Canadian Army in Normandy Campaign 

thanks to the good brave Canadians thye liberate my home town in Belguim in september 1944, this what my grandparent told me

This man clearly knows what he is talking about and is doing a great service to Canada

Excellent! Thankyou. My Grandfather Pownall volunteered 1939-44. Left my mom was 5. Came home she was 10. This is his route. 2cnd Field Company Royal Canadian Engineers. Always wondered what he did for that long. Had he got to Holland for liberation.He said could not stand to see people starving. Would give away their rations. Or they would build bridges just too blow them up again. Landed on Juno Beach. One of the very few to come home. Went in A1 shape in Mid 30s. Came home D8. Had PTSD for sure. Hard of hearing. Lived to 90. Best man ever ,my mentor, missed deaply George Pownall. Was so blessed to have had him in my life.

Normandy was my Father's battle, 12th ss was usually in front of them...When Caen was plastered, he was on the point in a slit-trench; said many bombs came awfully close and didn't think anything could have survived...

Outstanding ... My father fought with the Canadians in the guards armour division driving a tank and nothing but the highest regard for your bravery. First rate explanation, well presented and excellent detail. More please. Ten out of ten.

Thanks for posting very interesting. Thanks to all Canadians who served and gave invaluable added strength in the fight against evil. Both on land, in the air and at sea 🇬🇧✌️

Great video, always interested as a Canadian to know more. When I was a kid back in the '60s, I had a friend whose Dad was a Canadian veteran of Normandy. He committed suicide when my friend was about 10 years old. It was extremely traumatic and my first experience with such a terrible tragedy. I have this memory of him as a very dark and brooding man. Little did I know this was called "PTSD" which they didn't treat in those days because "Real men" were expected to suck it up and not complain. Later on in my life, I learned how this guy had told stories of killing German prisoners after DDAy and experiencing heavy combat. Now I know he was a hero, but it's just so sad that he had to leave his wife and children by his own hand.

Thank you Grant for posting this video of Mr.Bradley's presentation, it was absolutely riveting!

The Canadian army earned so much respect from the Scots. They were a tremendously brave bunch of disciplined young lads. My late grand father kept up with two Canadians up until his passing in 1982. So many young souls never came home. Tonight I will remember them in my prayers. This presentation has been eye opening. Very informative. Thank you.

thks dad for making it back to-canada

My Great Uncle served. He survived the Dieppe Raid as a member of the RHLI. He made it as far as Operation Spring. The only Unit to complete their objective during Operation Spring. I believe he was injured and getting help to move back for medical help stepped on a land mine July 26, 1944. Gerald Thomas Belleau from Garden River First Nation. RIP my Great Uncle. I found his place of rest "Bretteville-Sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery" July 26, 1944.

Thank you for this. My Father landed at Juno, late morning of the 6th (or so I recall) S, D. & G.Highlanders. Many stories.

I knew Walter Wehage who served in the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He was injured on July 7th capturing Carpiquet airport. He returned to service later in the fall to fight again in Holland and ultimately survived the war. His group was knicknamed the Dirty Red Devils. There is a book about their exploits. Walter didn't talk much about the war, but every now and then he would want to talk. He didn't give many details, he mainly spoke in generalities. He was, however, very angry when he spoke of the atrocity at Ardenne Abbey. He was very proud that his group got the furthest inland on D Day. These were incredibly brave men. Excellent presentation. Thank you for sharing it.

Great presentation, good information, I have the deepest respect for that generation of Canadians, which I am proud to be a descendant of. Only shadow for me was when he mentioned that Meyer was made an honorary member of the PPCLI mess. I would have walked out of the mess in protest. There are limits to what I tolerate and pardon and that is over my limit. He did not fight with honour, did not properly respected the POWs. Had I been a PPCLI officer, I would have asked for a transfer, or turned my commission in. Unacceptable. IMHO obviously.

Its very simple Canadian losses were high because they were in the thick of it , and a heroic bunch of guys , their leaders were good the asks almost impossible...bless them !!

this an excellent account of our soldiers, thank you thomas bradley for setting the record straight. its frustrating that our contribution to WW2 is so often under-stated.

