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On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945 (Audiobook)

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On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945  (Audiobook)

On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23 - May 5, 1945 (Audiobook) By Mark Zuehlke, read by William Dufris
Unabridged edition 2012 | 16 hours and 19 mins | ISBN: n/a , ASIN: B006U9K3MU | MP3 64 kbps | 471 MB


It is remembered in the Netherlands as "the sweetest of springs", the one that saw the country's liberation from German occupation. But for the soldiers of First Canadian army, who fought their way across the Rhine River and then through Holland and northwest Germany, that spring of 1945 was bittersweet. While the Dutch were being liberated from the grinding boot heel of the Nazis, their freedom was being paid for in Canadian lives lost. On to Victory is the story of those final cruel days of the war. From the brutal battlefields of Holland and northwest Germany where a collapsing enemy army still fought with fierce determination, to the unique truce in which the Germans and Allies provided food to millions of Dutch citizens starved almost to death, to those heady moments when each town and city was finally liberated, this is the little-told story of First Canadian Army's last campaign of World War II. With his trademark "you are there" style that draws upon official records, veteran memories, and a keen understanding of the experience of combat, Mark Zuehlke brings to life this final chapter in the story of Canada in World War II.