Cover image for Juno : Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944 / Ted Barris.
TITLE:
Juno : Canadians at D-Day, June 6, 1944 / Ted Barris.
Publication Date:
2004
Publication Information:
Toronto : Thomas Allen Publishers,
Physical Description:
311 p. : ill., maps.
Summary:
On June 6, 1944, nearly 15,000 Canadians - at sea, in the air, and on the ground - joined the long-anticipated D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe on the Normandy beaches. The piece of ground on which the Canadians fought so hard against heavily armed and embedded German troops was codenamed Juno. On that day, the Candian infantry fought their way farther inland than any other Allied troops. For Canada, and all Canadians, this was a coming of age, an extraordinary moment of courage and sacrifice. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, Barris takes us back to those momentous few hours that forever changed the course of our history in the voices of those who were there.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780887621338