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Terrible Victory

First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign, September 13–November 6, 1944

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Terrible Victory

Auteur(s): Mark Zuehlke
Narrateur(s): James Conlan
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On September 4, 1944, Antwerp, Europe’s largest port, fell to the Second British Army and it seemed the war would soon be won. But Antwerp was of little value unless the West Scheldt Estuary linking it to the North Sea was also in Allied hands. In his greatest blunder of the war, Field Marshal Montgomery turned his back on the port, leaving the First Canadian Army to fight its way up the long coastal flank. By the time the Canadians and others serving with them reached the area, it had been transformed into a fortress manned by troops ordered to fight to the death. Crushing the Nazi defenders required all of the Canadians’ courage, endurance and skill. The battle that raged until November was Canada’s bloodiest of World War II, costing more than 6,000 casualties.

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This full written account of the Canadian war record is well worth listening to. It is unfortunately marred by the narrator’s mispronunciation of key words.
E.g. lieutenant and Regina

Well written and compelling history

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A very well written story severely undercut by a seemingly disinterested narrator. Words seem spoken without any understanding of their meaning or impact to the story or even sentence so that the structure of the writing is tragically lessened. The tone is maintained throughout and sounds more like a terrible corporate narrator than an earnest interesting storyteller. May as well have been read by a computer for the level of tonal range or gravitas.

Incredible tale read by a mechanical narrator.

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This book was recommended to me by a family member who experienced the war there when she was a 15 year old girl, she was impressed with this account of that time.

Recommended to me

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Terrible Victory is a great book. Mark Zuehlke writes a series that is a must for Canadian or WW 2 history buffs.
The reader is OK but it would be nice if he could pronounce some of the words correctly. Regina will never recover!

great history

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I’ve listened to this 3 times already and every time I learn something new about the campaign and the miserable conditions our soldiers faced. Look forward to more of Marks work.

Great Book

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