D-Day to Carpiquet by Marc Milner

D-Day to Carpiquet by Marc Milner

The brutal battlefields of Europe during World War II were the testing ground for the young men of the 1st Battalion of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment. On June 6, 1944, the soldiers landed on the coast of France as part of the first wave of the D-Day invasion. After securing the eastern flank of the Canadian landing along Juno Beach, the Regiment was in constant contact with the enemy over the next thirty days, suffering a steady stream of casualties. This led to a ferocious battle in the French village of Carpiquet. For five days, the Regiment endured a living hell and suffered nearly 300 casualties. By the end of it, the North Shore Regiment had effectively died.

For the first time, the comprehensive tale of this storied Regiment is finally told.

D-Day to Carpiquet is volume 9 in the New Brunswick Military Heritage Series.

"Simply excellent" -- Jack Granastein * Legion magazine *
"Marc Milner's treatment... brings a unique sense of community pride to an event most historians disregard." -- Norm Shannon * Esprit de Corps *

Marc Milner, a native of Sackville, NB, is a prolific author of Canadian military history. Co-director of the New Brunswick Military Heritage Project, he is also chair of the University of New Brunswick’s history department, and former director of UNB's Brigadier Milton F. Gregg, VC, Centre for the Study of War and Society.

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ISBN 13	9780864924896
ISBN 10	0864924895
Title	D-Day to Carpiquet
Author	Marc Milner
Series	New Brunswick Miltiary Heritage Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Goose Lane Editions
Year published	2007-05-01
Number of pages	138
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.