Bernd Horn
Auteur de Canadian Airborne Forces since 1942 (Elite)
A propos de l'auteur
Colonel Bernd Horn is a retired Regular Force infantry officer and military educator. Dr, Horn has authored, co-authored, and edited more than forty books, including A Most Ungentlemanly Way of War: The SOE and the Canadian Connection and No Ordinary Men: Special Operations Forces Missions in afficher plus Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario. afficher moins
Œuvres de Bernd Horn
The Buck Stops Here: Senior Military Commmanders on Operations (In Harm's Way) (2007) 15 exemplaires
Casting Light on the Shadows: Canadian Perspectives on Special Operations Forces (2007) 14 exemplaires
Tip of the Spear: An Intimate Account of 1 Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1942-1945: A Pictorial History (2002) 13 exemplaires
Generalship and the art of the admiral : perspectives on Canadian senior military leadership (2001) 11 exemplaires
Of Courage and Determination: The First Special Service Force, "The Devil's Brigade," 1942–44 (2013) 9 exemplaires
Fortune Favours the Brave: Tales of Courage and Tenacity in Canadian Military History (2009) 8 exemplaires
From Cold War to New Millennium: The History of The Royal Canadian Regiment, 1953–2008 (2011) 6 exemplaires
From the Outside Looking In: Media and Defence Analyst Perspectives on Canadian Military Leadership (2005) 5 exemplaires
Battle Cries in the Wilderness: The Struggle for North America in the Seven Years’ War (Canadians at War) (2011) 5 exemplaires
Doing Canada Proud: The Second Boer War and the Battle of Paardeberg (CANADIANS AT WAR) (2012) 4 exemplaires
Lumières sur les forces de l'ombre : Une perspective canadienne sur les Forces d'opérations spéciales (2007) 2 exemplaires
Hook-Up! The Canadian Airborne Compendium: A Summary of Major Airborne Activities, Exercises and Operations, 1940-2000 (2003) 2 exemplaires
Foreign Fighters 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2006 (2006) — Author "Surviving the Devil's Cauldron" — 8 exemplaires
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2005 (2005) — Author "The Airborne Revolution" — 6 exemplaires
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- male
- Nationalité
- Canada
- Lieux de résidence
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Professions
- Colonel, Canadian Forces
- Organisations
- Canadian Armed Forces
Royal Military College, Kingston - Courte biographie
- Colonel Bernd Horn has held key positions in the Canadian Forces, including deputy commander of Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. An adjunct professor of history at the Royal Military College of Canada, he has authored, co-authored, or co-edited 30 books on military history and military affairs, including No Lack of Courage: Operation Medusa, Afghanistan. He lives in Kingston, Ontario.
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- #73,085
- Évaluation
- 4.2
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Out of this came the creation of the First Special Service Force also known as the Devil's Brigade made up of military personnel from the USA and Canada. The Germans called them the Black Devils because they blacken their skin for night incursions which often ended in quick death for an unaware German soldier. The Force never failed to make an objective and never gave up one once they attained it. Their casualty rate was over 300% of the original membership.
Their training included parachute training, amphibious landing training, skiing, & mountain climbing. The authors give us great detail about the formation of the brigade, its training, its deployment, its campaigns and its disbandment. They also include a chapter on the legacy of the FSSF as seen in the various special forces all armies maintain today.
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