This is a bibliography of works on the military history of Canada mainly compiled in 2011 from the Canadiana : the national bibliography with arbitrary additions since then.
Overviews
historiography
Official accounts – National Defence and the Canadian Forces
Also at Canada.ca
To 1914
Baugh, D.A. The Global Seven Years War 1754–1763: Britain and France in a Great Power Contest (2011) Berton, Pierre. The Invasion of Canada, 1812–1813. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1980. Berton, Pierre. Flames Across the Border, 1813–1814. McClelland and Stewart Ltd., 1981. Boulton, Charles A. (1886) Reminiscences of the North-West Rebellions. Toronto. Brumwell, Stephen.
Choquette, Leslie. Frenchmen into peasants : modernity and tradition in the peopling of French Canada. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1997. ISBN Cave, Alfred A. (2004), The French and Indian war, Greenwood Press
Hunt, George T. (1972), The wars of the Iroquois, University of Wisconsin Press
Pederson, Charles E. (2010), The French & Indian War, ABDO Senior, H. (1996). The last invasion of Canada: The Fenian raids, 1866–1870. Dundurn Press. Sheppard, Ruth (2006), Empires Collide: The French and Indian War 1754-63, Osprey Reid, John G. (2004). The "conquest" of Acadia, 1710: imperial, colonial, and aboriginal constructions, University of Toronto Press Ross, David (1992), Canadian Campaigns, 1860–1870, pub Osprey,
Wrong, George M. (1968). Canada and the American Revolution: The Disruption of the First British Empire, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Wrong, George M. and Langton, H.H. (1914) The Chronicles of Canada: Volume II – The Rise of New France Fireship Press (2009),
1914 to 1945
First World War
, Armstrong, John Griffith (2002) The Halifax Explosion and the Royal Canadian Navy: Inquiry and Intrigue, UBC Press.
Bechthold, Michael (2007), Vimy Ridge : a Canadian reassessment, Wilfrid Laurier University Press Berton P. Vimy. McClelland and Stewart Ltd. 1986.
Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp excerpt and text search
Busch, Briton Cooper (2003), Canada and the Great War: Western Front Association papers, McGill-Queen's University Press Cassar, George H (2010), Hell in Flanders Fields: Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres, Dundurn Press
Cook, Tim (2007) At the Sharp End: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1914–1916, Viking Canada Cook, Tim (2008) Shock Troops: Canadians Fighting the Great War, 1917–1918, Viking Canada Cook, Tim (2010) The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and General Arthur Currie, Penguin Canada
Granatstein, J. L. (2004), Hell's Corner: An Illustrated History of Canada's Great War, 1914–1918, Douglas & McIntyre
Kordan, Bohdan S. (2002), Enemy Aliens, Prisoners of War: Internment in Canada during the Great War, McGill-Queen's University Press MacKenzie, David, ed. Canada and the First World War (2005) 16 essays by leading scholars Morton, D. and J. L. Granatstein. Marching to Armaggeddon – Canadians and the Great War 1914–1919. Lester & Dennys Ltd. 1989. Morton, D. (1993). When Your Number's Up – WWI, Random House of Canada Perkins, Dave, "Canada's Submariners 1914–1923", Boston Mills Press, Erin, 1989, Thompson, Julian, "The 1916 Experience: Verdun and the Somme", Seven Oaks, London, 2006, Turner, Alexander (2005), Vimy Ridge 1917: Byng's Canadians Triumph at Arras Osprey Publ
Official accounts – National Defence and the Canadian Forces Brereton Greenhous; Stephen J. Harris (1992) Canada And The Battle Of Vimy Ridge, 9-12 April 1917 Minister Supply and Service (Downloadable PDF) Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914–1919, Vol I Part I King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF) Duguid, A.F, (1938) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War, 1914–1919, Vol I Part 2 King's Printer, Ottawa, (Downloadable PDF) Nicholson, G.W.L. (1964) Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War: Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914–1919 , Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) Macphail, Sir Andrew (1925) Official History of the Canadian Forces in the Great War: The Medical Services , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) Ministry of Overseas Military Forces (1919) Report of the Ministry Overseas Military Forces of Canada – 1918 , London : H.M. Stationery Office (Downloadable PDF) Snell, A.E. (1924) The C.A.M.C. with the Canadian Corps during the Last Hundred Days of the Great War , F.A. Acland, King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)
Spanish Civil War
Zuehlke, Mark (1996) The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939, Wiley & Sons Canada
Second World War
Avery, Donald (1998), The science of war : Canadian scientists and allied military technology during the Second World War, University of Toronto Press. Barris, Ted. Behind The Glory: The Plan that Won the Allied Air War. Markham, Ontario: Thomas Allen & Son Publishers, 2005. Bashow, David L. All the Fine Young Eagles. Toronto: Stoddard, 1996,
on Canadian operations
Bryden, John. Deadly Allies: Canada's Secret War 1937–1947 (McClelland & Stewart, Toronto, 1989.) Burrow, Len & Beaudoin, Emile, Unlucky Lady: The Life and Death of HMCS Athabaskan (Toronto: M&S, 1987),
Cook, Tim. Warlords: Borden, Mackenzie King and Canada's World Wars (2012) 472pp excerpt and text search
Copp, J. T (2006), Cinderella army: the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944–1945, University of Toronto Press
Coughlin, Tom. The Dangerous Sky: Canadian Airmen in World War II. The Ryerson Press, 1968. Dickson, Paul Douglas. A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar (2007) excerpt and text search Dunmore, Spencer, In Great Waters: "The Epic Story of the Battle of the Atlantic 1939–1945 (Toronto: M&S, 1999) English, John Alan (1991). The Canadian Army and the Normandy campaign: a study of failure in high command, Praeger,
Fowler, Robert (1995) Valour in the victory campaign : the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division gallantry decorations, General Store Pub. House Fraser, Doug, Postwar Casualty: Canada's Merchant Navy (Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, 1997),
Granatstein, J. L. and D. Morton. A Nation Forged in Fire. Lester & Orpen Dennys Ltd. 1989. historiography Granatstein; J. L. The Generals: The Canadian Army's Senior Commanders in the Second World War (Don Mills, Ont.: Stoddart, 1993) ,
Granatstein, J. L. (2005), The last good war : an illustrated history of Canada in the Second World War, 1939–1945, Douglas & McIntyre Granatstein, J. L. Canada's War: The Politics of the Mackenzie King Government. Oxford UP, (1975).
