Re: Movie/Book Recommendations
If you want "Canadian Content" Pat try anything by Mark Zuehlke
Holding Juno: Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches, June 7-12 1944. Douglas & McIntyre, 2005.
Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory: June 6 1944. Douglas & McIntyre, 2004.
The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy. Douglas & McIntyre, 2003.
Ortona: Canada's Epic World War II Battle. reprint. Douglas & McIntyre, 2002.
The Liri Valley: Canada’s World War II Breakthrough to Rome. reprint. Douglas & McIntyre, 2002.
.....and if artillery interests you there may still find the three book series George G. Blackburn wrote
Guns of Normandy: A Soldier's Eye View, France 1944 (1997, ISBN 0-7710-1503-8)
The Guns of Victory: A Soldier's Eye View, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, 1944-45 (1997, ISBN 0-7710-1505-4
Where the Hell Are the Guns?: A Soldier's View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44 (1999, ISBN 0-7710-1506-2).
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