What can I say but this is one reason I am so proud to be Canadian

My Father fought for Canada in Holland on the Scheldt Estuary where the retreating Germans blew up the Dams and flooded the Countryside. The Dutch were starved and the advancing Canadian Army shared food while defeating the Germans. The Dutch Princess was protected in Canada and every year Holland sends 100,000 🌷 Tulips in thanks to the Canadian Liberators.

Very well done! I recommend Terry Copps book Fields of Fire the Canadian Army in Normandy.

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My Grandfather, Cpt. Robert Bayly Rowed (Medical Officer) was with the Canadians on D-DAY, through Caen and the rest of the war, without a day off. During one of the 18 major battles he was involved in he had to amputate limbs of over 100 men to save lives in their makeshift field hospital. He and my grandmother were family physicians in Oliver BC until he passed away in 1988. They in the UK during the war; she was from Edinburgh.

I was quite intrigued by this video to start. I am born Canadian thank you to my grandparents and Mom and Dad I am Canadian born and there is a reason Polish and Dutch made me. Any Canadian would never think the Canadians fought poorly. I’m alive today because of them.

the Canadians done fantastic,god bless Canada amen! my mum and dad were in wwii,mum a war worker,dad in british forces with AEC MATADORS.COULDNT PRAISE CANADA HIGHLY ENOUGH! AND QUITE RIGHT TOO.CANADA WE LOVE YOU

Very thorough and well-presented presentation, as a grandson of a trooper who parachuted in with the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, a bit more information on the important role they played in the battle of Normandy would have been noteworthy.

This information is so amazing! Well done!!

A fascinating talk. Thank you for sharing. What an immense sacrifice these brave men made for us.

Thanks for this vidéo, We ,the French people, use to say that we where save by the American guy ,in 06/44, we always forgot the young boy from your country who have paid with their life to deliver France from the Nazi . Triple salute from Paris.

There needs to be a good series like band of brothers made about some Canadian accomplishments in ww2.

Awesome and a pleasure to hear. One thing that the military is very adept at doing is to use a "lessons learned" approach in reflection of past military action. The humble nature of the Canadian, combined with this concentrated approach to learning from experience, can result in a tendency to be hyper-critical in order to take as much advantage of hindsight as possible. Historians are going to focus on these reflections and we are left wondering if too many mistakes were made when, in reality, the opinions do not bear the weight of the facts. All history books are written with the benefit of hindsight and it is common for opinion to seep into some of these writings even when not directly intended. Battle maps containing dispositions of German forces and written accounts of their moment to moment observations when combined with Canadian regimental histories prove the truth of the matter to be self evident. The Canadians will likely never get the credit and recognition that British and American forces have been given for what was, at times, far less extraordinary. A nation fighting under the umbrella of the British commonwealth in WW1 and often seen as the same in WW2, combined with a massive nation on its southern border are further reasons for Canada not receiving due credit. It was simply a case of national and world history creating a juxtaposition between Canadian self identity and the way the rest of the world thought of Canada, if, at all. It is to the credit of the affable and humble nature of the ferocious Canadian warrior that to come home and get on with the peaceful life he fought so hard for, takes precedent over accolades, awards and medals.

Meier should have been handed over to the Russians for conducting reprisals against civilians on the eastern front. Ironically Vokes himself ordered a reprisal in April 45. In Italy Vokes earned the nickname "Butcher" for willingness to sacrifice his own troops. This might have something to do with high Canadian casualty rates in Normandy.

WOW. Watched this documentary Thank You for making the world as it is today

I am proud to have started my career in Toronto, to live 15 minutes from a memorial to Canadians in this battle area, to have participated in a ceremony at Putot in the presence of the Governor 20 years ago. Proud , and thankful to be free and still alive, not far from Reviers.

Thank you Thomas Bradley for your outstanding presentation on the Canadian Army and their never say die fierceness. The ultimate compliment comes from your adversary, in this case, leader of the battle hardened SS. It pisses me off that some armchair quarterbacks would question and or criticize the incredible feats of the Normandy campaign by our brilliant overworked troops. They should be ashamed. Thank you for putting their criticisms exactly where they belong, where the sun don’t shine!

My Dad was there at the Falaise Gap with the SARS South Alberta Regiment his name was Douglas Alexander Griffin. I only wish i could find some pictures of him while he was there.

excellent presentation.

