Men of Steel

Men of Steel
Authors
Horn, Colonel Bernd
Publisher
Dundurn
Tags
jnf025000 , history , jnf000000 , war
ISBN
9781554887088
Date
2010-05-03T00:00:00+00:00
Size
1.63 MB
Lang
en
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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.