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	Normandy Invasion
		On 6 June 1944, after almost a year of special assault and combined operations training, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Maj-Gen R.O.D. Keller) and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade (Brig R.A. Wyman) were part of the Allied forces which attacked the Normandy coast of France in Operation Overlord.
		In the Canadian sector the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division (Major-General C.) and 4th Canadian Armoured Division (Major-General G. Kitching) arrived to form the Second Canadian Corps under Lieutenant-General G.G. With these and additional forces, the First Canadian Army (Lieutenant-General H.D.G.) took over command of the eastern part of the Allied front.
		Canadian forces suffered 18,444 casualties during the Normandy fighting.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005784 (344 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the days to follow, 18 Canadian prisoners would be summarily executed at the Abbey of Ardenne by the 12th SS (Hitler Youth Division) under the command of Kurt Meyer.
		Canadians soldiers were “excited, but not nervous” in the days leading up to the invasion, he stated.
		The 3rd Infantry Division, supported by the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade, was to head inland to the city Caen and even beyond to the airfield at Carpiquet, 11 miles from the coast.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=3561 (1351 words)

	VICTORY CAMPAIGN, Failure at Les Mesnil-Patry: 11 June 44
		Planning begun on 10 June for an enterprise by the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade south of Norrey-en-Bessin was based on the assumption that the main attack was to be made on 12 June.
		Headquarters 1st British Corps, under which the Canadian division was still operating, logged at noon on 11 June a message from the 30th Corps concerning an attack then being launched by the 69th British Infantry Brigade in the area about Bronay.
		The most important development on the Canadian front during the latter part of the month was the relief of the 7th Brigade in the Putot-Bretteville-Norrey positions by the 8th.
	www.warchronicle.com /canadian_third_div/historiantales_wwii/victorycampaignmesnil.htm (1011 words)

	3rd Canadian Infantry Division Gallantry Decorations 1945 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Canadian First Army was to play a decisive role in the final offensive by the northern Army Group to clear the west bank of the Rhine before the final thrust on Berlin could begin.
		By March 1, the advance zone of resistance was cleared and the 3rd Division began its role in the attack on the main defensive line, called the "Hochwald Layback" by the Canadians.
		During this period, Canadian soldiers of the 3rd Division were awarded 77 gallantry awards for courage in battle.
	www.ncf.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /~em575/rhine.htm (523 words)

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		Though the young soldiers of the division were uncertain of what actually awaited them, the first acts in a conflict that would claim most of their lives were being performed.
		The one reverse the Canadians suffered on 8 June was caused by the 2nd Battalion's assault against the unprotected flank of the 7th Brigade.
		Canadian radio interference was overcome and German artillery and mortars saturated the village with high-explosives before the Hitlerjugend stormed across a railway bridge in front of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles' "A" Company.
	home.att.net /~SSPzHJ/Haller.html (6084 words)

	Third Canadian Division
		The Division covered itself with glory in several hard fought campaigns, and was disbanded at the end of the War.
		The Division moved to England in the summer of 1941 to be joined by the Camerons of Ottawa, arriving from garrison duty in Iceland.
		The Division faced many difficult obstacles such as the Leopold Canal, but the Scheldt Estuary had to be secured for water traffic into the port of Antwerp, and clearing the "Breskens Pocket" to help achieve this took most of October.
	thirddivision.freehosting.net /third_canadian_division.htm (872 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| World War II \| World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy
		Organized in Antwerp, Belgium, in July 1943, the 12th SS Hitlerjugend Division, of which the 25th was part, had been formed around a cadre of veterans from the 1st SS Panzer Division, the army and the Luftwaffe.
		Canadian anti-tank guns hit four or five of the tanks, and the Hitlerjügend crews' inexperience showed as they turned away while trying to retire.
		The Canadians had recovered from their initial surprise, and now their artillery had found the range and was heavily shelling the area.
	historynet.com /wwii/blboysoldiers (1410 words)

	3rd Canadian Division - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Division distinguished itself in several hard fought campaigns, and was disbanded at the end of the First World War.
		A duplicate division was raised for duty with the Canadian Army Occupation Force in 1945.
		The Division was formed in France in Dec 1915, and served in France and Flanders until the Armistice.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=3rd_Canadian_Division&printable=yes (279 words)

