Operation Varsity, Rhine Crossing : the British & Canadian airborne assault / by Saunders, Tim, 1956-

Subjects: “…World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Rhine River Valley.…”
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Cinderella army : the Canadians in northwest Europe 1944-1945 / by Copp, J. T.

Table of Contents: “…Normandy to the Scheldt -- Siege warfare: Boulougne and Calais -- The Breskens pocket -- North from Antwerp -- Walcheren -- Regeneration -- Veritable -- Blockbuster and the Rhine -- The liberation of Holland.…”

Distance from the Belsen heap : Allied forces and the liberation of a Nazi concentration camp / by Celinscak, Mark, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Experience, narrative, and meaning : encountering Bergen-Belsen -- The Rhine, the heath, the wire -- The distance of presence : inside seventy-two hours -- A camp on exhibit : workers, witnesses, visitors descend -- The impossible real : Bergen-Belsen in art and photography -- Padres, patients, and pathologies : medical and spiritual relief -- Conclusion : a past intensity.…”
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O.D. Skelton : the work of the world, 1923-1941 / by Skelton, Oscar D. 1878-1941

Table of Contents: “…I The Imperial Conference of 1923 -- II Counsellor Skelton, 1924-25 -- III Succeeding Sir Joseph, 1925 -- IV The Rhine is 3,000 Miles Away -- V The Imperial Conference of 1926 -- VI Washington, 1927 : Massey and Massachuetts Aveneue -- VII The League of Nations, 1927 -- VIII The Renunciation of War, 1928 -- IX Legislating Liberty, 1929 -- X Change of Scene and Change of Government, 1929-30 -- XI Canada and the Pacific, 1931-33 -- XII In London and Geneva, 1933 -- XIII Experimenting with the Soviets, 1934 -- XIV Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference of 1935 51. …”
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Battle diary : from D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE / by Martin, Charles Cromwell, 1918-

Table of Contents: “…The Calcar-Udem Road: Mooshof and Steeg, the Rhineland's Toughest FightingHochwald-Balberger Wald Road; Rest Periods: Another Version; Crossing the Rhine; The Bridge at Rha and Its Buildings: First War Mud; The Village of Sneek: The Last Battle; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendices; A: Letters; B: The Big Two Bugle Newsletter of the Queen's Own; C: Signed Recommendations for DCM and MM Awarded to Charles Cromwell Martin with Letters of Congratulation; D: Honours Awarded to Members of A Company, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada…”
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Governing cities through regions : Canadian and European perspectives / by Hamel, Pierre, 1947-, Keil, Roger, 1957-, Kipfer, Stefan, 1967-, Boudreau, Julie-Anne

Table of Contents: “…Addie -- "Build Toronto" (not social housing) : neglecting the social housing question in a competitive city-region / Teresa Abbruzzese -- Shortcomings and promises of governing city-regions in a federal context : the example of Montreal / Pierre Hamel -- Winnipeg : aspirational planning, chaotic development / Christopher Leo -- Sustainability fix meets growth machine : attempting to govern the Calgary metropolitan region / Byron Miller -- Provincial distrust weighs on Vancouver's regional governance / Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly and Ève Arcand -- The global city comes home : internalized globalization in Frankfurt Rhine-Main / Roger Keil and Christoph Siegl -- Grand Paris : the bumpy road toward metropolitan governance / Stefan Kipfer, Julie-Anne Boudreau, Pierre Hamel, and Antoine Noubouwo -- Genealogies of urban-regional governance : journeys in a post-socialist city-region / Mark Whitehead -- Building narratives of city-regions : the case of Barcelona / Mariona Tomàs -- The resistible rise of Italy's metropolitan regions : the politics of sub-national government reform in postwar Italy / Simon Parker -- The uncertain development of metropolitan governance : comparing England's first and second city-regions / Ian Gordon, Michael Harloe, and Alan Harding.…”
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