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Exercise Eskimo. Canadian Army and Air Force Winter Warfare Research Programme
1945rif. 88616Ottawa: Department of National Defence 1945. First edition. Hardcover. Maps. 1945 Vol.I & II only of 3 8vo. Original pictorial cloth. Two volumes of rare military technical reports documenting Exercise Eskimo a significant joint winter warfare field trial conducted in northern Canada during the final stages of World War II. Involving approximately 1750 personnel from the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force the exercise was designed to test the impact of sub-Arctic winter conditions on combat efficiency and military equipment across a wide range of operational areas — from clothing rations and the army postal service to tanks and heavy machinery. The volumes compile core observations technical data prototype equipment evaluations and formal recommendations for future winter operations and are illustrated with photographs throughout. One volume includes five large fold-out maps in rear pockets covering the Advance Withdrawal Lines of Communication Operations Air Operations and Winter Climatic Zones. Some minor occasional marking and creasing to contents; cloth slightly rubbed and marked. No jacket Department of National Defence hardcover
Lycanthia Rare Books · Regno Unito520,00 £≈ 621,06 €
