2: Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945

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Winner of the 2016 Ottawa Book Award

An unforgettable chronicle of Canadians fighting the Second World War.

Historian Tim Cook displays his trademark storytelling ability in the second one volume of his masterful account of Canadians in World War II. Cook combines an atypical seize of military strategy with a deep empathy for the soldiers at the ground, at sea and in the air. Whether it is a minute-by-minute account of a gruelling artillery battle, vicious infighting among generals, the scene inside a medical unit, or the small details of a soldier’s day by day life, Cook creates an utterly compelling narrative. He recounts in mesmerizing detail how the Canadian forces figured in the Allied bombing of Germany, the D-Day landing at Juno beach, the taking of Caen, and the drive south.
     Featuring dozens of black-and-white photographs and moving excerpts from letters and diaries of servicemen, Fight to the Finish, along side its companion volume, The Necessary War, broadens our understanding of the Second World War with a gripping account of Canadians who fought out of the country, and the home front that used to be changed eternally.

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