 | Canadians Under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War Subjects: Canada. Canadian Army -- Infantry -- Operational readiness; Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War 1939–1945; Marshall S.L.A. (Samuel Lyman Atwood) 1900–1977; Infantrymen have been the sledgehammer of land warfare throughout the twentieth century, but precisely how they fought at the tactical level has been difficult to determine. American historian S.L.A. Marshall, for instance, famously claimed that most Allied soldiers would not fight at all, even when their lives were at stake. Engen Robert C. : Robert C. Engen is assistant professor in the Department of Defence Studies at the Canadian Forces CollegeRobert Engen is a doctoral candidate in military history at Queen's University, Kingston, and has worked as a researcher for the Canadian Forces Directorate of Land Concepts and Designs. |
