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The best little army in the world : the Canadians in northwest Europe, 1944-1945 /

This is the story of the Canadian First Army that fought its way from Juno Beach to D-Day in June, 1944, through Normandy, into the Netherlands to liberate that country, to the terrible battles in the Scheldt area and finally into Germany in 1945. The argument of this book is that the Canadian army...

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Main Author:	Granatstein, J. L.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : Patrick Crean Editions, an imprint of HarperCollins Pubishers Ltd, [2015]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Canada. > Canadian Army. > Army, First > History > World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 > Canada. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Europe.

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