An analysis of Canada's involvement in the Second World War, with a particular focus on its lack of readiness for the war.
Military specialist Larry D. Rose examines why Canada was not training and preparing to go to war before the declaration in 1939. The failures of all involved are examined, as are the other issues that delayed this important decision resulting in the significant loss of Canadians in Dieppe and in Hong Kong.
Why was Canada not preparing for the Second World War when the rest of the world was ready to meet Hitler's threats?
Despite Canada's active participation in the First World War, which many claimed made Canada a nation, the country was almost defenceless in September 1939 when war was declared again.
Larry D. Rose, a long-time journalist and a military specialist, examines the military's own failures, the hidden agenda of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King, and the divisions within Canada leading up to Canada's entry into the war. He suggests that the lack of preparedness was directly responsible for two of Canada's costliest military defeats: the battle of Hong Kong and Dieppe.
“"The picture Rose paints in the 13 chapters of his book of a Canadian military crippled by governmental foolishness seems oddly familiar to modern eyes; underfunded armed forces and fumbled military acquisitions prove an enduring theme in Canadian history. The author's account is straightforward, well-organized, firmly presented and utterly damning." -- Publisher's Weekly, Starred Review”
No dull collection of dates, statistics and indecisions but rather a painstakingly researched yet highly entertaining description of Canada sleepwalking to World War Two. -- Major-General(Ret'd) Lewis W. MacKenzie, CM,OOnt,MSC and Bar,CD [Starred Review] Mobilize! is vivid and wonderfully researched. -- Blacklock's Reporter
Larry D. Rose spent twenty-four years at CTV News. He has worked as producer of CTV National News with Lloyd Robertson, and as news director at CTV Kitchener (now CTV Southwest). He has also worked for The Canadian Press and Global News. He lives in Toronto.
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