The Soldiers' General : Bert Hoffmeister at War.
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TextSeries: Studies in Canadian Military History SeriesPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (317 pages)Content type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780774851435
- Hoffmeister, Bert, -- 1907-1999 -- Military leadership
- Canada. -- Canadian Army. -- Canadian Armoured Division, 5th -- History
- Canada. -- Canadian Army -- Officers -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
- Generals -- Canada -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Canada -- Biography
- 940.541271092
- U55.H63 -- D45 2005eb
Intro -- Contents -- Maps, Figures, Photographs -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- The Soldiers' General -- 1 Looking at Command -- 2 A Young Man before the War -- 3 The Years of Company Command and Personal Turmoil -- 4 Battalion Command: Training for War -- 5 Battalion Command: The Battlefield Test -- 6 Brigade Command -- 7 Division Command and the Liri Valley -- 8 The Lessons from Liri -- 9 Gothic Line to the End in Italy -- 10 Northwest Europe and After -- 11 Hoffmeister and Command -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A complex, analytical yet accessible portrait of Bert Hoffmeister, who won more awards than any Canadian officer in the Second World War.
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