, Mike, 230, 243

Harris, Sir Arthur, 203–4, 208, 218, 257, 309

Harris, Lawren P., 397

Harrison, Eric, 397

Harrison, Joseph, 168

Harvey, Douglas, 226, 229, 245, 324

Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, 35, 338, 350, 352–54, 354, 358–59, 358–60, 366–67, 369, 387, 393, 398, 415

Hawker Hurricanes, 45, 212, 213, 275

Hawker, Kitty, 8

Heavy Conversion Unit, 172

Heflin, Van, 207

Heinkel 111, 50

Hennessy, R.L., 290

Hepburn, Mitchell, 34

Hermann Göring Division, 354, 369

Hewer, Howard, 166, 199, 323 HF/DF (“Huff-Duff”), high-frequency direction finder, 296

Hibbard, Jimmy, 129

Hickson, George, 276–77

Hill, A.C., 277

Hill, Audrey, 6

historical officers, 396–97

Hitler, Adolf, 13, 14–15, 31, 96, 380, 383

rise to power, 13–14

Roosevelt, Hitler’s opinion of, 62

Soviet Union, attack on, 62

two-front war, creation of, 94

HMCS Agassiz, 106, 141, 296

HMCS Alberni, 150

HMCS Algoma, 133

HMCS Annapolis, 108

HMCS Arvida, 139, 295, 301

HMCS Assiniboine, 95, 288–92

HMCS Athabaskan, 292

HMCS Calgary, 184

HMCS Capilano, 147

HMCS Celandine, 297, 301

HMCS Chambly, 130

HMCS Charlottetown, 187–88

HMCS Chaudière, 115

HMCS Columbia, 108

HMCS Dauphin, 152

HMCS Drumheller, 308

HMCS Dunver, 183

HMCS Fraser, 95, 98, 109

HMCS Galt, 293

HMCS Kamsack, 293

HMCS Kenogami, 129

HMCS Lachine, 196

HMCS Margaree, 109

HMCS Midland, 146

HMCS Mimico, 149

HMCS Montcalm, 181

HMCS Moose Jaw, 116, 130, 184

HMCS Niagara, 108, 133

HMCS Oakville, 184–85

HMCS Ottawa, 95, 122, 126, 127, 183, 297, 299–300

HMCS Outremont, 192

HMCS Prince Robert, 150

HMCS Quesnel, 183

HMCS Regina, 122

HMCS Restigouche, 95

HMCS Rimouski, 106

HMCS Sackville, 135

HMCS Saguenay, 95, 294

HMCS Skeena, 95, 129–30

HMCS Spikenard, 294

HMCS St. Clair, 108

HMCS St. Croix, 108, 297

HMCS St. Francis, 108

HMCS St. Laurent, 40, 95, 98

HMCS Summerside, 137

HMCS Wetaskiwin, 184

HMCS Windflower, 116

HMS Buttercup, 183

HMS Calcutta, 109

HMS Roberts, 347

Hoffmeister, Bert, 407

Home, W.J., 84, 85

Hong Kong

battle, 74–85

blame for defeat, 90–93

Canadian army, 70–73

defence of, 68–70

Japanese army, 73

King government and, 70, 92, 93

opening attack, 74–75

prisoners of war, 87–90, 91

Hong Kong Defence Corps, 73

Hornsey, Denis, 317

Howard, Don, 171

Howe, C.D., 32, 59

Hughes, Sam, 397

Hughson, Geoffrey, 133, 139, 145

Humphreys, Douglas, 160, 323

Hurst, Allen, 124

Iceland, reputation of, 295–96

IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) signal, 247

Ilsley, J.L., 32, 61

infantry

battalion, 335–36

brigades, 338–39

Canadian, 335–40

rifle companies, 335

support company, 335–36

training, 33–338

Inouye, Kanao, 90

inter-nation tensions, 168, 182, 294–95, 302, 311–12

Irish Regiment of Canada, 26

Irwin, Walter, 171, 238, 249

Italian campaign, 377–88. See also Battle of Ortona

Allied landing, 377–79

compo rations, 386–87

German defence, 378–79, 380, 383, 388–89

Gustav Line, 389

invasion strategy, 379

local conditions, 380–81, 384, 388

local residents, 382–83

morale, 385–88

Potenza, 383

RCAF, 379

Reggio di Calabria, 377

Salerno, 378–79

Winter Line (German), 390

Italy

declaration of war, 63

surrender, 377

Japan

expansionism, 67–70

Pacific war, 67–94

Japanese Canadians, evacuation of, 92–93

Jasperson, Fred, 272–73

Jefferson, Jim, 360, 400, 409

Jenson, L.B., 147, 182, 295, 297, 299, 300

Jenson, L.B. “Yogi,” 133

Jewish refugees, 25–26

Johnston, Joseph, 271

Johnston, R.R., 416

Jones, G.C., 306

Jones, Harlo, 167, 171, 245, 324

Jukes, Yvonne, 7

Junkers Ju 88, 50, 205, 276

Kammhuber Line, 205

Kassel, bombing, 322

Keelan, Larry, 243

Kensett, Robert, 169, 231, 235, 247

Kesselring, Albert, 350, 380, 383

Kimber, Jack, 108

King, Dudley, 121, 295–96, 301–2

King, George, 171

King’s Regulations for the Canadian Navy, 306

King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 21–24, 59–62, 70, 92, 421–22

