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The Liri Valley (Stoddart $45)
Forget that classic American movie 'A Walk in the Sun.' Mark Zuehlke of Victoria recounts in detail the Canadian breakthrough on the southern gateway to Rome-the first corps-scale engagement fought by Canadians in World War II-in The Liri Valley (Stoddart $45).
"The road the Canadians marched in Italy was a long one. In May 1944, they were but halfway down it. When they marched out of the Liri Valley, few bothered to look back at the ruined land behind them. They marched toward an uncertain future and the Liri Valley battle slipped into obscurity, where it still remains.";
The forgotten slice of Italian history is a follow-up to Zuehlke's account of Canada's 'epic World War II battle,' Ortona (Stoddart), The Canadian Military Atlas (Stoddart) and The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War (Whitecap). That's more than 1,000 pages of recaptured history, finding the veterans, digging out the facts. Tough slogging.
0-7737-3308-6
[BCBW SUMMER 2002]
"The road the Canadians marched in Italy was a long one. In May 1944, they were but halfway down it. When they marched out of the Liri Valley, few bothered to look back at the ruined land behind them. They marched toward an uncertain future and the Liri Valley battle slipped into obscurity, where it still remains.";
The forgotten slice of Italian history is a follow-up to Zuehlke's account of Canada's 'epic World War II battle,' Ortona (Stoddart), The Canadian Military Atlas (Stoddart) and The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War (Whitecap). That's more than 1,000 pages of recaptured history, finding the veterans, digging out the facts. Tough slogging.
0-7737-3308-6
[BCBW SUMMER 2002]
Submitted on June 12, 2003 in By David.
