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Zuehlke, Mark, 1955-
Subjects
Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Northern.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
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Zuehlke, Mark, 1955-
Canada. Canadian Army. Army, First.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Northern.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
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The Cinderella campaign:
First
Canadian
Army
and the
battles
for the
channel
ports
/ Mark Zuehlke.
by
Zuehlke, Mark, 1955-
Douglas & McIntyre, 2017.
Call #:
940.542142 Z94c
Subjects
Canada.
Canadian
Army
.
Army
,
First
.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France, Northern.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Canada.
Series
Canadian
battle series (Vancouver, B.C.)
ISBN:
9781771620895
Alternate title:
First
Canadian
Army
and the
battles
for the
channel
ports
Description:
470 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-452) and index.
Summary:
They thought of themselves as the "Cinderella
Army
," and international correspondents agreed. This was because
First
Canadian
Army
had been relegated to the left flank of the Allied advance toward Germany from the Normandy beaches and given the tough, thankless task of opening the
Channel
ports
from Le Havre to Ostend in Belgium. Then suddenly in early September 1944, securing these
ports
became an Allied priority, as this would allow Field Marshal Montgomery to drive to the Rhine with Operation Market Garden and win the war before Christmas. Given only scant access to the Allied supply chain, the Canadians and their British partners in I Corps tackled the task. Just getting to the
ports
proved a terrific undertaking fought against brutal German resistance. And once there, they faced fortresses that had been prepared for years to defeat an attack. "Lost outposts," the Allies called them, but the Germans within were not going to give up easily. And so over the month of September, the Canadians set about fighting for control of each port, scrambling for supplies while under constant military pressure to get those
ports
open now. For Canada this was the Cinderella Campaign, the battle for the
Channel
ports
. For those who fought it, the sacrifice of comrades dead and wounded would never be forgotten.
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