By dawn on June 6, 1944, the rough seas facing three small resort towns in Normandy bristled with an immense armada. More than 6,500 ships prepared to disembark Allied troops in a do-or-die effort: D-Day. The 14,500 Canadians among them were to take "Juno Beach," a five-mile-long stretch protected by a seawall, barbed wire, underwater obstacles, hundred of mines -- and heavily armed German forces inside concrete bunkers, fortified houses, and trenches.
In this, book four of the Canadian Battle Series, acclaimed military historian Mark Zuehlke recreates this pivotal day of World War II, from planning through attack. Falling through a black night, praying to land on target were the newly trained Canadian para-troopers, among the first Allies on French soil. Canadian soldiers, most untested in battle, crossed the English Channel during a night storm and ran off landing craft into a deadly sea. Juno Beach is their story, shared at last in the rich detail their achievement deserves.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-400) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.54/2142
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781926685700 1553650506
- LCCN
- D756.5.N6
- LCCN Item number
- Z83 2005eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (415 p., [16] p. of plates)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00225164 (OCoLC)696806373 (CaOOCEL)427645
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Juno Beach 1
- Green On 19
- Maximum Force Needed 27
- The Web-Footed Division 38
- Learning New Skills 54
- Death or Glory 65
- The Intelligence Fog 79
- Spoiling for a Fight 96
- To Die Gloriously 107
- No Bands or Cheering Crowds 127
- Stick to the Objective 145
- 1 0 161
- All Aflame 161
- 1 1 173
- Roll Me Over Lay Me Down 173
- Merry Hell 189
- The Real Thing 206
- Go Go Go 218
- Nothing for Shame 233
- 1 6 263
- In Good Fettle 263
- An Awful Shambles 281
- A Fairly Rugged Day 296
- 1 9 307
- Beginning of the End 307
- 2 0 317
- A Great Initiation 317
- At All Costs 334
- A Degree of Gallantry 348
- 2 3 357
- Such a Sad Day 357
- Juno Beach in Memory 368