My dad was wounded during the battle for Normandy, having survived the carnage that was Juno Beach. He said he was wounded at th Gap, but, I finally discovered that he was actually wounded at Verrieres Ridge. He was a stretcher bearer with the Rileys.

Grant old Buddy. Good to c this Miles

Very well presented. Very Educational. Thanks for posting. Sad to hear of executions. SS standard procedure at Russian front from the sound of it. SS were paid back in spades.

I have seen photographs of the Royal Canadian Commandos. What part did they play in D-Day?

North Nova Scotia Highlanders fought at Authie and Buron on June 7th, and it was a lot more than two hours. I expect that they would not worry about what the SS thought of their fighting ability. They took a lot of pows which is not indicated in the stats presented and the 25th had a lot killed and wounded. It was a tank battle and an infantry battle as well which ended only when the communication got through to bring naval bombardment down on the position that night. Kurt Meyer was convicted of war crimes ....he knew and approved of what his men were doing as they executed North Novies. There are a lot of silly reactions to this guy and a lot of silly stories. He was thwarted on the 7th and the next 2 days and failed to meet his objective and to live up to his braggadocio....he retaliated. He left his men to fight while he retreated many times as he was pushed back across NW Europe. He was a criminal during the war and likely before it. Nothing to celebrate there. The men of the 9th Brigade,and on the 7th, the men of the 3 companies of NNSH who fought to the end in the orchards and fields against much larger numbers, are the men who should be remembered . A couple hundred of them didn’t get to have that beer.

Do you have any content on Canadian merchant marines

Thank you to all the Canadian commonwealth and Americans that helped defeat a very evil enemy

Excellent production.Juno beach was initially to be called "Jelly" but Winston Churchill had it changed.I read a quote from Uncle Adolf about the Canadian soldiers.."Those damn indians"..!! Rommel was in Germany for his wife's birthday and only Uncle Adolf could order reinforcements to Normandy but he was sleeping on June 6th to at least noon.

Good to hear. My uncle was with the same engineers

Absolute brilliance of the highest order. Canadian war rememberance history presented in accurate and unbias detail with a stroke of statistical genius. I'm sick of the over dramatized, hollywood propaganda I been fed my whole life finally my own country men laying the precious foundations of sacrifice at Juno and forward on

I’ve had it pointed out to me that because of the disastrous dieppe raid, the Canadians rehearsed the beach assault too much (which was very successful ) and the breakout not enough.

Great Presentation! Grant, tell me how do I find Thomas Bradley to invite him to do a presentation at our event?

7.20 "Nearly 150,000 Allied troops landed or parachuted into the invasion area on D-Day, including 14,000 Canadians at Juno Beach. Total Allied casualties on D-Day reached more than 10,000, including 1,074 Canadians, of whom 359 were killed. By the end of the Battle of Normandy, the Allies had suffered 209,000 casualties, including more than 18,700 Canadians. Over 5,000 Canadian soldiers died." D-Day and the Battle of Normandy www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/normandy-invasion

so there was something that was called the CanLease program where Canadian jr officers went to lead in British regiments so we did have an experience problem in our jr officer corp but our troops seemed to adapt and overcome it rather quickly

Historically speaking the Canadian army performed much better when they were under direct Canadian leadership and Canadian military planning. Just look at the record of Canadian general G Simmons, many times general Montgomery called upon him to formulate a plan to break a dead lock. Especially the battle of leading up to the Rhine River crossing. Sadly general Montgomery use the Canadians and any Commonwealth soldiers as shock troops mainly because he did not have to account for Commonwealth deaths to the English government. Same as with the Australian troops in the Southwest Pacific there is absolutely no reason the Australians could not have fought independently under their own leadership, you have to remember the Australian government had the guts to pull their 7th division out from under Montgomery's command and bring them back to Australia. And the ultimate kick in the teeth for the Canadian soldiers were that general Montgomery made sure that Canada did not get an area of occupation in Germany. It is ironic that the Canadian people and military contributed so much and got so little out of the war, the country of France who had a marginal contribution militarily wound up getting their own area of occupation. Are firmly believe Canada would have performed very well under direct Canadian leadership and planning,.

