Author: Canada. Department of National DefencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War - Volume Ii - the Canadians in Italy 1943-1945
Author: Canada. Department of National DefencePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
Author: Charles Perry StaceyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, by G. W. L. Nicholson
Author: Canada. Department of National Defence. General StaffPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945
Author: Charles Perry StaceyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 916
Book Description
Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War
Author: C. P. StaceyOfficial History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, by G. W. L. Nicholson
Author: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945
Author: Gerald W. L. NicholsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
The Gothic Line
Author: Mark ZuehlkePublisher: D & M Publishers
ISBN: 1926685814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Like an armor-toothed belt across Italy’s upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army’s major offensive, intended to rip through it. The 1st Infantry and 5th Armored Divisions advanced into a killing ground covered by thousands of machine-gun, antitank gun positions, and pillboxes expertly sited behind minefields and dense thickets of barbed wire. Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks. For 28 days, the battle raged as the Allied troops slugged an ever deeper hole into the German defences. The Metauro River, the Foglia River, Point 204, Tomba Di Pesaro, Coriano Ridge, San Martino, and San Fortunato became place names seared into the memories of those who fought there. They fought in a dust-choked land under a searing sun which by battle's end was reduced to a guagmire by rain. But they prevailed and on September 22 won the ground overlooking the Po River Valley, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance.
Canadians and the Italian Campaign, 1943-1945
Author: Bill McAndrewPublisher: Art global
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Using first person accounts the author paints a compelling portrait of the nearly 93,000 Canadians who served in this campaign, more than a quarter of whom became casualties. These men and women faced inhospitable terrain, disease and a skilled enemy in a theater, which was largely overshadowed by D-Day. The battles fought by Canadian units fill their regimental colors with battle honors serving in this almost forgotten campaign that they derisively labeled "The Spaghetti League." With their bravery and perseverance, these D-Day Dodgers accomplished all that was asked of them, and wrote an honorable page in Canada's military history.
The D-Day Dodgers
Author: Daniel George DancocksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description