Greenhous, Harris, Johnston, & Rawling, "The Crucible of War 1939–1945: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Force Volume 3", University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1994, Michael L. Hadley (1990), U-Boats Against Canada: German Submarines in Canadian Waters, Mcgill Canada Harbron, John D., "The Longest Battle: The RCN in the Atlantic 1939–1945", Vanwell, St. Catherines, 1995 Harvey, J. Douglas, "Boys, Bombs, and Brussels Sprouts", M&S, Halifax, 1982, (RCAF No. 6 Group, Bomber Command)
Hayes, Geoffrey et al. eds. Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp (2012) specialized essays by scholars excerpt
Keshen, Jeffrey A. Saints, Sinners, and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War (2004) Iarocci, Andrew (2008), Shoestring soldiers: the 1st Canadian Division at war, 1914–1915, University of Toronto Press
Kelsey, Marion (1997), Victory harvest: diary of a Canadian in the Women's Land Army, 1940–1944, McGill-Queen's University Press
Knowles Middleton, W.E., Radar Development in Canada: The Radio Branch of the National Research Council of Canada, 1939–1946, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, Ontario, 1981. Lamb, James B., A Bloody War M&S, Toronto, 1990, Lamb, James B. The Corvette War Signet Books, Scarborough, 1979, Lamb, James B. On the Triangle Run (Totem, Toronto, 1987) Lynch, Thomas G. Canada's Flowers: History of the Corvettes of Canada Nimbus, Halifax, 1983, Macpherson, Burgess. The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–1985 (Collins, Toronto, 1981) Macpherson, Ken, The River Class Destroyers of the Royal Canadian Navy Charles J. Mussen Publishers, Toronto, 1985, McIntosh, Dave, "Terror in the Starboard Seat", PaperJacks, Markham, 1981, (RCAF 418 Squadron Intruder ops) Morton, Desmond and Granatstein, J. L. Victory 1945, Phyllis Bruce books, Toronto, 1995,
Nadler, John (2006), A perfect hell : the forgotten story of the Canadian commandos of the Second World War, Anchor Canada, Peden, Murray (2003), Thousand shall fall : the true story of a Canadian bomber pilot in world war two, Dundurn Press Pierson, Ruth Roach. Canadian Women and the Second World War. Ottawa: Canadian Historical Association, 1983. No ISBN Rickard, John. Politics of Command: Lieutenant-General A.G.L. McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939–1943 (2009) Robertson, Ian (2007), While bullets fly : the story of a Canadian field surgical unit in the Second World War, Trafford Rogge, Robert E. (2005), Fearsome battle: with the Canadian Army in World War II Europe, Camroc Press Saunders, Tim (2004), Juno Beach: 3rd Canadian & 79th armoured divisions, McGill-Queen's University Press
Stacey, C. P. Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada 1939–1945 (1970), the standard scholarly history of WWII policies; online free
Toman, Cynthia (2007), An officer and a lady: Canadian military nursing and the Second World War, University of British Columbia Press The Canadians at War 1939/45 Volume 1, Reader's Digest, Canada, 4th printing, 1976, SBN 0-88850-161-7 The Canadians at War 1939/45 Volume 2, Reader's Digest, Canada, 4th printing, 1976, SBN 0-88850-161-7
Whitton, Charlotte. Canadian Women in the War Effort. Toronto: The Macmillan company of Canada limited, 1942. No ISBN Ziegler, Mary. We Serve That Men May Fly – The Story of the Women's Division of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Hamilton: RCAF (WD) Association, 1973. No ISBN. Zuehlke, Mark (1999) Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2001) The Liri Valley: Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2003) The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in WWII Italy, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2004) Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory – June 6, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2005) Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches – June 7–12, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2007) Terrible Victory : First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign, September 13-November 6, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2008) Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10–August 7, 1943, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2010) On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23–May 5, 1945, Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark (2011) Breakout from Juno: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign – July 4–August 21, 1944, Douglas & McIntyre
Official accounts – National Defence and the Canadian Forces Stacey, C P. (1948) The Canadian Army, 1939–1945 : An Official Historical Summary King's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) Stacey, C P. (1970) Arms, Men and Governments: The War Policies of Canada, 1939–1945 Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) Stacey, C P. (1955) Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol I Six Years of War , Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF) Nicholson, G. W. L. (1956) Official history of the Canadian Army in the Second World War, Vol II The Canadians in Italy , Queen's Printer, Ottawa (Downloadable PDF)