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The Liri Valley - by Mark Zuehlke (Paperback)

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  • This print-on-demand title is available by request from most booksellers.
  • Author(s): Mark Zuehlke
  • 530 Pages
  • History, Military

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About the Book



Award-winning author and military historian Mark Zuehlke returns to the Mediterranean theatre of World War II with this gripping story of courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.



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This print-on-demand title is available by request from most booksellers.

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BOOK TWO in the Canadian Battle Series

For the Allied Armies fighting their way up the Italian boot in early 1944. Rome was the prize that could only be won through one of the greatest offensives of the war. Mark Zuehlke, following his book, Ortona, returns to the Mediterranean theatre of World War II with this gripping story of courage in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

The Liri Valley was a long, flat corridor through miles of rugged mountains. At one end stood the formidable Monte Cassino, at the other, Rome. In May 1944, I Canadian Corps drops up this valley toward the Italian captial, facing the infamous Hitler Line -- a bastion of concrete bunkers fronted by wide swaths of tangled barbed wire, minefields, and "Tobruk" weapon pits. The ensuing battle resulted in Canada's single bloodiest day of the Italian campaign. But the sacrifice of young Canadians during the twenty-four days of relentless combat it took to clear the valley paved the way for the Allies to take Rome.

The Liri Valley is testament to the bravery of such Canadians as Victoria Cross-winning Jack Mahony, Panzer killer Private J.A. Thrasher, and the badly wounded Captain Pierre Potvin who survived more than thirty hours alone in the hell of no man's land. This book, like the battle it records, will live long in reader's memories.



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"An exquisitely detailed database of veterans' experiences that's tied together by an elegant, respectful and tellingly brutal narrative of war on the ground." - Globe & Mail

"This book is must reading...it is riveting, often hair-raising account of mechanized warfare and the death, destruction and heartache it entailed." - London Free Press
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x 1.07 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.62 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 530
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Military
Publisher: Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Ltd.
Theme: World War II
Format: Paperback
Author: Mark Zuehlke
Language: English
Street Date: September 30, 2020
TCIN: 84963306
UPC: 9781771622837
Item Number (DPCI): 247-39-1018
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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