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  • Battle of the Odon

    by Georges Bernage ...
    The Battle of the Odon evokes the clash between the British Army and the II SS-Panzer Korps, as they attacked across the Odon Valley during Operation "Epsom" in June 1944.Using contemporary photographs and documents, this book provides day-by-day details of the operation that was just one part of what is commonly referred to as the 'Battle of Normandy'. ... Read more

    $19.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Objective Saint-Lô

    7 June 1944–18 July 1944

    by Georges Bernage ...
    "A collection of eyewitness accounts of the heavy fighting that took place in this part of France after the Omaha landings . . . excellent and gripping."— FSAddonThis book provides a day-by-day account of the forty-two days of fighting from Omaha Beach to Saint-Lô. Follow Lt. Allsup from the beaches at Hill 108 (the "bloody hill"), where he was injured, and Lt. Jones, who was among the first to ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Objective Falaise

    8 August 1944–16 August 1944

    by Georges Bernage ...
    On the night of 8 August 1944, the First Canadian Army launched Operation Totalize, directing their advance towards Falaise, with the intention of breaking through the German defences south of Caen. In spite of large numbers, they were halted by the 12.SS- Panzer-Division "Hitierjugend", who managed to block the 600 armored vehicles. During one of the German counter-attacks, several Tiger tanks ... Read more

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  • The Battle for Cotentin Peninsula

    9–19 June 1944

    by Georges Bernage ...
    In June 1944, the Americans left the Sainte-Mre-Eglise and Utah Beach bridgehead and crossed the Merderet river to the Chausse de la Fiere, taking Picauville on 10 June. Their advance was slowed following the failure of the 90th Infantry Division, but they were able to take Pont-l'Abbe on 12 June and Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte 16 June. Two days later they cut the Cotentin peninsula at Barneville, ... Read more

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    US 82nd Airborne & Guards Armoured Division

    by Tim Saunders ...
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    This WWII battlefield guide offers a detailed history of the Allied Liberation of Nijmegen during Operation Market Garden—with maps and photos throughout.On September 17th, 1944, the 82nd Airborne dropped Allied parachute infantry along the Waal River in the Netherlandish city of Nijmegen. Their goal was to seize the city's two major bridges and reinforce the British troops in nearby Arnhem. ... Read more

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  • Ardennes 1944

    The Battle of the Bulge

    by Antony Beevor ...
    The prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new accountOn December 16, 1944, Hitler launched his ‘last gamble’ in the snow-covered forests and gorges of the Ardennes in Belgium, believing he could split the Allies by driving all the way to Antwerp and forcing the Canadians and the British out ... Read more

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  • Cinderella Army

    The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945

    by Terry Copp ...
    In his controversial and award-winning 2003 book Fields of Fire, Terry Copp offered a stunning reversal of accepted military history, challenging the conventional view that the Canadian contribution to the Battle of Normandy was a failure. Cinderella Army continues the story of the operations carried out by the First Canadian Army in the last nine months of the war, and extends the argument ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • D-Day 1944 (3)

    Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings

    by Ken Ford ...
    Series Book 105 - Campaign
    A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Sword Beach & the British Airborne Landings.At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal bridge at Bénouville in Normandy. A small group of British paratroopers burst from it and stormed the bridge within minutes. The Allied liberation of Nazi-occupied Europe had begun. Within a few hours landing craft ... Read more

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  • Arnhem 1944: A bridge Too far?

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This book reviews the complex set of military operations played out in the Netherlands during September 1944 involving the forces of Britain, Canada, Poland, the USA and Germany. As far as space permits we have attempted toprovide a wide selection of sources covering each of the belligerents.We are also proud to present the previously unpublished war diary of Captain Graham Davies, which brings a ... Read more

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  • The Cinderella Campaign

    First Canadian Army and the Battles for the Channel Ports

    by Mark Zuehlke ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Roer River Battles

    Germany's Stand at the Westwall, 1944–45

    by David R. Higgins ...
    An account of the ups and downs of a six-month-long WWII campaign with "a well detailed chronological order of the battles [and] interesting photographs" ( Armorama).A selection of the Military Book Club.Following the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead in July 1944, the vaunted German Army seemed on the verge of collapse. As British and US forces fanned out across northwestern France, ... Read more

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  • Armoured Warfare in the Battle for Normandy

    by Anthony Tucker-Jones ...
    Series series Images of War
    This fully illustrated WWII history offers a vivid look at the armored vehicles used by Allied and Nazi forces during D-Day and the Normandy Campaign.The remarkable photographs collected here illustrate in graphic detail the role armor played in the Allied D-Day landings and the liberation of occupied France—as well as the skill and tenacity of the German panzer units that confronted them. The ... Read more

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