D-Day Dodgers: Canadians in Italy [Hardcover]

Dan Dancocks (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 508 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart; First Edition edition (March 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771025440
• ISBN-13: 978-0771025440
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.5 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,684,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Must-have history of Canadian army in the Italian Campaign, August 9, 1999

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This review is from: The D-Day Dodgers: The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945 (Paperback)

Dancocks again approaches Canadian Military history with a fresh eye. His easy writing style and clear prose makes absorbing both the historical facts and their context deceptively easy. He uses a combination of regimental histories and Official Canadian histories coupled with more recently declassified sources and personal oral histories to bring a fresh perspective to this important Canadian operation.

From the reasons Canada sent 1st Division to Italy in the first place to the ultimately successful conclusion of the Italian campaign, Dancocks embodies all of his narrative with first person accounts that remind the reader of exactly how these campaigns were fought and by whom.

This book occupies a valued place in my military history library. The fact that the author continues to concentrate on Canadian subjects is just another bonus.