MARK ZUEHLKE
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Juno Beach
Canada's D-Day Victory: June 6, 1944

By dawn of June 6, 1944, the rough seas facing three small resort towns in Normandy bristled with an immense armada. More than 6,500 ships prepared to disembark Allied troops in a do-or-die effort: D-Day. The 14,500 Canadians among them were to take “Juno Beach,” a five-mile-long stretch protected by a seawall, barbed wire, underwater obstacles, hundreds of mines and heavily armed German forces inside concrete bunkers, fortified houses, and trenches.

​This book recreates this pivotal day of World War II, from planning through attack. Falling through a black night, praying to land on target were the newly trained Canadian paratroopers, among the first Allies on French soil. Canadian soldiers, most untested in battle, crossed the English Channel during a night storm and ran off landing craft into a deadly sea.  Juno Beach  is their story, shared at last in the rich detail their achievement deserves.


Awards:
Editor’s Choice Award Winner for 2004 by Stone and Stone World War II Books.
2005 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize Finalist.
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Edmonton Journal
An exciting and moving narrative. It is distinctive in elevating the Canadians from footnote status to tell their own story.
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Quill & Quire
... destined to become the defining popular history of Canada’s D-Day battle. No other battle narrative comes close to the breadth and depth of detail, nor the clarity of presentation.
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Ottawa Citizen
A fine literary accomplishment. Zuehlke successfully recreates that fateful day.

​About the Author

Mark Zuehlke is an award-winning author generally considered to be Canada’s foremost popular military historian. His Canadian Battle Series is the most exhaustive recounting of the battles and campaigns fought by any nation during World War II to have been written by a single author.
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  • Home
  • About Mark
  • Military Literary Works
    • Canadian Battle Series >
      • The River Battles
      • Cinderella Campaign
      • Through Blood & Sweat
      • Forgotten Victory
      • Tragedy at Dieppe
      • Breakout from Juno
      • On To Victory
      • Operation Husky
      • Holding Juno
      • Terrible Victory
      • Juno Beach
      • The Gothic Line
      • Ortona
      • The Liri Valley
    • Military Heritage Series >
      • Brave Battalion
      • For Honour's Sake
      • The Gallant Cause
      • The Canadian Military Atlas
    • Rapid Reads >
      • Assault On Juno
      • Ortona Street Fight
  • Other Books
    • Elias McCann Mysteries >
      • Hands Like Clouds
      • Carry Tiger To Mountain
      • Sweep Lotus
    • Miscellaneous Publications >
      • Scoundrels, Dreamers & Second Sons
      • Magazine Writing from the Boonies
      • The Vancouver Island South Explorer
      • The Yukon Fact Book
      • The Alberta Fact Book
      • The B.C. Fact Book
      • Fun B.C. Facts for Kids
  • Excerpts
  • Battlefield Historian
  • Contact