{"product_id":"the-guns-of-victory-a-soldiers-eve-view-belgium-holland-and-germany-194445-9780771015014","title":"The Guns of Victory: A Soldier's Eve View  Belgium  Holland  and Germany  1944-45","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor the Canadian Soldiers who lived through the momentous battle for Normandy in the summer of 1944  it was inconceivable that the conflict in Europe could continue for another eight long months. The war was won  they thought  and to win it they had been pushed to what seemed like the limits of endurance. But ahead lay not only an enemy with no thoughts of surrender  but also appalling battle conditions reminiscent of the legendary miseries of Passchendaele.  This much-anticipated sequel to The Guns of Normany picks up where its critically acclaimed predecessor leaves off  and it continues in the same absorbing  startlingly vivid style. After the battle for Normandy  Blackburns 4th Field Regiment  with the rest of 1st Canadian Army  is called upon to pursue the enemy through the flooded Low Country  clearing the Scheldt estuary  a task equal to that of D-Day  and opening the port of Antwerp to allow for the huge influx of supplies necessary to press on against the German forces  now fighting with mounting desperation and ferocity.  After enduring the worst winter in local memory  and spending yet another Christmas far from home  in the spring of 1945 the Canadians are thrust into the crucial Battle of the Rhineland  which will eventually allow Allied forces to plunge into the heart of the Reich.  When victory comes  it is with no sense of triumph over a vanquished foe  but with the profoundest relief that this most terrible conflict in history is finally over.  Told with Blackburns now trademark sense of drama and eye for detail  this story of the desperate struggle for Europe becomes as large as life. It should fully establish Blackburn as the author of an acknowledged classic on the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67598884077621,"sku":"ByrdShop_0771015011","price":30.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780771015014.jpg?v=1790937069","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-guns-of-victory-a-soldiers-eve-view-belgium-holland-and-germany-194445-9780771015014","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}