cabinet, 32–33

Canadianization policy, 309–10

and Churchill, 303–4

conscription, 21, 22, 23, 24, 188

federal-provincial relations, 33–34

“limited liability” war, 22, 161

and Sicily campaign, 331–32

United States, strengthened ties with, 59–62

Kowloon, 75

Kriegsmarine, 37, 96–97

Kutyn, Michael, 232

kye, 142

Labatt, Robert, 277

Lady Hawkins, 197–98

Lamb, James, 101, 105, 117, 137, 142, 150, 179

Lamont, A.G.W., 142

Lapointe, Ernest, 24, 33

Law, A.T., 270

Lawrence, Hal, 107, 117, 144, 145, 145 146, 146, 151, 185, 293, 295

Lawson, J.L., 72, 76, 80, 82

Lay, Horatio Nelson, 99

League of Nations, 17

Lee-Enfield rifle, 335

Lee, Norma Etta, 327

Leese, Sir Oliver, 366

Lemcke, Rudolph, 288, 291

Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, 114

Levitin, Nat, 163

Lewis, Mike, 157

Liberator aircraft, 308

life jackets, 144, 194, 228

Lindsay, Douglas, 213

Lockheed Hudson, 174, 177

Logos, Steve, 298

Londonderry, social life, 296

Lovat, Lord, 262

Luftwaffe, 41, 49

Battle of Britain, 50–51

bombing Blitz, 55–58

Macdonald, Angus, 32, 70, 305

Macdonald, B.G., 295

MacDonell, George, 72

Macdonell, Sergeant, 82

Macleod, Peter, 264

MacQueen, John, 334–35

Maffre, Jim, 275

Maffre, John, 275

Maginot Line, 31–32, 38, 39

malaria, 370–71, 384

Malkin, Ben, 334

Malone, Richard, 338

Maltby, Christopher, 73, 75–76, 77, 84, 86, 90–91

Manstein, Erich von, 39

Margison, John, 135

Marshall, George, 342

Marsh, Tom, 79

Massey, Vincent, 292

Matthews, D.J., 326

Matthews, Jack, 193

Mazerolle, Henri, 384

McCaig, Leslie, 227, 229, 232, 243, 322, 323

McCann, Don, 246

McDonald, Angus, 192

McDonald, B.G., 223, 239, 312, 325

McElroy, John, 215

McIntosh, Jack, 227

McKnight, William, 46

McNab, Ernie, 52, 53

McNair, R.W. “Buck,” 215

McNaughton, Andrew, 29–30, 41, 253, 256, 283, 331–32, 374–75

McRae, Bill, 162

Medd, Bruce, 395

Menard, Dollard, 277– 278

merchant navy, 189–93

Merritt, Cecil, 269

mess, 323–27

Messerschmitt Bf 109, 45, 50, 51, 205, 275

Messerschmitt Bf 110, 50, 205, 211–12, 243

MGM, 207

MG-42 machine gun, 392, 400

Mid-Ocean Escort Force (MOEF), 179–81

Miller, Erle “Dusty,” 172

mines, 381

Mitchell, Howard, 359–60, 381, 405, 411

Mk XIV, bombsight, 240

Molson, Hartland, 54

Montgomery, Bernard, 254, 329–30, 343–44, 351, 375, 379, 389

Moody, Alfred, 263–64

Morey, Mike, 124

Morrison, Les, 238, 241, 245–46, 311

Mountbatten, Louis, 252–53, 256, 283, 284

Mowat, Farley, 285, 342, 356–57, 358, 385, 388, 394

Muir, Fraser, 235, 241

Munro, Ross, 255, 265, 413

Murch, Doug, 296

Murray, Leonard W., 125, 173, 189, 306

music, 146–47, 183, 293–94, 324–25, 388

Mussolini, Benito, 63

removed from power, 372

Nailsea Moor, 195

National Nationalist Party, 14

National Resources Mobilization Act, 43

Nelles, Percy, 107, 122, 184, 305

Nelligan, Bill, 118

Nelson, Patrick, 139

Nethery, Alex, 318, 327

Newfoundland Escort Force (NEF), 125–26, 150, 173–98. See also convoy escort

American cooperation, 175–76

insufficient resources, 174, 178

