The Victory Campaign: The Operation in North-West Europe, 1944 - 1945 - Official History of the Canadian Army, book 3 ( WWII )( fold-Outs Intact )( Volume iii ) by Stacey, C P ( Colonel Charles Perry Stacey ) - 1960

Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa, ON: Authority of the Minister of National Defence / Edmond Cloutier - Queen's Printer, 1960, 1st Edition, First Printing, 1960. ------------( 1st printing of the First Edition ) hardcovesr, red cloth, a Near Fine example, very tidy, in an attractive Very Good dustjacket with some light rubbing, some small nicks and chips, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector, 770 pages, b&w photos, all maps are intact including the large fold-out maps, chapters include: I. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN FOR INVADING NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 1940-1944 // II. THE CANADIAN ARMY AND THE INVASION PROJECT // The Strategic Background, 1939-43 // III. THE GERMANS IN FRANCE, 1940-1944 // IV. THE PLAN OF ATTACK // V. THE LANDINGS IN NORMANDY, 6 JUNE 1944 // VI. NORMANDY: THE BRIDGEHEAD BATTLE, 7-30 JUNE 194 // VII. NORMANDY: THE BATTLES OF CAEN AND BOURGUEBUS BRIDGE, 1-23 JULY 1944 // VIII. NORMANDY: THE BREAKOUT BEGINS, 24-31 JULY 1944 // IX. NORMANDY: THE FALAISE ROAD, 1-12 AUGUST 1944 // X. NORMANDY: VICTORY AT FALAISE, 12-23 AUGUST 1944 // XI. NORMANDY: THE BALANCE SHEET // XII. THE PURSUIT ACROSS THE SEINE, 23-30 AUGUST 1944 // XIII. ANTWERP, ARNHEM AND SOME CONTROVERSIES, AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1944 // XIV. CLEARING THE COASTAL BELT AND THE PORTS, SEPTEMBER 1944 // XV. THE BATTLE OF THE SCHELDT, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1944 PART I: PLANNING, AND OPERATIONS NORTH OF ANTWERP // XVI. THE BATTLE OF THE SCHELDT, SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1944 PART II: BRESKENS, SOUTH BEVELAND, WALCHEREN // XVII. WINTER ON THE MAAS, 9 NOVEMBER 1944-7 FEBRUARY 1945 // XVIII. THE BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND PART I: OPERATION "VERITABLE", 8-21 FEBRUARY 1945 // XIX. THE BATTLE OF THE RHINELAND PART II: OPERATION "BLOCKBUSTER", 22 FEBRUARY-10 MARCH 1945 // XX. THE RHINE CROSSING AND THE 2nd CORPS' ADVANCE TO THE NORTH SEA, 23 MARCH-22 APRIL 1945 // XXI. THE 1st CORPS IN THE WESTERN NETHERLANDS, 1-22 APRIL 1945 // XXII. THE GERMAN SURRENDER // XXIII. THE AFTERMATH OF THE GERMAN SURRENDER // XXIV. ADMINISTRATION, AND SOME SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND PROBLEMS // CONCLUSION // APPENDICES // "A" Directive to G.O.C.-in-C. First Canadian Army; "B" Canadian Army Casualties-Normandy-6 June 1944; "C" Approximate Casualties of the Allied Armies by Sectors, Normandy, 6 June 1944; "D" General Montgomery's Directive to Generals Bradley and Dempsey, 30 June 1944; 'E" Field-Marshal Montgomery's Directive, 16 October 1944; "F" Canadian Army Units in North-West Europe (8 May 1945); "G" Officers Holding Principal Appointments in the Canadian Army in North-West Europe (6 June 1944-8 May 1945) // ABBREVIATIONS // REFERENCES (Endnotes are included at the end of each chapter) //INDEX, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo ///NOT SIGNED --GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE ///. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine (see desciption)/Very Good (see description). Illus. by Text Cover. 6.75w x 9.75h Inches. NOT Price Clipped.