Book three in the Canadian Battle Series. Stretching like an armour-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fortified and fiercely defended position the German army had yet thrown in the path of the advancing Allied forces. On August 25, 1944, it fell to I Canadian Corps to spearhead the famed Eighth Army's major offensive, intended to rip through the Gothic Line.
Never had the Germans in Italy brought so much artillery to bear or deployed such a great number of tanks. For twenty-eight days, the battle raged as the Canadians, with British and Polish troops advancing on their flanks, slugged into the German defences. On September 22 the Canadians finally won, opening the way for the next phase of the Allied advance. The price was high-the greatest toll in casualties suffered during the long years of the Italian campaign.
The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy brings the story of what renowned military historian Jack Granatstein hails as Canada's most momentous World War II battle to vivid life by telling the story through the eyes of the soldiers. It is a suspenseful, dramatic book that gives back to Canadians a forgotten and neglected part of their historical heritage.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 526-536) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 940.54/215
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781926685816 9781553650683
- LCCN
- D763.I8
- LCCN Item number
- Z83 2003eb
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- CaBVAU
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- 1 electronic text (551 p., [32] p. of plates)
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- CaOOCEL
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00225162 (OCoLC)696811593 (CaOOCEL)416992
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Table of Contents
- The Gothic Line 1
- Long March To the Gothic Line 19
- RETURN TO THE ADRIATIC 27
- Sojourn in Florence 29
- A Very Happy Family 39
- Inevitable Wrangles 57
- With the Greatest Energy 67
- Under the Boot Heel 79
- A Tremendous Nut To Crack 88
- DRIVE TO THE GOTHIC LINE 101
- We Begin the Last Lap 103
- Ah Cannon 117
- Quite an Affair 132
- A Gallant Do 143
- Photosection 01 145
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- Most Difficult and Unpleasant 173
- Something Radically Wrong 187
- THE GATECRASH 199
- Go Down Boys 201
- A Definite Breach 216
- A Bitter Day 232
- Pure Bloody Murder 250
- A Greater Sorrow 263
- Absolute Bedlam 278
- A Long Chance 291
- THE DOG FIGHT 309
- All This Unpleasantness 311
- A Sure-thing Gallop 323
- It Was Useless 339
- A Hard Row To Hoe 354
- Five Minutes To Twelve 364
- THE RIDGES 377
- This Is Our House 379
- A Carefully Coordinated Plan 390
- Little Reason for It 401
- Photosection 02 403
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- To the Last Man 432
- Going To Bleed You 449
- Well All Be Heroes 462
- The Gallant Attackers 480
- Well Done Canada 493
- The Gothic Line in Memory 504