New York, social life, 296

Nixon, Charles “Pat,” 115

Nixon, Patrick, 40

North African campaign, 63–64, 329–30

Norway, German invasion of, 37

nose art, 227

Oboe, navigational aid, 218

O’Brien, John, 401

Ogilvie, Keith, 51

104th Panzer Grenadier Regiment, 263, 356

Operation Husky, 343. See also Sicily campaign

Operation Rutter, 255

Operation Torch, 188, 330

Osborn, John, 80–82

Pacific war, 67–94, 251, 329

American commitment to, 174

Canadian squadrons in, 209–10

Philippines, 68

Singapore, 68, 94

Panzer tanks, 397

Pariseault, M., 387

Parker, B.G., 342

Parker, Maurice, 73, 77, 84

Park Steamship Company, 190

pathfinders, 218–19

Patterson, John, 217, 236, 243, 246

Patton, George, 343, 344, 351–52, 371, 378

Payne, John Oliver, 88

Pearce, Richard, 139 Pearl Harbor, attack on, 74, 94

Peden, Murray, 223, 249

Peel, Ron, 159, 170, 206, 326, 328

Penhale, M.H.S., 339

Permanent Joint Board on Defence (PJBD), 61

Perry, Bill, 150

Perth Regiment, 9

Peters, Jim, 122

Peterson, John, 137, 146, 149

Phoney War, 31–37

photographers, combat, 412–13

PIAT, anti-tank weapon, 381, 402, 409

Pickard, Charles, 161

Pickford, R.J., 106

Pitcher, Paul, 54

P-51 Mustang, 275

Poland, invasion of, 19, 26

Policy Directive Number 22, 204

Portal, Sir Charles, 155, 204, 218, 257

Powell, A.J., 185

Power, Charles “Chubby,” 32, 33, 70, 313

Powers, T.M., 347

Price, Albert, 155

Prince of Wales, 69, 75

Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, 381

Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI), 35, 36, 338, 360, 367, 392, 393, 401

Prince, Tommy, 27

Proudly She Marches (film), 8

pub, 327–28

Pugsley, William, 101

Pullen, Thomas, 178, 299, 300–301, 302

racism, 15, 27, 73–74

radar, 49, 121–22, 205, 302

radar detection, 186–87

Raeder, Erich, 96

Ralston, J.L., 29, 32, 70, 92, 188, 331

Ramsay, Sir Bertram, 283

RCAF Women’s Division (WD), 7, 228

RCN officers, 107

RCNR (Royal Canadian Navy Reserve), 100, 102, 107

RCNVR (Volunteer Reserve), 101–2, 105, 107

rear gunner, 244–45

Reid, George, 347, 359, 384

Reid, Max, 135, 193

Reid, Thomas, 165, 217

Repulse, 69, 75

rescue, of survivors, 193–98

“rhubarb” operation, 210

Richardson, Ray, 149

Richmond, George, 137

Riley, Allan, 288

Roberts, J. Hamilton, 254, 277, 282–83

“rodeo” operation, 210

Rogers, Norman, 32

Rommel, Erwin, 39, 63–64, 329, 380

Roosevelt, Franklin, 23, 60–62, 68, 107, 315, 330–31

Rose, H.B., 77

Rotterdam, aerial bombardment of, 55, 155

Rousseau, J.P., 402

Royal Air Force (RAF), 49, 110, 213. See also Battle of Britain; Bomber Command; Fighter Command

Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), 45, 49–50, 110, 309–10, 379

Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, 344

Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, 381

Royal Canadian Artillery, 269, 358–59

Royal Canadian Engineers, 274, 276, 360

Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, 41

Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), 23, 95–96, 98–102. See also convoy escort

