Ebook: The long left flank: the hard fought way to the Reich, 1944-1945

When in August, 1944, the Allies broke out of Normandy, the world's attention became fixed on the dramatic British and American armoured thrusts into the Rhine. The war in Europe seemed all but over. Far to the left, along the flank of the Allied Expeditionary Force, almost unnoticed, a battle was beginning on whose outcome hung not only victory but the possibility of disaster Under-strength, neglected by Montogomery and denied by Eisenhower the supposed which he had promised, First Canadian Army paid an appalling price in casualties to clear the Channel coast and open up the great port of Ant.;Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; LIST OF MAPS; AUTHOR'S NOTE; FOREWORD; PART ONE -- THE CHANNEL PORTS; 1: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE; 2: TO THE SEINE; 3: ESCAPE OF THE GERMAN FIFTEENTH ARMY; 4: THE CINDERELLA ARMY; 5: DUNKIRK AND OSTEND; 6: LE HAVRE -- OPERATION ASTONIA; 7: BOULOGNE -- OPERATION WELLHIT; 8: CALAIS -- OPERA TION UNDERGO; PART TWO- THE SCHELDT; 9: THE FORTRESS; 10: OUTFLANKING ANTWERP; 11: WOENSDRECHT; 12: WATER ENOUGH FOR DROWNING -- OPERATION SWITCHBACK; 13: BRESKENS POCKET -- THE BRAAKMAN APPROACH; 14: SOUTH BEVELAND -- OPERATION VITALITY; 15: WALCHEREN ISLAND -- OPERATION INFATUATE.