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	1st Canadian Infantry Division - Biocrawler
		The division was sent to fight on the Western Front in France in February 1915.
		During World War II the division was mobilized on 1 September, 1939, even before the formal declaration of war, with the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade.
		The 1st moved from Italy as part of Operation Goldflake in March 1945, finishing the war in the Netherlands with Canadian 1st Army.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Canadian_1st_Infantry_Division (413 words)

	The Canadian Encyclopedia
		These members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, half of them in 47 Canadian squadrons and half serving in a wide range of British units, were prominent in all aspects of air warfare, and especially in the bombing offensive that destroyed Germany's cities.
		Canadian Infantry Division was one of five Allied assault divisions that landed that day, the greatest amphibious invasion in history.
		The Canadians were a spearhead in those offensives, pushing in from February to April 1945 across fortified rivers in the Netherlands and western Germany, against an enemy that showed little sign of weakening until the very last days.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=ArchivedFeatures&Params=A2155 (1471 words)

	1st Canadian Infantry Division - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		In the 1st Brigade were The Royal Canadian Regiment, The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment from eastern Ontario, and Toronto's 48th Highlanders under Brigadier Howard Graham, a lawyer, Militia stalwart, and former Hasty P's officer.
		While part of the 1st Division loosened the enemy's grip on this town, the 3rd Brigade, temporarily under the command of the British 78th Infantry Division, assisted that formation in the Dittaino Valley.
		On 3 Sep 1943, the 1st Canadian and British 5th Infantry Divisions moved across the Strait of Messina in the vanguard of the Eighth Army.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division (3338 words)

	Trenches on the Web - Special: The Second Battle of Ypres, Apr-1915
		Upon their landing in Flanders, the 1st Canadian Division was assigned a sector in front of the Belgium city of Ypres, a place where the Allied line had pushed a bulge-like incursion into German-held territory - the Ypres Salient.
		The result was that relatively few were totally overcome (the 1st Division lost only 228 men injured by gas however many had lasting effects of varying degrees that would plague them the rest of their lives).
		Second Ypres proved to be the worst battle the 1st Canadian Division would fight in the course of the war, however its result was the starting point of the strong reputation Canadian troops developed during the war.
	www.worldwar1.com /sf2ypres.htm (2265 words)

	Troops and Traditions - Second World War - From Colony to Country - Library and Archives Canada
		-- The Brigade : the Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939-1945.
		The Royal Canadian Regiment was an infantry battalion in the 1st Canadian Infantry Division throughout the campaigns in Sicily, Italy and North-West Europe
		Canloan was a programme that loaned Canadian junior officers to serve in the British infantry battalions that faced a leadership shortage in 1944-45.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /military/025002-7034.02-e.html (2190 words)

	The Dieppe Raid: A Tragedy In 1942 - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and ...
		Canadians bore the brunt of the casualties at Dieppe, with 907 killed, 2,460 wounded and 1,874 taken prisoner by the Germans.
		Canadian units were stationed all along the South coast after their arrival in the very earliest months of the war.
		The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade left Britain in late June 1943 for the invasion of Sicily on July 10.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /trlout_gfx_en/TRA13494.html (1983 words)

	Lord Strathconas Horse (Royal Canadians) // Regimental History
		This account is based on a report submitted to the Historical Officer of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division by Lieutenant Perkins, together with excerpts from the Official History Volume II The Canadians in Italy; Lord Strathcona's Horse (1939-45); the Regimental History of the Westminister Regiment (Motorized); and other official sources.
		In the fall of 1943 the 5th Canadian Armoured Division sailed to Italy to join the 1st Canadian Infantry Division which had been in action since June, with landings in Sicily, and was now a seasoned formation in the renowned British 8th Army.
		Headquarters 1st Canadian Corps in Italy became operational on 9 February 1944 with 1st and 5th Canadian Divisions under command, on the static winter front near Ortona, on the Adriatic coast.
	www.strathconas.ca /bmenu_history_melfa_river.php (1869 words)

	2nd Canadian Infantry Division Information
		The 2nd Division conducted Operation Jubilee, a large-scale raid on Dieppe, France in August 1942 with the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades, suffering extensive losses in the landing and the ensuing withdrawal.
		The 2nd Division's role was a general advance south of the junction of the Odon and Orne rivers, but by 19 July, in the face of fierce resistance as well as poor weather, the division came to a halt.
		The Canadian Army was ordered south; while the armour made its preparations to move on the 14th, the 2nd Division busied itself with preparatory attacks, crossing the Laize River at Bretteville-sur-Laize and southward for two days, recrossing the river at Clair Tizon and threatening the main German defensive line along the Falaise Road.
	www.bookrags.com /2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division (5189 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : 27th Polish Home Army Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The division initially aided local self-defence units during the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and fought against the Ukrainian Uprising Army.
		The division was surrounded by the Germans near Kowel on April 2.
		The remnants of the division withdrew westwards, crossed the Bug river on June 7 to the Parczew forest near Lublin.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /27th_Polish_Home_Army_Infantry_Division (442 words)

