On August 8, 1944, the Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize, a massive armoured and mechanised infantry attack that aimed to break through enemy defences south of Caen and trap the German Army in Normandy by linking up with Patton's Third Army.[...]
The Royal Winnipeg Rifles regiment holds a special honour -- a second official name first bestowed by the enemy: Little Black Devils. The regiment was formed in 1883 and provided members of the Nile Expedition of 1884/5 to rescue Gordon of Khartoum. Its first major operation was the Northwest Rebell[...]
In Teaching Literature in a Second Language, Brian Parkinson and Helen Reid Thomas focus on the relationship of language and literature in the context of the classroom. They examine both the language of literature as it occurs in a variety of texts from different genres and the language of the class[...]