D-Day to Carpiquet: The North Shore Regiment and the Liberation of Europe

by Marc Milner

The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the D-Day invasion. After securing the eastern flank of the Canadian landing along Juno Beach, the Regiment was in constant contact with the enemy over the next thirty days, suffering a steady stream...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864924895
• ISBN13: 9780864924896
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.7"