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		Usually the direct organization of the division consists of one to four brigades or regiments of the combat arm of the division along with a brigade or regiment of combat support (usually artillery) and a number of direct-reporting battalions for various specialized support tasks (often reconnaissance and combat engineers).
		The first division sized formation raised by the Canadian military was the First Contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; raised in 1914, it was renamed the Canadian Division in early 1915 when it took to the field, and became the 1st Canadian Division when a 2nd Canadian Division took to the field later that year.
		A Third Canadian Division (Canadian Army Occupation Force) was raised in 1945 for occupation duty in Germany, organized parallel to the combatant Third Division, and a Sixth Canadian Division (Canadian Army Pacific Force) was undergoing formation and training for the invasion of Japan when the latter country surrendered in September 1945.
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	1st Canadian Infantry Division - about 1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division - human edited encyclopedia
		The division was mobilized even before the formal declaration of war, with the 1st Canadian Infantry Brigade, 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade, and the 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade.
		The 1st Division halted its advance at the banks of the Senio to take up winter positions in late December of 1944 (movement was hindered by the wet Italian winter).
		The division was finally moved from Italy as part of Operation Goldflake in March 1945, finishing the war in the Netherlands with Canadian 1st Army.
	encycl.opentopia.com /term/1st_Canadian_Infantry_Division (437 words)

	France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com
		As a result of the 1942 Canadian raid on Dieppe, it was also decided not to try to capture a port by direct assault from the sea in the initial landings.
		The 21st Panzer division guarded Caen, and the 12th SS Panzer division was stationed to the south-east.
		The exception was the 352nd Infantry division, which defended Omaha beach, and the tenacity of their defence was responsible for the high casualty rate there.
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	The War on Land_Introduction
		In December 1939 the 1st Canadian Infantry Division – the first of several Canadian formations to go to Great Britain – sailed for England to begin intensive training for the war in Europe.
		Other Canadian troops were sent to Iceland where they served on garrison duties with British forces in 1940 and 1941.
		Canadian soldiers breaching the Gothic Line in Northern Italy described it as one of the finest battles ever fought in the history of the 8th Army, 26 August, 1944.
	www.virtualmuseum.ca /Exhibitions/Militaris/eng/land/land_i1.html (262 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms - Khaki Drill and Jungle Green
		The Division remained in the area north of Ortona until April 1944; in the interim, it came under command of I Canadian Corps headquarters, which was created with the arrival of a second Canadian division in the theatre in January.
		The division moved to the UK at the end of 1941, and in 1943 was heavily reorganized, moving to a new organization calling for one brigade of infantry and one of armour.
		As the Canadian Corps became operational, the division's gun supported the assault on the Gustav Line, and the division followed through the breach in the Hitler Line created in May by 1st Canadian Division, followed by stiff fighting at the Melfa River.
	members.shaw.ca /madorosh/divscan.htm (693 words)

	20th Field Regiment (RCA) - Home Page
		In early 1940 as part of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, the Regiment was put on 24 hours notice to move to France, but Dunkirk and the Fall of France altered these plans.
		During its stay in England the Regiment was under the command of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions, 5th Canadian Armoured Division, Headquarters Corps Medium Artillery, and the 1st and 2nd Canadian AGRA.
		In August, 1943, the 8th Army Field Regiment was attached to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division as the additional regiment for its role as an assault Division for the invasion of Normandy.
	www.army.dnd.ca /20FIELD_ARTILLERY/history4.htm (490 words)

	World War 2: A World at war
		The 1st Canadian Infantry Division arrived in Scotland on the 17th December 1939.
		The division was not sent to France as it was planned to sent it to Norway.
		This Brigade was redesignated 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade in August 1943 and its Tank regiments became Armoured regiments mentioned above.
	groups.msn.com /WorldWar2AWorldatwar/allideunitsintheitaliancampaign.msnw (130 words)

	First Canadian Infantry Division - Italy
		The 1st Canadian Infantry Division although having been sent to England from Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1939 wasn't thrust into the war until three years later when it arrived in Sicily as part of the British Eighth Army.
		The Canadians using infantry, tanks and artillery were for a long time unable to wrest this objective from the Germans and lost many brave men to the Germans guns.
		The Canadians were, at the end of hostilities in Italy, sent to bolster the forces fighting in the Netherlands, Belgium and Holland.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/canadas_military/77211 (564 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The invasion of Sicily was a major Allied amphibious and airborne operation involving American, British, and Canadian forces, tasked with taking the island from the Axis forces (Italy and Nazi Germany).
		The Canadian 1st Infantry was included at the insistence of Canadian Military Headquarters in the UK, a request granted by the British, displacing the veteran British 3rd Infantry Division.
		The Canadian forces were initially commanded by Major General H.L.N. Salmon who was later succeeded by Maj. Gen.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Operation_Husky (1862 words)

