The Canadian contribution to World War 11 was extraordinary in
scale and variety. More than one Million people, out of nation of
just eleven million, volunteered to serve. To transform a small,
virtually unequipped military into a powerful army, navy and air
force was a remarkable achievement. No Price Too High traces
Canada''s involvement from the prewar years through 1945,
explaining the events of the war in the context of the political
and military realities of the time. There is none of the second
guessing that has characterized so much recent analysis of the war.
The men and women of the army, navy, air force and merchant
navy, their sweethearts and families, as well as those who served
on the homefront, are portrayed in their own words. No Price Too
High draws on original sources -personal letters and diary entries,
and powerful photographs- to evoke the mood of those momentous
years. The thoughts, hopes, dreams, fears, and heartbreaks of the
generation of Canadians who faced the war are captured.
When producer Dick Nielsen of Norflicks Productions set out to
make his documentary series, No Price Too High, he was determined
to explain events of the war from the perspective of the men and
women who lived through it. In this book, historian Terry Copp has
collaborated with Nielsen to write a narrative that remains true to
that vision. In doing so, he offers a powerful interpretation of
the war years.
This is a book to make current and future generations of
Canadians proud of their past. It gives greater meaning to the
phrase Lest We Forget.