16.00 Imperial War Museum: "In February 1944 the USAAF launched Operation ‘Argument’, or as it became known, ‘Big Week’. This was a series of systematic attacks on aircraft assembly plants. The factories proved more resilient than expected and production was only partially affected, but results in the air were better. The Luftwaffe, already pulled back from France and other fronts to defend Reich airspace, was now being decimated by free-ranging US fighters." www.iwm.org.uk/history/d-day-and-the-aerial-battle-for-normandy

4.20 Canada didn't have the luxury of being able to pull a division out of the line because no Canadians were required to serve overseas unless they volunteered until November 1944 and only a few thousand were in Europe before the war ended. Newfoundland was not part of Canada at that time and was considered "overseas" service. Conscription in Canada www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/conscription

I'm curious to know, how many were in the 12th SS on D-Day+1?

Very good video, but doesn't really mention anything about the North Nova Scotia Highlanders except the images on the video. 12 of the pow's were NNS Highlanders and 6 were sherbrooke fuiliers that were executed in the gardens at the Ardenne abby.

This dude for Prime Minister

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My grandfather and my great-uncle were two of the many native Canadian volunteers. They were overseas for five years but I have no idea what battles they were involved with or what divisions they were part of etc. All I know is they did their duty and did kill Nazis.

thank you sir well done. I knew about the war crimes but I did not know about him becoming a member of the ppcli mess. how the hell did that happen please tell me they didn't know about his history

The cover photo is Lt Garth Web of the RCA.

I'll bet those German Staff cars really enjoyed seeing those Canadian Tanks running up their lines.

God bless the Canadians............excellent troops undoubtedly - but I would say a few things here that need some sort of balance as inadvertently it gives a false impression of the British at Normandy He fails to mention: - 1) The Canadians at Normandy were probably expected to make quicker progress as they had less German strongpoints to overcome - the speaker is incorrect in saying Juno was the 2nd most defended after Omaha. British Gold sector had 28 German strongpoints, British Sword sector had 27 German strongpoints including 2 'Stutzpunkten' which were a sort of extra-strong defensive position including 'Strongpoint Hillman', the Canadian sector had just 7 strongpoints. Hillman strongpoint included steel cupola defensive lids, mines and extensive wire, and at least 10 machine gun posts, and it was finally taken after a ferocious battle by the 1st Suffolks by 8.30pm. They were faced by the bulk of 21st SS Panzer Division yet they moved on to Levisey Wood by midnight, some 5-6 miles inland, almost level with the Canadians. 2) No credit is given to British at Juno - their were 14,000 Canadians, and 7,000 British including 48 Commando who cleared the German defences immediately behind Juno Beach which made progress in this sector easier. 3) The Canadians had twice as much field artillery (anti-tank artillery) than the divisions in the adjoining British sectors, and were the largest division overall that landed, comprising 144 artillery guns and howitzers plus their own divisional artillery. 4) The attack by the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) was supposed to have been supported by the elite 21st Panzer Division but they could not disengage from fighting the British 3rd Infantry Division and were still at Couvre, as a result the right flank was open and being probed by Canadian tanks. Some Canadians came across little opposition on D-Day after the battle at the beach, and were able to move inland with the bulk of the Canadian force by-passing Buron and moved on Authie. So the greatest distance inland claim is a bit deceptive, only 3 tanks reached Carpiquet Airfield after little opposition and had to retreat to stay with the remainder of the division. 5) The only division to achieve all their objectives on D-Day were in fact British 6th Airborne Division, though it seemed likely the Canadians would have if not ordered by Dempsey to stay in line with the other sectors. 6) There was a huge discrepancy in pay between British troops and American /Canadian troops who received almost twice as much as their British counterparts. Although this arguably would not affect performance, it was a cause of great bitterness amongst British troops, unable to buy local goods when French shop-owners realised American or Canadian troops were in the area. Other than that the Brits and Canadians got on very well, but it did create envy and a sense of being under-valued. 7) The speaker is incorrect when he states that Juno saw the 2nd highest Allied casualties after Omaha, though he would have been making that incorrect statement based on information previously available. Unfortunately the British failed to keep official death rates on D-Day, and only recently via grave count has this been clarified. In the first 24 hours following the invasion the Americans had 6,603 casualties at Omaha and Utah, the British 2,700 at Sword and Gold, and the Canadians 946 at Juno. Importantly, in terms of deaths, the latest 2024 estimates of deaths by the Commonwealth War Crimes Commission have recently revised death totals on D-Day (6th June) itself based on grave counts - 2,501 deaths in the US sector (nearly all Omaha,) 1,760 deaths on the two British beaches (mostly Sword around 1,400), and 370 deaths on Juno. The count on British beaches had previously been massively under-estimated. The Canadians suffered 18,444 casualties, the British 63,865, and the Americans 124,394 casualties. The fighting had been as bitter as anything experienced in WW1, with 2,354 casualties a day to the Allies. By the end of August 1944, all British infantry divisions had lost 75% of their initial fighting strength. But in fact Omaha and then Sword were by some way the most bloody sectors, then Juno and Gild similar, followed by relatively blood-free Utah. So simply trying to give some balance because each sector had its unique issues.