	The War Begins - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Canadian coastal defences were quickly manned, militia regiments, mobilized even before the outbreak of war, intensified preparations, and volunteers flocked to the colours.
		In December units of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division sailed for Britain, the first of thousands that were to serve overseas during the war.
		The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division began arriving in England in the summer of 1940, and together with the 1st Division, the 1st Canadian Corps, under Lieut.-General A.G.L. McNaughton, was formed.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/canada2/warbeg (647 words)

	Allied invasion of Italy information - Search.com
		The British 5th Infantry Division would land in the north of the 'toe' while 1st Canadian Infantry Division would land in the south.
		The British 1st Airborne Division would be landed by sea near as a diversion near the port of Taranto in the 'heel' of Italy (Operation Slapstick).
		Approximately eight German divisions were positioned to cover possible landing sites, including the Hermann Goering, the 26th and 16th Panzer, the 15th and 29th Panzergrenadier and the 1st and 2nd Parachute.
	www.search.com /reference/Allied_invasion_of_Italy (1316 words)

	Society of the First Infantry Division - The Big Red One - History
		Three infantry regiments in each division were eliminated as tactical units; replaced by five "battle groups" (smaller than regiments, larger than battalions; designed to move and fight on nuclear battlefields).
		As the rest of the Division arrived, it was separated into five base areas: Division Headquarters and the Support Command were at Di An; the 1st Brigade, at Phuoc Vinh; the 2nd Brigade at Bien Hoa; the 3rd Brigade at Lai Khe; and Division Artillery at Phu Loi.
		The Division's initial mission was to provide a covering force for the 1st Armored Division units returning to Germany, and then to continue to implement the military aspects of the General Framework Agreement for Peace.
	www.1stid.org /history (5942 words)

	missing-lynx.com - Reviews - Tools of the Trade: Equipping the Canadian Army
		But their first unit, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, arrived in the UK short of most material and found that the British Army was also woefully short, and did not have anything to share.
		The Canadian 1st Infantry Division was rushed to France in early June 1940, only to be turned around and sent back to England during Dunkirk but minus all of the heavy weapons and kit they had painfully managed to accumulate.
		Their equipment was generally British pattern with a few Canadian touches – mostly the superior Ford and Chevrolet trucks from Canada as well as the best Commonwealth-produced SP gun of the war, the Sexton, which combined the chassis of the Canadian Ram cruiser tank with the 25-pounder.
	www.missing-lynx.com /reviews/canada/canada_csewell.html (932 words)

	BBC - WW2 People's War - Canadians in Italy, 1944
		The 1st Division was recognised by General Montgomery to be a first-class fighting unit.
		As the 1st Infantry Division was withdrawing it was overtaken by some units of the 5th Armed Division, who made it known to all and sundry that it would now show the 1st Canadians how to fight.
		As the two British Armed Divisions, the 1st Armed (Desert Rats of Gulf fame) and 6th Armed, were fully occupied with their own British Corps, the British 25th and 21st Tank Brigades, with their Churchill tanks, were volunteered for the task.
	www.bbc.co.uk /ww2peopleswar/stories/38/a2061938.shtml (1759 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Major-General Christopher Vokes
		With the 1st Infantry Division, he served as Adjutant General, Assistant Quartermaster General, General Staff Officer, grade 1, and as Officer Commanding the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
		On November 1st of that year, Vokes was appointed commander of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and promoted to Major-General.
		On December 1st, 1944, Vokes, was given command of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
	www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-can-vokes-e.htm (582 words)

	History of the First Canadian Division
		Men had answered the call to arms from all parts of Canada: from the cities, the lumber camps and the forests, from the prairies of the west and the farms of the east, from the Rockies, the shores of Hudson Bay, the banks of the Yukon river and the St. Lawrence seaway.
		At this final review the First Canadian Contingent was led past the saluting base by General Sam Hughes, the man whose name, more than any other, would be linked in history with the 1st Canadian Division; he had cause to be proud of the fully armed and fully equipped men who marched past that day.
		On 27 March the 1st Canadian Division was relieved from the line and sent to rest at Estaires.
	www.greatwar.co.uk /westfront/armies/britishunits/1cdndiv.htm (1956 words)

	Hobby
		The battle for the small town of Ortona in December 1943 was the culminating event of a six-month campaign undertaken by the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade through Sicily and Italy.
		The 1st Fallschirmjager Division was formally created in April 1943 in the South of France, the direct descendant of the 7th Flieger Division.
		Stubbornly fighting alongside their Luftwaffe cousins in the Hermann Goering Division, the 1st FJ Division formed the rearguard for the other German units to escape from Sicily, before successfully withdrawing themselves on the night of 16/17 August.
	www.flamesofwar.com /Default.aspx?tabid=53&art_id=251 (2693 words)

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