The River Battles: Canada's Final Campaign in World War II Italy

by Mark Zuehlke

The Canadians called it the Promised Land. In late September 1944, the Emilia-Romagna plain before I Canadian Corps stretched to the far horizon--a deceptively wide-open space where the tanks could run free. Throughout British Eighth Army, hopes ran high that once it entered the plain, the Germans could be driven from Italy. As soon as the advance began, however, the plain's true nature was revealed: the land was criss-crossed by rivers, canals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771623128
• ISBN13: 9781771623124
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"