Holding Juno

Canada's Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944

By: Mark Zuehlke

Narrated by: Kyle Munley

At D-Day's end, the Canadians, who had landed on Juno Beach, were six miles inland - the deepest penetration achieved by Allied forces on this infamous day. But every soldier on this front line knew worse was yet to come. For in the darkness the Germans were massing, intent on throwing them back to sea. With dramatic intensity, Holding Juno re-creates the ensuing battle and ultimate Canadian triumph and includes fascinating first-person soldier accounts as well as photos and maps.

©2005 Mark Zuehlke (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

Book wrecked by narrator.

While Mr. Zuehika's material is top notched it is often made suspect by Mr. Munley's mispronunciation. Words like PIAT, RAM, Haida are all badly pronounce, he even mispronounced adjutant.

Even though I know these mistakes aren't Mr Zuehika's fault such basic mispronunciations can not help help but cause the listener to question the overall accuracy of the book.

The fault for this I lay squarely at the feet of the book's audio director, better care should have been taken to ensure words were properly pronounced.

Which is a real shame because Mr. Zuehika's 'just the facts' primary document prose is excellent. Especially for such a critical book which covers a period that has been given lip service by so many historians. If D+1 to D+7 was better covered outside of academia maybe such units as the 12th SS wouldn't be lionized the way the are today.

great book

loved it!! very interesting and well worth the time. I highly recommend this to anyone.

Great Author, Terrible Reader

The author documents the events of the war from a Canadian perspective masterfully. The reader seems completely unaware of the subject matter, as common military terms are misread. Also, although I haven’t read the source material, the reader frequently pauses at odd time mid sentence.