Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Some Remembrance Day Reading

I've started this week reading Mark Zuehlke's latest book On To Victory, covering the Canadian efforts to cross the Rhine and liberate Holland at the end of World War 2.

I've enjoyed all his other books; Operation Husky (the invasion of Sicily), Ortona, Gothic Line and Liri Valley (the Italian campaign), Holding Juno (Normandy battles) and Terrible Victory (Scheldt Estuary campaign).

He has a good grasp of the political and strategic considerations that influenced each campaign but he can also shift the focus very deftly from Churchill and Eisenhower down to the squaddies in their slit trenches. His style is immensely readable.
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2 comments:

  1. timNovember 11, 2010 at 6:18 PM

    I've read Ortona and enjoyed it immensely! I just picked up Juno Beach and hope to get to it over the winter.

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  2. JamesNovember 12, 2010 at 2:08 PM

    That's the one title I haven't gotten my mitts on yet. But the sequel, Holding Juno is fascinating.

    All his books inspire lots of scenario ideas.

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