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So Canadian. He ends up drinking moose milk with those little fish during the New Years levy. Excellent video, as a veteran I agree, Canadians do not appreciate our service.

USS Barnett APA-5 DEPLOYMENTS - MAJOR EVENTS BARNETT Add a APA-5 Shellback Initiation Add a APA-5 Deployment - Major Event Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event SEP 1940 - Commissioned: 25 SEP 1940 APR 1942 - Shellback Initiation - 23 APR 1942 - Atlantic Ocean APR 1944 - AUG 1944 Mediterranean JUN 1944 - Shellback Initiation - 6 JUN 1944 - Pacific Ocean APR 1946 - Decommissioned: 30 APR 1946 APA-5 GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS Class: McCawley-class attack transport Complement: 491 Officers and Enlisted Displacement: 9600 tons Length: 486 feet 6 inches First ship to land delivered General Teddy Roosevelt who commanded the landings when the troops reached the beaches with no concern for his safety. My Uncle Don Wells was an Ensign on the USS Barnett. He talked about dropping General Roosevelt off. They took on wounded. He never talked about the gore only saying it was "Hell." He turned 100 Saturday. He went around to schools as part of a Kiwanis program around Alexandria, Va. with veterans to discuss WWII with them. He went to Sicily after that for a landing, and then on to the Pacific never talking about it.

Nice vid man good job , what bugs me is not just Canadians not knowing what our troops went through it's the rest of the world most think we had it easy that is soooo not true in truth Canadian troops had the hardest battles through out the war, I've seen vids where ppl would say Canada too too long to reach there objective during the Fa-lease pocket but what ppl don't understand is that they had to fight the 12ss which was at the time the Germans elite of the elite not an easy nut to crack and that's just 1 battle , and in most cases were out gunned and out numbered with no reserves .

Thank you, Canada. For guarding freedom, on my N flank. Hoping I - for one - can hold, just a little S of you.

Didn't the British have an officer exchange program where they took many officers and put them in British units, my grandfather said ther Germans would say if ther was an army with German officers and Canadian troops they would b almost unstoppable

Attacking a BRIDGE is a Bridgehead. Attacking a BEACH is a Beachhead.

Kurt Muir, murdered so many, then cowarded out when he knew he was gonna lose. Then turning him into some type of a Hero!? Good thing he didn't me me if I captured him, justice would have been served in a flash!!! Many of my Uncles fought there, I'm so proud of them.

Mongomery kept the Canadiuans and British divisionss in the East flank because that is where the bulk of the German armour were saituated. He knew the Americans would not be as good at fighting those heavy divisions so he got them on the other end of the battle. The Canadians artillery were very good and so were the troops, tough as old boots too. I read an account of the Canadian artillery and tank men, they had a hard fight to get Caen and won it. Casualties in Normandy for all armies was compared to WW1 figures, frightening to the generals of the British because we had no more men to take up the slack. Normandy was a killing ground.

In their first real engagements in Normandy, Canadians took on the 12th SS and effectively destroyed two regiments that were supported by armor. They took Carpiquet, Caen and eventually took out Wittmann and his SS panzer bros. It sounds like they did pretty well, so the myth of Canadian inferiority is perplexing. They get extra thumbs up for killing some fucking Nazis.

We didnt hold the beach we broke it, are you daft. We gained the most ground that day

Canadian army have proved time and time again the best allied soldiers in WW1 and WW2. Ask the Germans.