Royal Canadian Regiment (RCR), 35, 102, 338, 347, 365–67, 369, 394, 395

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, 271, 276–77

Royal Naval College of Canada, 125

Royal Navy, 37, 48, 292–93

Royal Regiment of Canada, 114, 258, 263–67

Royal Rifles of Canada, 70, 76, 77, 79, 82, 86, 89, 91

Royal 22e Régiment, 35, 339, 378, 387, 402–4, 415

Rudd, A.J., 408

Rundstedt, Gerd von, 39

Russel, Blair, 53–54

Salmon, H.L., 338, 340

Sansom, E.W., 37

Saskatoon Light Infantry (SLI), 339, 359, 381, 411

Schayler, Ed, 80

Schellin, Martin, 323

Schlieffen Plan, 38

Scislowski, Stanley, 9

Scott, Dennis, 274

Scott, F.R., 23

Scott, Randolph, 181

Seaforth Highlanders, 35, 338, 347, 359, 367, 392, 397–98, 407, 410, 413

2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 338, 356, 357, 407

2nd Canadian Infantry Division, 43, 254

Second Front, 252, 319

2nd Royal Scots, 73

Second Tactical Air Force (RAF), 215

Second World War, 1–11

“good war,” 10–11

Western Allied strategy, 419–21

78th British Division, 390

sexism, 6, 8

Sharpe, Harold, 171

Sharpe, Jim, 116–17

Shepherd, Jack, 387

Sherman tanks, 340, 361

Short Stirling, 202, 203

Shufelt, Keith, 196

Sicily campaign, 329–75

Agira, 363–67

air support, 346–47, 363

Allied strategic goal, 330–31

assault landing, 344–48

Assoro, 358–59

Axis defenders, 333, 346

Canadian forces, 352, 355–61, 363–71, 373–74

casualties, 372

Catania, 346–47, 351–52

friendly fire casualties, 348

geography, 332–33

German forces, 333, 350–51, 354, 356, 363

German withdrawal, 371–72

Grammichele, 352, 354

Italian forces, 347–48, 350, 354

Leonforte, 354, 359–61

local conditions, 348–50, 370–71

Nissoria, 363–67

Palermo, 352, 362

Regalbuto, 369–70

transport ships, 340–42

Valguarnera, 354, 356, 357

Silver, Ray, 208

Simonds, Guy, 340, 368–69, 374, 390

Singer, Jack, 232

6 Group (Canada), 312–14, 317

Small, Jack, 326

Small, Norville, 177

Smith, Jack, 193

Smith, Rod, 215

smoking, 145, 387

Soløy, 127

songs. See music

South Saskatchewan Regiment, 258, 267, 269, 270

Soviet Union

Baltic states, occupation of, 63

Finland, attack on, 63

and Nazi aggression, 16–17

non-aggression pact, 19, 31

occupation of Poland, 31

Spanish Civil War, 18

Speer, Albert, 220, 321

Spitfire, 50, 212, 213, 275

Squadron

No. 9 (RAF), 159

No. 57 (RAF), 204

No. 109 (RAF), 326

No. 110 (RAF), 46, 49

No. 113 (RAF), 177

No. 128 (RAF), 204

No. 158 (RAF), 231

No. 165 (RAF), 275

No. 214 (RAF), 249

No. 218 (RAF), 199

No. 235 (RAF), 52–53

No. 242 (RAF), 45–46, 48, 54

No. 303 (RAF), 54

No. 1 (RCAF), 49–50, 51–53, later 401 Squadron

No. 5 (RCAF), 112, 308

No. 10 (RCAF), 112, 125, 177

No. 11 (RCAF), 112

No. 401 (RCAF), 212, 275

No. 403 (RCAF), 213, 216

No. 405 (RCAF), 157, 200, 207, 311, 318

No. 407 (RCAF), 323

No. 408 (RCAF), 199, 200, 207, 210, 225, 226

No. 413 (RCAF), 209

No. 415 (RCAF), 207

No. 416 (RCAF), 275

No. 418 (RCAF), 210

No. 419 (RCAF), 207, 227, 247

No. 420 (RCAF), 200, 346

No. 424 (RCAF), 245, 324, 346

No. 425 (RCAF), 207, 346

No. 426 (RCAF), 207, 232

No. 427 (RCAF), 207, 318

No. 428 (RCAF), 327

No. 429 (RCAF), 207

No. 432 (RCAF), 207

No. 433 (RCAF), 207

No. 434 (RCAF), 207

No. 435 (RCAF), 209

No. 516 (RCAF), 213

