Men of steel
Subtitle: Canadian paratroopers in Normandy, 1944
By: Bernd Horn
Series: Canadians at war; Canadians at war (Toronto, Ont.)
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 116
ISBN-13: 9781554887088
Subjects: Canada; History; Canadian; Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945; Canada. Armée canadienne; Troupes aéroportées; World War, 1939-1945; Aerial Military operations; Juvenile literature; Military campaigns; Armed Forces; Ouvrages pour la jeunesse; Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st; Airborne troops; Histoire; Campaigns; Canadian Aerial operations; Opérations aériennes canadiennes; Campagnes et batailles; Canada. Armée canadienne. Canadian Parachute Battalion, 1st; Canada. Canadian Army
Description: "Take a trip back in time to the chaos and destruction of the greatest invasion in military history, viewed through the lens of Canadian paratroopers. Men of Steel is the exciting story of some of Canada's toughest and most daring soldiers in the Second World War" "In the dead of night, on 5/6 June 1944, hundreds of elite Canadian paratroopers hurled themselves from aircraft behind enemy lines. That daring act set the stage for the eventual success of the Allied invasion fleet. From aircraft formations striking out from England on a turbulent flight across the English Channel to the tumultuous drop over Occupied Europe and deadly close combat in the Normandy countryside, Men of Steel is a detailed account of Canadian paratroopers and their instrumental role in D-Day"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [105]-106.