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When the German capitulation in Europe came on May 8
– VE Day – celebrations swept the continent. Festivities also
spilled into the streets of Halifax, Ottawa, Sudbury, Regina, and
Vancouver back home. It was a sweet day and a bitter one for
millions of people whose lives had been changed forever by nearly
six years of global war. This volume of wartime remembrance
carries the reader from the early days of the Second World War –
through the struggles in western Europe, Italy, and Hong Kong to the
Canadians' ultimate march to victory that began on D-Day in 1944 and
culminated in VE and VJ Day, more than a year later.
From interviews, research, and images originally gathered by
father and son writing team Alex and Ted Barris, best-selling author
Ted Barris has broadened this revised edition to include stories of
Canadian heroism in the Pacific war, accounts of Canadian war
correspondents battling to beat the censors, more first-hand
impressions from the Canadians who liberated Europe – and from the
civilians they liberated in Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, and
finally Holland. On the eve of the 60th anniversary of VE Day this
book gives voice to that generation who won the world a second
chance.
The Days of Victory text is enhanced by 32 pages of
personal/archival photographs and maps. |
