The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian Corps stretched to the far horizon--a deceptively wide-open space where the tanks could run free. Throughout British Eighth Army, hopes ran high that once it entered the plain, the Germans could be driven from Italy. As soon as the advance began, however, the plain's true nature was revealed: the land was criss-crossed by rivers, canals and drainage ditches over which all bridges had been demolished.
With higher command urging haste, the Canadians entered a long and nightmarish series of battles to win crossings over each waterway, whose high banks provided the Germans with perfect defensive positions. Early fall rains caused rivers to spill their banks and transformed the countryside into the worst quagmire the soldiers had ever seen.
More than five months of battle followed, with weeks of hard fighting required to advance from one river to the next. Each month, conditions only worsened, and the casualty rates rose appallingly. As their comrades fell one by one, most soldiers sought merely to survive. Doing that much required every measure of stamina, courage and fighting skill they possessed.
The fifth and final Canadian Battle Series volume set in Italy, The River Battles tells the story of this campaign's last and hardest months. In riveting detail and with his trademark "you-are-there" style, Mark Zuehlke shines a light on this forgotten chapter of Canada's World War II experience.
Автор: Zuehlke Mark Название: The Gothic Line: Canada`s Month of Hell in World War II Italy ISBN: 1771622822 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771622820 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In this third volume of his critically acclaimed trilogy tracing Canada's involvement in World War II's Italian campaign, Mark Zuehlke vividly recounts the Battle of the Gothic Line. The line was meant to be impregnable, a final fortified position that would enable the battered German divisions to bring the Allied advance up Italy's boot to a decisive halt. On August 25, 1944, it fell to the soldiers of I Canadian Corps to spearhead the British Eighth Army's attempt to rip a hole in the line. For the next twenty-eight days, the men of 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 5th Canadian Armoured Division slugged their way through a rugged killing ground in the most costly battle of the campaign. The Gothic Line portrays the horror, the fear, the courage, and ultimately the glory that Canadians won on this remote battlefield.
Автор: Granatstein J. L. Название: Canada`s Army: Waging War and Keeping the Peace, Third Edition ISBN: 1487509480 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781487509484 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 43470.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: In this revised and updated third edition, one of Canada`s leading historians covers the history of the Canadian military to the present day.
Автор: Mark Zuehlke, Zuehlke Название: Ortona: canada`s epic world war ii battl ISBN: 1771622660 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771622660 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A masterful retelling one of the major victories of Canadian troops over the German army`s elite division during WWII.
Автор: Peter Kasurak Название: Canada`s Mechanized Infantry: The Evolution of a Combat Arm, 1920–2012 ISBN: 0774862726 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780774862721 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 75200.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Canada’s Mechanized Infantry explores the development of the Canadian Army’s infantry after the First World War. Modern studies of technology and war have tended to focus on tanks and armour, but soldiers discovered that military success really depends on the combination of infantry, armour, and artillery. Peter Kasurak demonstrates how the Canadian army implemented successful infantry vehicles and doctrine to further its military goals during the Second World War until organizational constraints took hold in the postwar period. This book reveals the challenges of transforming the infantry into a twenty-first-century combat force by integrating soldiers, vehicles, weapons, and electronics.
Автор: Zuehlke Mark Название: The Liri Valley: Canada`s World War II Breakthrough to Rome ISBN: 1771622830 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781771622837 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 25700.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
For the Allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944, Rome was the prize that could be won through one of the greatest offensives of the war. The Liri Valley was a long, flat corridor through miles of rugged mountains. At one end stood the formidable Monte Cassino, at the other, Rome. In May 1944, I Canadian Corps drove up this valley toward the Italian capital, facing the infamous "Hitler Line" a bastion of concrete bunkers fronted by wide swaths of tangled barbed wire, minefields, and "Tobruk" weapon pits. The ensuing battle resulted in Canada's single bloodiest day of the Italian Campaign. But the sacrifice of young Canadians during the twenty-four days of relentless combat it took to clear the valley paved the way for the Allies to take Rome.
