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TITLE:
The guns of victory : a soldier's eye view, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, 1944-45 / George G. Blackburn.
Publication Date:
1996
Publication Information:
Toronto : McClelland & Stewart,
Physical Description:
506 p. : ill., maps.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
After the battle for Normandy, Blackburn’s 4th Field Regiment, with the rest of 1st Canadian Army, is called upon to pursue the enemy through the flooded Low Country, clearing the Scheldt estuary – a task equal to that of D-Day – and opening the port of Antwerp to allow for the huge influx of supplies necessary to press on against the German forces, now fighting with mounting desperation and ferocity. After enduring the worst winter in local memory, and spending yet another Christmas far from home, in the spring of 1945 the Canadians are thrust into the crucial Battle of the Rhineland, which will eventually allow Allied forces to plunge into the heart of the Reich. When victory comes, it is with no sense of triumph over a vanquished foe, but with the profoundest relief that this most terrible conflict in history is finally over.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780771015014