On to Victory

The book is a testament to the persistence and tenacity of the Canadian soldiers. - Victoria News [On to Victory] reveals a far deeper engagement with the official records and a desire to place the story of the intense fighting into Germany and the liberation of the Netherlands into a wider context. Zuehlke succeeds in finding that middle ground between writing academic history and relying exclusively on strung-together eyewitness accounts. This is good history, told well, and makes for powerful reading. - Canada's History Every time a veteran dies, we lose another vital link with our history. That is why it is imperative to hear those voices now and to record those words if possible. That is why the work of Mark Zuehlke, the Victoria author who has written eight books on Canadian battles in the Second World War, is so vital. - Victoria Times Colonist Popular historian Mark Zuehlke returns to a key Canadian battleground in On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands. - Quill & Quire The eighth Canadian Battle Series volume details the little-told story of the tense final days of World War II, remembered in the Netherlands as 'the sweetest of springs'...Zuehlke brings to life this concluding chapter in the story of Canada in World War II. - History Magazine The previous volumes in Mark Zuehlke's Canadian Battle Series have proven to be an extremely popular addition to the literature on the Second World War. On to Victory will be no exception. - Chronicle-Herald