Mark Zuehlke

Brave Battalion: The Remarkable Saga of the 16th Battalion (Canadian Scottish) in the First World War

de Mark Zuehlke

An Excerpt From Brave Battalion.

The company was completely bunched in front of the wire. Some men threw bombs toward the German trench while others tried to beat down the wooden stakes supporting the wire with...

The Juno Beach Trilogy: First Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, June 6th - August 21, 1944

de Mark Zuehlke

Together in one convenient ebook, three of Mark Zuehlke's epics of Canadian soldiers in World War II take us from the dramatic events of D-Day (June 6, 1944) to the days following, and the final push. Juno Beach...

Tragedy at Dieppe: Operation Jubilee, August 19, 1942

de Mark Zuehlke

With its trademark "you are there" style, Mark Zuehlke's tenth Canadian Battle Series volume tells the story of the 1942 Dieppe raid. Nicknamed "The Poor Man's Monte Carlo," Dieppe had no strategic importance,...

The Gothic Line: Canada's Month of Hell in World War II Italy

de Mark Zuehlke

Stretching like an armor-toothed belt across Italy's upper thigh, the Gothic Line was the most fiercely defended position of Hitler's army, but a bloody 28-day offensive led by Canada's first Infantry Division...

Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944

de Mark Zuehlke

Mark Zuehlke is an expert at narrating the history of life on the battlefield for the Canadian army during World War II. In Terrible Victory, he provides a soldiers-eye-view account of Canada's bloody liberation...

Juno Beach: Canada's D-Day Victory ¿ June 6, 1944

de Mark Zuehlke

On June 6, 1944, the greatest armada in history stood off Normandy and the largest amphibious invasion ever began as 107,000 men aboard 6,000 ships pressed toward the coast. Among them were 14,500 Canadians,...

The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939

de Mark Zuehlke

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War on July 17, 1936, forty-two thousand Internationals, comprised of Canadians, Americans, and Spaniards, fought together on the side of the Republicans who were trying...