Автор: Coates Kenneth S., Morrison William R. Название: The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada`s Northwest ISBN: 0806151765 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780806151762 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 18350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a fear of invasion swept North America--particularly the West Coast. Immediate steps needed to be taken to defend the Far Northwest. With Canada's approval, Washington drew up plans for an Alaska Highway to connect Edmonton, Alberta, with Fairbanks, Alaska, and a pipeline to connect oil fields in the Northwest Territories with the Pacific Coast. Between 1942 and 1946, about 40,000 American military and civilian personnel invaded the Canadian Northwest. Where there had been few or no roads, a highway more than 1,500 miles long was built in less than a year. Navigation facilities were improved, and pipelines were laid from Fairbanks to the Pacific. Airfields were upgraded and new ones built, and a telephone network was constructed. The Northwest was totally unprepared for this friendly invasion. The Alaska Highway ran through semi-wilderness where many inhabitants pursued a nomadic lifestyle, and towns and settlements were overwhelmed by the American -army of occupation.- This lively history of an American civil and military engineering milestone draws on interviews with veterans and local residents and research in Canadian and U.S. archives. The participants' stories provide humor and insights on the building of this transformational highway.
Portraits of Battle brings together biography, battle accounts, and historiographical analysis to examine the lives of a cross-section of Canadians who served in the First World War. All Canadians are taught about Vimy Ridge, but that celebrated victory was just one battle among many to shape the country’s experience of the war. These portraits of the formerly faceless men and women honoured on war memorials provide a fresh and nuanced perspective on the complex legacy of the Great War in Canadian history.
Автор: Graves Dianne Название: In the Company of Sisters: Canada`s Women in the War Zone, 1914-1919 ISBN: 1896941761 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781896941769 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 31450.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: When Canada entered the First World War in August 1914, it embarked on a major war effort at home and abroad. The nations women worked tirelessly to support the troops fighting overseas, and among them were many who chose to do their bit by serving and volunteering in areas of the war zone from Britain and the European mainland to the Middle East and Russia. In the Company of Sisters chronicles their endeavours and achievements amid the drama of a life-and-death struggle that claimed millions of lives. Spearheaded by the nurses who were sent to various theatres of war, plenty of other determined souls channelled their energy into a wide range of much-needed work and, in so doing, broke new ground. Whether driving ambulances in range of enemy shelling, nursing sick soldiers in the heat and disease of the eastern Mediterranean, clothing destitute Belgian refugees or cheering up the troops with concerts, care packages and a cup of tea, these remarkable women played an important part in a multitude of ways. Canadian nurses at the Anglo-Russian Hospital in St. Petersburg watched the Russian Revolution taking place at their front door and cared for people wounded in the streets. Four remarkable Canadian women with a mission are covered in detail: Julia Drummond, who became mother to the Canadian forces; actress and theatre producer Lena Ashwell, who took concerts and theatre to the troops in the front lines; Julia Grace Wales, pacifist and peace worker, who inspired peace negotiations even as the battles raged; and Mary Riter Hamilton, pioneer among Canadian women artists, who documented the devastated battlefields for posterity. What the Canadian women who went overseas experienced had a marked impact on their own lives, and in some cases acted as a catalyst for what they went on to accomplish in later life. The legacy they bequeathed to future generations was one of selfless and positive action that remains an inspiration to this day. In the Company of Sisters celebrates the sisters military and civilian who ventured overseas from 1914 to 1919 and highlights their courageous march along the path towards the equality and self-determination that Canadian women went on to achieve.
Автор: Rose Larry D. Название: Ten Decisions: Canada`s Best, Worst, and Most Far Reaching Decisions of the Second World War ISBN: 1459738284 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781459738287 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 26660.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the chaos of the Second World War, Canada faced cruel choices, both on the battlefield and in the world of politics. Of all these life-and-death choices, ten stand above the others in their importance, their agonizing stakes, and the impact they have on the country to this day.
Автор: Sedgwick F. R. Название: The Special Campaign Series: THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR 1904 to 1905: The Campaign in Manchuria, Second Period The Decisive Battles 22nd Aug to 17 Oct ISBN: 1783315199 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783315192 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 55170.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This was the first major military victory in the modern era of an Asian power over a European one. Military scholars continue to debate the historical significance of the war. Good coverage is given to the Battle of Liaoyang. Post-war reports conclusively illustrated the battlefield destructiveness of this conflict.
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