Description
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.
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
Published: 09/30/2020
Pages: 592
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781771622820
ISBN10: 1771622822
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Military | Canada
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