Squires, Ray, 85, 87

SS Caribou, 188–89

SS Coamo, 197

SS Muneric, 129

Stalin, Joseph, 31, 62–63, 256

Stapleton, Cornelius, 273

Statute of Westminster, 24

St. Elmo’s fire, 245–46

Stevens, Allan, 121, 134, 197

Stevens, E.B.K., 150, 173

Stewart, Alastair, 124

Stewart, George, 249

St. John’s, social life, 293–95

Stollery, Jack, 413

Stone, Jim, 413 Stubbs, John, 288, 290, 291, 292

Sudetenland, 18

Sutcliffe, Bruce, 358

SW1C (Surface Warning—One Canadian) device, 121. See also radar

Syer, Ralph, 171

tail gunner, 235

Thexton, Robert, 354, 378

3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade, 339, 357

3rd Field Company, 360

Thompson, Alfred, 155

Thompson, F.D., 37

Thompson submachine gun, 335

Thompson, Walter, 236

Three Rivers Regiment, 340, 352, 360, 361, 407, 409, 413

331 Wing, 346–47

“tip and run” raids, 167

toilet, aircraft, 246–47

Tojo, Hideki, 68

torpedo, 118

Tracy, Spencer, 207

Treaty of Versailles, 13–14, 15

trench warfare, 15–16

Tripartite Pact, 67

Triquet, Paul, 404

Trist, George, 91

Triton, 307

Tucker, Gilbert, 290

Tunisia. See Operation Torch

Turnbull, Fred, 347

Turner, Lana, 207

Turner, Stan, 48

Tweedsmuir Lord, 358, 366, 367

2/14th Punjabis, 73

231st Malta Brigade, 357

Type VIIC U-boats, 118

U-66, 197

U-69, 188–89

U-91, 299–300, 302

U-94, 185

U-132, 186

U-203, 127

U-210, 288–92

U-371, 127

U-454, 288

U-501, 130–31

U-517, 187

U-553, 186

U-652, 129–30

U-753, 308

U-754, 177

U-boat-hunting formations, 307–8

U-boats, 96, 97, 99, 100, 117–20, 124–31, 176–78, 184–89, 194, 287–93, 295

Ultra, 126, 178, 383

United States

defence of Canada, 23, 60–61

isolationism, 17, 43

and Japanese expansionism, 68

Pacific War, 74, 94, 174

support for Britain, 55, 60

trade with Canada, 61–62

United States Army Air Force (USAAF), 316

United States Fifth Army, 378, 379, 389

United States Seventh Army, 343

Universal Carriers, 381–82

Untamed (film), 311

Urwin, Harry, 114

Vale, Sid, 86

Vaughan, W.E., 223, 231, 241

venereal disease, 166, 167, 388

Verreault, Georges, 82

Vicker bomber, 153

Vickers Wellingtons, 200, 312–13

Victoria Cross, 292–93

Vokes, Christopher, 338, 390, 392, 400, 401, 402, 404, 405, 415

Vradenburg, William P., 147, 194

Wagner, Earl, 190, 191

Wahlroth, Arthur, 157, 159, 169, 230, 240, 311

Wallace, Bob, 327

Wallace, Jack, 367

Wallis, Cedric, 76, 84, 85, 91

Wannsee Conference, 66

Ware, Cameron, 393

Warren, Bruce, 275

Warren, Douglas, 275–76

Watson, Kenneth, 290

Weimar Republic, 13, 14

Weir, John, 159

Welsh, D.L., 89

Westland Lysander aircraft, 49

West Nova Scotia Regiment, 35, 339, 354, 378, 399, 401, 404

Whitaker, Denis, 271

White, Maurice, 414–15

Wiens, R.H., 46–47

Wilkinson, Arthur, 42, 311

Williams, George, 232

Willson, W.H., 130

Wilson, Frederick, 213

“Window” (aluminum foil strips), 320

Wings on Her Shoulders (film), 8

Winnipeg Grenadiers, 70, 79–82, 88, 90

Winter War, 63

Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service, 6

women, wartime work, 6–9

Wrens. See Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service

Würzburg radar system, 205

Young, Sir Mark, 84

Zarn, George, 150, 295

Z Force, 113–14

Zinkhan, John, 225–26, 245, 325

Zyphenberg, 116