General Staff Canadian Army and Air Force. [Exercise Eskimo]. Canadian Army and Air Force Winter Warfare Research Programme

1944 [-] 1945 Exercise Eskimo “Dry Cold”.
Ottawa, Department of National Defence, 1945.

Vol.I & II (only, of 3), 8vo. Original pictorial cloth.

Two volumes of rare military technical reports documenting Exercise Eskimo, a significant joint winter warfare field trial conducted in northern Canada during the final stages of World War II. Involving approximately 1,750 personnel from the Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Air Force, the exercise was designed to test the impact of sub-Arctic winter conditions on combat efficiency and military equipment across a wide range of operational areas — from clothing, rations, and the army postal service to tanks and heavy machinery. The volumes compile core observations, technical data, prototype equipment evaluations, and formal recommendations for future winter operations, and are illustrated with photographs throughout. One volume includes five large fold-out maps in rear pockets covering the Advance, Withdrawal, Lines of Communication Operations, Air Operations, and Winter Climatic Zones.