Seven days in hell: Canada's battle for Normandy and the rise of the Black Watch snipers

Centred around one of Canada's most storied regiments, this book tells the epic story of the men from the Black Watch during the bloody battle for Verrières Ridge, a dramatic saga that unfolded just weeks after one of Canada's greatest military triumphs of the Second World War. Drawing on...

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1. Verfasser: O'Keefe, David R. 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Toronto, Ontario, Canada HarperCollins Publishers Ltd [2019]
Ausgabe:First edition
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Zusammenfassung:Centred around one of Canada's most storied regiments, this book tells the epic story of the men from the Black Watch during the bloody battle for Verrières Ridge, a dramatic saga that unfolded just weeks after one of Canada's greatest military triumphs of the Second World War. Drawing on formerly classified documents and rare first-person testimony of the men who fought on the front lines, O'Keefe follows the footsteps of the ghosts of Normandy, giving a voice yet again to the men who sacrificed everything in the summer of 1944
Beschreibung:XVI, 442 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln Illustrationen, Karten, Porträts
ISBN:9781443454773

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