Canadians never mention the hostility of french canadians to participate

FROM WHAT I SAW THOSE BOMBINGS, AND SHELLINGS JUST BEFORE THE LANDINGS DID VERY LITTLE TO DESTROY GERMAN POSITIONS. I'M JUST WONDERING IF JUST BEFORE THOSE LANDINGS TONS OF SMOKE BOMBS WERE DROPPED TO MASK ALL TROOPS ON THOSE MANY BEACHES. FROM WHAT I SAW IN FILMS OF THOSE LANDINGS OUR TROOPS WERE AS EASILY SEEN AND PERFECT TARGETS. DID THIS NEVER OCCUR TO EISENHOWER??

I am German and I hate war. The Canadians fought bravely but we also have to mention that would have never had chance to beat the Germans if they had to fight against the Germans without the British and Americans .

If only the rest of the world was like Canda.

FLAG FAIL!!! In June 1944 fought under the Union Flag of the United Kingdom (of GB and NI). On August 1st 1944, Canadian forces adopted the RED ENSIGN of Canada and later the Blue Ensign. The Maple Leaf flag was not adopted until 1965.🇬🇧 Similar too but not identical with 🇫🇯

The brits and yanks have never given any credit to the allied unit's that fought beside them - The Germans how said that the sides they feared the most were Australians , Nepalese and the Canadians because they would actually fight them

And now you know why the Canadians had a reputation for not taking any SS soldiers prisoner...paid back in spades

I got to the end of the video and I have to take issue with "Canadian justice". Yes, we don't operate like the Nazis did, then or now. But you have left out an important part of the story. After the SS murder of Canadians, many Canadians (and British and Americans as well) got revenge by killing many German prisoners. It was a savage and ruthless fight. It's not a story that Canadians like to remember, but it happened. I can understand why. The SS and the fanatic HItlerjugend was the worst of the worst. Kurt Meyer must have provided valuable intelligence to the Allied command and that's why his sentence was commuted, because he definitely should have been executed for ordering the execution of captured prisoners.

Na verdade os Canadense... pegou o osso mais duro no desembarque da invasão da Normadia... usar capacete igual tijela!

kurt meyer got 9 years for the murder of canadian soldiers, that was disgusting. we were too nice. canadian soldiers kick ass forever and always. rip boys, and women of the canadian army that always is the first to come to the aid of the mother country.

Canadian armies at juno! Juno! I cant take your credibilty seriously if you cant name all the beaches our allies landed on!

Montgomery criticized the Canadian Army to the point of scapegoating. Especially about the Germans escaping through the Falaise Gap.

With the greatest respect to all the Allied forces in WW2, he failed to mention, the Canadian landing at Juno was geographically the easiest. There were no cliffs or high sea walls, just a slope into farmlands. When one gives details of meeting objectives, one should maybe give all the details as to why others didn't make theirs. Should one wonder what the casualty rates may have been, if they had to fight through the bocage area? Again, I give the greatest respect to all that fought in the Allied forces.

From what i read and gathered Under the direction of Gen Montgomery As he knew of German strengths down to the areas of Gold Juno Sword from gathered intell on German movements He placed the Canadians in the the heaviest of the SS And armor The idea being Why use up British forces when you have Canadians. Let them do the hard work and if the lose By then we shall have the Left and right flanks covered And the other way around if we shall need reinforcement From the German side They planned two options renforce and fight on the left flank And push the Americans back and cut off the Canadians And sweep up over the britsh from behind and infront Or Defend and counter attack towards the Canadian and British forces and turn into the American side Again from notes of the Americans They had many issues getting on the Beaches and being where they needed to be Had the Germans dug in and reinforced Utah It might have not changed to winning the fight But I think it would of set the Americans to hold on sending more troops in And get the Canadians to help with the flanks Leaving the British to cover ground only Grandfather Served with the Lincoln and Welland regiment of the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division Which seen action start in Tilly-la-Campagne Just after Caen Onward to the Netherlands

Pound for pound, the most victorious and accomplished of the Allied effort. Time and again. (And I'm a Yank, btw.).

Some might say Montgomery's planning used the Canadians badly.

In less then 3 minutes you angered a candian national

Two German bad words...Canadian and American.

almost a reverse of 1066,, is this guy talking a lot of bs or what

canadians against the baby division

"Battle of Cah." Monty's first big failure in N France... hardly his last.