03421nam 2200637 a 450 991082680400332120200520144314.01-926685-80-6(CKB)2430000000002796(EBL)557524(OCoLC)696818966(SSID)ssj0000478892(PQKBManifestationID)11291975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000478892(PQKBWorkID)10453352(PQKB)10393329(CaBNvSL)slc00225241(GLC)427575(Au-PeEL)EBL557524(CaPaEBR)ebr10312680(CaONFJC)MIL669538(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/6tp9z0(MiAaPQ)EBC557524(EXLCZ)99243000000000279620091005d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTerrible victory First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign : September 13-November 6, 1944 /Mark Zuehlke1st pbk. ed.Vancouver, B.C. Douglas & McIntyrec20071 online resource (859 p.)1-322-38256-5 1-55365-404-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 518-528) and index.Introduction : a simple plan -- Part one : the fall of dreams -- 1 Beginning of the end -- 2 The jewel -- 3 The streetcar war -- 4 A very heavy program -- 5 Illusion of victory -- 6 Poor devils -- 7 Simonds takes command -- Part two : the Cinderella days -- 8 Off our backsides -- 9 Close to the danger line -- 10 A hard fight -- 11 With devasting effect -- 12 Did our best -- 13 A hell of a way to go -- 14 In the back door -- Part three : tightening the ring -- 15 Of first importance -- 16 The toughest yet -- 17 A godsend -- 18 Black Friday -- 19 Dominate the situation -- 20 To the last cartridge -- 21 Foot-slogging jobs -- Part four : fight to the finish -- 22 Troops on the ground -- 23 The South Beveland race -- 24 Let's take the damned place -- 25 The damned causeway -- 26 A fine performance -- Epilogue : The Scheldt in memory -- Appendix A : Canadians in the Scheldt : September 13 - November 6, 1944 -- Appendix B : Canadian Infantry Battalion -- Appendix C : Candadian and German Army order of ranks -- Appendix D : The decorations.Mark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation of western Holland. Readers are there as soldiers fight in the muddy quagmire, enduring a battle that lasted three weeks and in which 6,000 soldiers perished. Terrible Victory is a powerful story of courage, survival, and skill.World War, 1939-1945CampaignsNetherlandsWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsBelgiumScheldt, Battle of the, 1944World War, 1939-1945CampaignsWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsScheldt, Battle of the, 1944.940.5421973.7456Zuehlke Mark1955-871560Gibson Library Connections, Inc.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826804003321Terrible victory4046679UNINA