This guidebook offers an introduction to the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Dieppe Raid and the Normandy campaign plus information on accommodation, museums, memorials and other points of interest. The battlefields of the Second World War have long played an important part in the collective memory and imagination of Canadians. This guide is intended to encourage a new generation to set out on their own journey not just to the iconic landing beaches, memorials and museums but to the villages and fields where young Canadians fought to free France from the yoke of Nazi tyranny.

About the Author
Terry Copp is the director emeritus of the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies and a professor emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and many articles on the Canadian role in the Second World War, including travel guides to the Canadian battlefields. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy won the 2004 Distinguished Book Award for non-US history from the American Society for Military History.

Matt Baker received his MA in history in 2011 from Wilfrid Laurier University after graduating from the University of Guelph in 2009. Matt was introduced to LCMSDS during graduate school, where he focused on recruiting in Ontario during the First World War and participated in the War & Memory battlefield tour.


Book Information
ISBN 9781926804170
Author Terry Copp
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Publisher Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies
Weight(grams) 435g