Marc Miller is a professor of military history (Ph.D., University of New Brunswick) and the director of the Milton F. Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick, Canada.
He is the author and editor of numerous books, including Battle of the Atlantic (2003), which won the C.P. Stacey Prize for the best book in military history in Canada, and D-Day to Carpiquet: the North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe (2006).
From its eighteenth-century roots in exploration and trade, to the major conflicts of the First and Second World Wars, through to current roles in multinational operations with United Nations and NATO forces, Canada's navy - now celebrating its one hundredth anniversary - has been an expression of Canadian nationhood and a catalyst in the complex process of national unity.
In the second edition of Canada's Navy, Marc Milner brings his classic work up to date and looks back at one hundred...
The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the D-Day invasion. After securing the eastern flank of the Canadian landing along Juno Beach, the Regiment was in constant contact with the enemy over the next thirty days, suffering a steady stream of casualties. This led to a ferocious battle in...