Canadian Battlefields in Italy: the Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers

Eric McGeer holds a PhD from the Université de Montréal and teaches at St. Clement's School in Toronto. He is the author of Words of Valediction and Remembrance: Canadian Epitaphs of the Second World War and several books on warfare and law in ancient Byzantium.Matt Symes has worked and taught extensively on the history of war and memory and is co-author of five battlefield guidebooks, including Canadian Battlefields 1915-1918: A Visitor's Guide. Symes was co-editor (with Geoffrey Hayes and Mike Bechthold) of Canada and the Second World War: Essays in Honour of Terry Copp.

• The Canadian Battlefields in Italy: The Gothic Line and the Battle of the Rivers by Eric McGeer with Matt SymesThe Gothic LineIntroductionThe Gothic LineBackgroundHistoryTo the Threshold of the Gothic LineBreaking the Gothic LineBreaking Green IIThe Rimini LineThe TourTour 1—To the Threshold of the Gothic LineTour 2—Breaking the Gothic LineTour 3—Breaking Green IITour 4—The Rimini LineThe Battle of the RiversIntroductionThe Battle of the RiversHistoryThe Advance to the Lamone (Operation ""Chuckle"")From the Lamone to the Canale NaviglioTo the SenioThe TourTour 1—The Advance to the Lamone (Operation ""Chuckle"")Tour 2—From the Lamone to the Canale NaviglioTour 3—To the SenioAdditional InformationTravel InformationSuggestions for further readingCanadian Order of BattleEpilogue

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