On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945Douglas & McIntyre, 2010 - 525 pagina's The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume is the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs," which saw the country's liberation from German occupation. The Liberation Campaign, a series of fierce, desperate battles during the last three months of the war, was bittersweet. A nation's freedom was won and the war concluded, but these final hostilities cost Canada 6,298 casualties, including 1,482 dead. With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the combat experience, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II. |
Inhoudsopgave
Preface | 1 |
Acknowledgements | 5 |
Maps | 8 |
introduction The Sweetest of Springs | 19 |
over the rhine then let us | 27 |
No Possibility of Doubt | 29 |
Never to Be Forgotten | 43 |
Go for the Goddamn Woods | 57 |
Minor Skirmishes | 214 |
breakouts | 227 |
Long Way Out Front | 229 |
On to Groningen | 244 |
Waited So Long | 259 |
Piece of Cake | 271 |
Jerry Is Running | 287 |
A Stern Atonement | 305 |
Rugged Resistance | 73 |
The Enemy Fought Like Madmen | 83 |
More Than Battered About | 96 |
Pretty Sticky | 110 |
Utmost Tenacity | 126 |
delighted with this entire show | 139 |
All Together Again | 141 |
A Lion and a Tiger | 153 |
Fierce Rearguard Actions | 167 |
On the Brink | 183 |
Crazy Young Devils | 199 |
LargeScale Street Fighting | 322 |
Operation Cleanser | 338 |
Sound Tactical Plans | 356 |
Crossroad Ambushes | 375 |
Bitterest Battle | 391 |
Thank You Canadians | 407 |
The Liberation Campaign in Memory | 428 |
The Canadian Army in the Liberation | 437 |
Canadian Infantry Battalion | 443 |
Army Decorations | 449 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 May 5, 1945 Mark Zuehlke Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2010 |
On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23-May 5, 1945 Mark Zuehlke Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2011 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
4th Canadian Armoured advance Allied Apeldoorn April–May Archives Canada Argyll Army Overseas Honours artillery assault attack Awards Citation Details battalion battle Bienan Bren bridge bridgehead Brigade War Diary Brigade’s British Calgary Highlanders Canadian Army Canadian Army Overseas Canadian Corps Canadian Infantry Brigade canal carrier casualties command Company Company’s Crerar crossing Delfzijl Department of National Directorate of Heritage Division’s Dragoons Dutch dyke Emmerich enemy Fallschirmjäger Field Regiment fight fire flank Foulkes front Germans ground gunners headquarters Heritage and History Highland Light Infantry Highlanders of Canada Highlanders War Diary Hussars IJssel killed Library and Archives Lieutenant Colonel Light Infantry machine guns Major March miles mortar National Defence Netherlands North Novas officer Operation Plunder Panzerfaust paratroops platoon prisoners Queen’s Regiment War Diary Regina Report Rhine river road Royal Canadian Royal Winnipeg Rifles Sergeant Seyss-Inquart shells snipers Squadron surrender tanks Toronto town troops Twenty-First Army Group village Wasps wounded