Table of Contents
Preface 1
Acknowledgements 3
Maps 5
Introduction Do the Job 13
Part 1 Winter On the Maas
1 The Most Important Bit of Ground 31
2 Back to Trench Warfare 43
3 Differences of Opinion 58
4 Roll of the Dice 76
5 War Is a Bitch 93
6 The Small Thorn 109
7 No Profit in It 124
Part 2 Veritable
8 A Terrific Party 145
9 To the Last Man 160
10 Opportunity Is at Hand 176
11 Never to Be Forgotten 192
12 Into Hitler's Germany 206
13 The Water Rats 223
14 Heavy Going 239
15 Into Hell 256
16 Pitched Battle 271
17 Sheer Guts and Determination 288
Part 3 Blockbuster
18 All This Is Good 303
19 Toughest Scrap 314
20 Dash and Simplicity 331
21 Push On Through 348
22 Hunker Down and Pray 363
23 Bitter, Close-Range Fighting 377
24 Nothing Must Delay Us 393
25 Take the Company Through 409
Epilogue: The Cruel Winter in Memory 421
Appendix A Principal Commanders in the Winter of 1944-45 426
Appendix B The Canadian Army in the Rhineland Campaign 428
Appendix C Canadian Infantry Battalion 432
Appendix D Canadian Army and German Army Order of Ranks 433
Appendix E Army Decorations 435
Notes 436
Bibliography 474
General Index 484
Index of Formations, Units, and Corps 495
About the Author 501
