Through Blood and Sweat: A Remembrance Trek Across Sicily's World War II Battlegrounds

by Mark Zuehlke

Book Overview

As part of Operation Husky 2013, a group of Canadians walked this route to honour the memory of the nation's soldiers who fought in Sicily seventy years earlier and whose sacrifice has been largely forgotten. Under a searing sun, with Mount Etna's soaring heights always in the distance, a small contingent of marchers trekked each day along winding country roads for between 15 and 35 kilometres to reach the outskirts of a small town or village. Here...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771620099
• ISBN13: 9781771620093
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"