Beyond Courage: The Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres

by George H. Cassar

"It was at the Second Battle of Ypres in April of 1916 that the Canadians first made themselves felt on the international stage. It was here that the German Army first used poison gas on the Western Front, and it was here that the Canadians stood their ground when others fled. George Cassar...has now written the first full-dress account of this decisive battle."

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1985

About the author

A specialist in modern British military history, George Harris Cassar is professor of history emeritus at Eastern Michigan University, where he taught from 1968 until his retirement in 2018. He earned his bachelor's (1962) and master's )1963) degrees at the University New Brunswick and his doctorate in philosophy (1968) from McGill University.