The nation that will insist upon drawing a broad line of distinction between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking by cowards.
-- Sir William Francis Butler
Honest reappraisal of the Canadian experience in Normandy
Special focus on the struggle to close the Falaise Gap
Relies on archival records, including Bernard Montgomery's personal correspondence
John A. English presents a detailed examination of the role of the Canadian Army in Normandy from the D-Day landings in June 1944 through the closing of the Falaise Gap in August.