THE LIRI VALLEY Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome

Mark Zuehlke

ISBN 10: 0773733086 / ISBN 13: 9780773733084

Published by Stoddart, Toronto, 2001

About this Item

Recounts how Canadian Armed Forces, including Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, the Van Doos, the Royal Canadian Regiment and other regiments, fought aganst seeminlgy unsurountable odds to open the way for Allied Forces to rescue Rome from the Germans in WWII. Tight binding. No chips, tears, creases or written inscriptions. Dust jacket is NOT price-clipped. Some light edgewear to jacket. Black and white photographic illustrations. Size: Sm 4to (9" to 11"). 492 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIRI VALLEY Canada's World War II Breakthrough to Rome
• Publisher: Stoddart, Toronto
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773733086
• ISBN 13: 9780773733084
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: very good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military

About this title

Synopsis

For the Allied armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944, Rome was the prize that could only be won through a massive offensive. Military historian Mark Zuehlke returns to the Mediterranean theater of World War II with this gripping tribute to the Canadians who opened the way for the Allies to take Rome. The book is a fitting testament to the bravery of soldiers like the badly wounded Captain Pierre Potvin, who survived more than 30 hours alone on the battlefield.

About the Author

Mark Zuehlke is the winner of the 2014 Pierre Berton Award: the Governor General's History Award for Popular Media. In 2006, his Canadian Battle Series book Holding Juno won the City of Victoria Butler Book Prize. He has also written six historical works outside of the series, including For Honour’s Sake (Knopf Canada), which won the 2007 Canadian Author’s Association Lela Common Award for Canadian History. He lives in Victoria, BC.