The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers

ISBN-13: 9781926804071 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 2010 / 140 str.

Eric McGeer; Matt Symes

Opis

The third of the LCMSDS battlefield guides to concentrate on the Canadian forces in Italy, The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Riverscontinues the journey through the Gothic Line, Canada s greatest battle of the Italian Campaign, and on to Ravenna, where Canadian soldiers fought doggedly against the enemy and the elements in a remote corner of the war. The guidebook offers a broad introduction to the campaigns, concise summaries of each stage of the fighting, and itineraries that allow Canadian visitors to explore the battles from the most important perspective the physical setting itself. Three-dimensional maps familiarize readers with the landscape and features that affected the course of the battles, while contemporary photos and war art recapture the scene as contemporaries saw it."

Spis treści

• The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers by Eric McGeer with Matt Symes
• The Gothic Line
• Introduction
• The Gothic Line
• Background
• History
• To the Threshold of the Gothic Line
• Breaking the Gothic Line
• Breaking Green II
• The Rimini Line
• The Tour
• Tour 1—To the Threshold of the Gothic Line
• Tour 2—Breaking the Gothic Line
• Tour 3—Breaking Green II
• Tour 4—The Rimini Line
• The Battle of the Rivers
• Introduction
• The Battle of the Rivers
• History
• The Advance to the Lamone (Operation ""Chuckle"")
• From the Lamone to the Canale Naviglio
• To the Senio
• The Tour
• Tour 1—The Advance to the Lamone (Operation ""Chuckle"")
• Tour 2—From the Lamone to the Canale Naviglio
• Tour 3—To the Senio
• Additional Information
• Travel Information
• Suggestions for further reading
• Canadian Order of Battle
• Epilogue