On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 May 5, 1945 (Canadian Battle) - Softcover

Zuehlke, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1553658132 ISBN 13: 9781553658139

Verlag: Greystone Books,Canada, 2011

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It is remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," the one that saw the country's liberation from German occupation. But for the soldiers of First Canadian army, who fought their way across the Rhine River and then through Holland and northwest Germany, that spring of 1945 was bittersweet. While the Dutch were being liberated from the grinding boot heel of the Nazis, their freedom was being paid for in Canadian lives lost.

On to Victory is the story of those final cruel days of the war. From the brutal battlefields of Holland and northwest Germany where a collapsing enemy army still fought with fierce determination, to the unique truce in which the Germans and Allies provided food to millions of Dutch citizens starved almost to death, to those heady moments when each town and city was finally liberated, this is the little-told story of First Canadian Army's last campaign of World War II. With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the experience of combat, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this final chapter in the story of Canada in World War II.

Biografía del autor:

Mark Zuehlke is a leading Canadian popular historian, the author of 19 books, including nine devoted to military history. His popular series on the role Canadians played in World War II has garnered critical praise, awards and mountains of fan letters. Mark Zuehlke lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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• Verlag: Greystone Books,Canada
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1553658132
• ISBN 13: 9781553658139
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 552