Research Catalog

Title

Operation Husky : the Canadian invasion of Sicily, July 10-August 7, 1943 / Mark Zuehlke.

Author

Zuehlke, Mark.

Publication

Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, c2008.

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Alternative Title

Canadian invasion of Sicily, July 10-August 7, 1943

Subject

• Canada. Canadian Army > History > World War, 1939-1945
• Canada. Canadian Infantry Division, 1st > History
• Canada. Canadian Tank Brigade, 1st > History
• Operation Husky, 1943
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Sicily

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 467-476) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction. The Supreme Tragedy -- Pt. 1. Towards an Invasion -- 1. If the Army Can't Agree -- 2. Finally, the Final Plan -- 3. Everyone Knowing His Job -- 4. Going to Be Some Party -- Pt. 2. First Blooding -- 5. The Actuality of War -- 6. Which Direction Do We Take? -- 7. Call This a Fight? -- 8. These Men Have Surrendered -- 9. On Shank's Mare -- 10. Wranglings -- 11. Hazards and Hardships -- Pt. 3. Battle for the Sicilian Hills -- 12. Long and Savage Minutes -- 13. Mountain Boys -- 14. Private Miracles -- 15. Faces to the Foe -- 16. Daring and Spectacular Actions -- Pt. 4. The Eastward Advance -- 17. Follow the Band -- 18. Red Patch Devils -- 19. Lion, Tiger, and Grizzly -- 20. Hard Fighting -- 21. Roughest Country Yet -- 22. Such a Party -- 23. On a Barren Sicilian Mountainside -- Epilogue: Operation Husky in Memory -- App. A. Principal Units and Commanders in Operation Husky -- App. B. The Canadian Army in Operation Husky (Combat Units Only) -- App. C. Canadian Infantry Battalion (Typical Organization) -- App. D. Canadian Military Order of Rank -- App. E. Axis Military Order of Rank -- App. F. The Decorations.

ISBN

• 9781553653240
• 1553653246

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Harvard Library