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985058
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b739428
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Martin, Charles Cromwell,1918-
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Battle diary : : from D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee and VE /\ Charles Cromwell Martin with Roy Whitsed.
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Toronto :: Dundurn Press,, ©1994.
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1 online resource (xv, 191 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1281962325
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: 1282808982
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: 1554880920
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: 1770700749
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: 6611962328
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: 6612808985
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: 9781281962324
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: 9781282808980
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: 9781554880928
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: 9781770700741
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: 9786611962326
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: 9786612808982
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155002213X
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1550022148
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9781550022131
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9781550022148
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| Contents
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List of Maps; Foreword; Preface; Prologue: A Profile of Charlie Martin and the Times That Were; D-Day: Bernières-sur-Mer; Le Mesnil-Patry: A Price to Pay; Bray and Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse: Reinforcements Arrive; Patrols: The Silent Stalkers of A Company; Battle for Carpiquet Airport: Five Days of Bombardment; In-ground Living: Foxholes and Slit Trenches; Gaimanche: Hot Water and Clean Underwear; Battles of Colombelles and Giberville: An Objective Too Far; Grentheville, Bourquébus Ridge and Fontaine Henry: Beaches -- This Time Friendly; Quesnay Wood on the Road to Falaise: Hedgerow
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Robert-Mesnil and Maizières on the Falaise RoadMaizières: Scenes of Total War; After Normandy: The Changes Sink In; The Pursuit across France; Boulogne: The First Port; Calais: Bombs Dug In and Wired; The Scheldt Estuary, Bresken's Pocket and the Battle of Oostburg; The Last Pillbox at Bresken: And Joe Meagher's Wound; Support: Mortars, Carriers and Anti-tanks; The Nijmegen Bridgehead: Taking Over from the 82nd Airborne; The Day Bert Shepherd Kept Quiet; The Waal Flats at Nijmegen: A Minefield in the Dark; In the Rhineland: Teacups and Rum
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The Calcar-Udem Road: Mooshof and Steeg, the Rhineland's Toughest FightingHochwald-Balberger Wald Road; Rest Periods: Another Version; Crossing the Rhine; The Bridge at Rha and Its Buildings: First War Mud; The Village of Sneek: The Last Battle; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Appendices; A: Letters; B: The Big Two Bugle Newsletter of the Queen's Own; C: Signed Recommendations for DCM and MM Awarded to Charles Cromwell Martin with Letters of Congratulation; D: Honours Awarded to Members of A Company, The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
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| Abstract
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A fast-paced account by a soldier who was twice decorated. Charlie Martin, company sergeant-major in the Queen's Own, was with his beloved A Company in all of the significant Normandy actions.
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Martin, Charles Cromwell,1918-
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Martin, Charles Cromwell,1918-
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Martin, Charles Cromwell,1918-
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Canada.
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Canada.
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Canada.
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World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, Canadian.
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World War, 1939-1945-- Canada.
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Guerre, 1939-1945 (Mondiale, 2e)-- Récits personnels canadiens.
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Guerre, 1939-1945 (Mondiale, 2e)-- Canada.
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BIOGRAPHY AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Historical.
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HISTORY-- Military-- World War II.
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Canada.
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| Dewey Classification
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940.54/8171
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| LC Classification
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D811.M34545 1994eb
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| Added Entry
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Whitsed, Roy.
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