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 an Allied priority, as this would allow Field Marshal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771620897
• ISBN13: 9781771620895
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.6" x 9.3"