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Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Second Printing. pp. xv, 807. Extensive index and footnotes. Numerous fold-out colour maps and black and white photographic plates. Map endpapers. Second printing of the 1956 first edition. "Describes in detail Canada's part in the Italian campaign - the operations which began with the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943 and, developing into an arduous advance up the Italian peninsula, ended with the German capitulation in May 1945. Directed primarily to the general reader, and particularly to the Canadian reader who wishes to know what the Canadian Army accomplished and why its operations took the course they did." - Foreword. Gilt emblem and lettering upon publisher's red cloth. Prior owner's name and date discretely upon first blank leaf. Dust jacket not included. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound copy of this important and highly informative history. Enser p.96, Cooke [3rd Edn] p. 259.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; The Canadians in Italy 1943-1945 - Volume II (2): Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War , Canadian Army - Italy, Canadian Army - World War 1939-1945. Illustrated by Bond, Captain C.C.J. (illustrator).…