LEADER 04912nam 2200865 a 450 001 9910783751803321 005 20231206211305.0 010 $a1-282-74076-8 010 $a9786612740763 010 $a0-7748-5167-8 024 3 $a9780774811934 035 $a(CKB)1000000000246708 035 $a(OCoLC)181843253 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10125071 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000278057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11195773 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10241058 035 $a(PQKB)11670493 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521785 035 $a(CaPaEBR)404136 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3412095 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10130600 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL274076 035 $a(OCoLC)923441695 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/8dm4dk 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/2/404136 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3412095 035 $a(DE-B1597)661248 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780774851671 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3244108 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000246708 100 $a20060323d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCommanding Canadians$b[electronic resource] $ethe Second World War diaries of A.F.C. Layard /$fedited by Michael Whitby 210 $aVancouver $cUBC Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in Canadian military history ;$v8 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7748-1194-3 311 $a0-7748-1193-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [370]-372) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tMaps and Photographs -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tAbbreviations -- $tPrologue: Like Cutting Butter -- $tIntroduction: An Officer and His Diary -- $tOne Does Get Tired of Them, September-December 1943 -- $tShaking Down, January-March 1944 -- $tOverseas, March-May 1944 -- $tThe Great Endeavour, May-July 1944 -- $tExasperation Inshore, July-October 1944 -- $tDeep Open Waters, October-December 1944 -- $tWreck to Wreck, Contact to Contact, January-March 1945 -- $tOasis of Comfort and Happiness, March-May 1945 -- $tEpilogue: Respite -- $tCareer Highlights of Commander A.F.C. Layard, DSO, DSC, RN -- $tThe Ships of EG 9 -- $tU-Boats Destroyed by Ships Attached to EG 9 -- $tNotes -- $tSelected Bibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aCommander A.F.C. Layard, RN, wrote almost daily in his diary, in bold, neat script, from the time he entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1913 until his retirement in 1947. The pivotal 1943-45 years of this edited volume offer an extraordinarily full and honest chronicle, revealing Layard's preoccupations, both with the daily details and with the strain and responsibility of wartime command at sea. Enhanced by Michael Whitby's explanatory essays, the diary sheds light on the inshore anti-submarine campaign in British waters; discusses pivotal events such as the invasions of North Africa and Normandy and convoys to Russia; describes encounters with important personalities; and records the final surrender of German U-boats. It is a highly personal piece of history that greatly enhances our understanding of the Canadian naval experience and the Atlantic war as a whole. A consummately well-researched work, Commanding Canadians will appeal to both naval scholars, as well as to general readers interested in military history. 410 0$aStudies in Canadian military history ;$v8. 606 $aAnti-submarine warfare$zCanada$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, British 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations$xSubmarine 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, Canadian 606 $aGuerre anti-sous-marine$zCanada$xHistoire$y20e si?ecle 606 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$vR?ecits personnels britanniques 606 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOp?erations navales canadiennes 606 $aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOp?erations sous-marines 615 0$aAnti-submarine warfare$xHistory 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations$xSubmarine. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xNaval operations, Canadian. 615 6$aGuerre anti-sous-marine$xHistoire 615 6$aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945 615 6$aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOp?erations navales canadiennes. 615 6$aGuerre mondiale, 1939-1945$xOp?erations sous-marines. 676 $a940.54/516/092 700 $aLayard$b A. F. C$g(Arthur Frank Capel),$f1899-1999.$01506380 701 $aWhitby$b Michael J$g(Michael Jeffrey),$f1954-$01506381 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783751803321 996 $aCommanding Canadians$93736593 997 $aUNINA