	ASSAULT DIVISION excerpt: British 3rd Div on D-Day
		Half an hour later they were followed over by the 3rd and 5th Parachute Brigades of the 6th Airborne Division who were going to land in the close strip of country between the Orne and the Dives to protect the left flank of I Corps.
		Already the Division was face to face with the 21st Panzer Division, thought to have been from 10 to 30 miles south of Caen.
		The 3rd Division had done more than all that was expected of them once details of enemy dispositions were known.
	www.warchronicle.com /british_3rd_div/historiantales_wwii/assaultdivdday.htm (10701 words)

	Index CEF Helmets
		On the helmet is a painted cap badge for the 8th Canadian Infantry Battalion, (Black Devils), 1st Canadian Division, Winnipeg Manitoba.
		A GOC, 3rd Div, dated 18 Nov 1918 ordered that all helmets in the 4th Canadian Division were to be collected at Battalion level and be painted grey.
		A fellow collector, John Pierson, contacted me with his astute observation that the color of the stenciled badge on 3rd Division grey painted helmets seems to correspond to the brigade and to the patch color.
	www.kaisersbunker.com /cef/helmets (982 words)

	3rd Canadian Infantry Division Gallantry Decorations 1945 (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On February 26, as part of Operation BLOCKBUSTER, II Canadian Corps launched an attack to clear the advance zone of resistance covering the Hochwald.
		The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was to seize the southern anchor of this zone.
		In this area, the terrain was flat and without cover for 1800 yards in all directions, except for scattered stone farmhouses which the Germans had turned into strongpoints.
	www.ncf.ca.cob-web.org:8888 /~em575/cosens.htm (589 words)

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		A pair of Canadians were poking and prodding him with their rifles to see if he was alive.
		Moreover, the Canadians would be the first to reach their D-Day objectives out of all of the Allies.
		The green troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division would prove to be as stubborn in defence as the Germans were ferocious in attack.
	combatmission.com /canada/articles/D-Day_-_The_Canadian_Experience.doc (1313 words)

	CEF Formation Patches
		Officers of the 2nd wore a gold hand embroidered "CII" (Canadian 2nd) on the blue rectangle of the formation patches and officers of the 4th wore a gold hand embroidered maple leaf on the green rectangle of the formation patches.
		Officers in the 2nd Canadian Division wore a gold hand embroidered "CII" (Canadian 2nd) on the blue rectangle of the formation patches on both shoulders.
		Officers in the 4th Canadian Division wore a gold hand embroidered maple leaf on the green rectangle of the formation patches on both shoulders.
	www.kaisersbunker.com /ceftp/patches.htm (575 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars
		As with its sister reconnaissance units in Normandy, the 12th Manitoba Dragoons and the 8th Recce, the 17th Duke of York's RCH was tasked with obtaining information of the ground and the enemy for its formation commander.
		Unlike the two armoured reconnaissance regiments in First Canadian Army, the South Albertas and the 10th (Polish) Mounted Rifles, it was not expected to have to fight to obtain its information although many times recce soldiers were forced to shoot their way out of trouble.
		Amalgamated in 1958 with its sister regiment, the 6th Duke of Connaught's Royal Canadian Hussars, the unit today is known as the Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal) and is a tank regiment in 34 Canadian Brigade Group.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/armwar/units/11l17dyrcheng.html (336 words)

	D-Day June 6th 1944 The Canadian Beach Juno (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The plan to reach each division's objectives was designed taking into account the natural defensives of the beaches, the strength of the German troops, and the strength of the Atlantic wall.
		division under the British Second army was given the responsibility of taking Juno Beach.
		Canadian Armored regiment (Fort Garry Horse) landed on Nan sector.
	www.stormpages.com /junobeach/juno_plan.html (296 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - D-Day
		On June 6th, 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Armoured Brigade were tasked with establishing a bridgehead on the beach codenamed "Juno".
		The 3rd Infantry Division, under Major-General R.F.L. Keller, was under command of the Second British Army.
		It was flanked on the left by the 3rd British Infantry Division that was to land on Sword beach (Lion-sur-Mer, Langrune-sur-Mer).
	junobeach.org /e/2/can-eve-rod-nor-e.htm (1984 words)

	1st Hussars
		The regiment also formed B squadron of the Canadian Light Horse cavalry regiment, and fought in both the mounted and un-mounted roles until the end of the war.
		In support of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, it captured the channel port of Calais, silencing the German cross channel guns.
		With the arrival in NW-Europe of 1st Canadian Corps in April 45, the regiment supported 1st Canadian Division in its attacks towards Apeldoorn, which resulted in cutting off +80,000 German troops.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Barracks/4674/1Hus.html (664 words)

	HyperWar: The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Historical Summary [Chapter 11]
		On 30 May, the move to the "marhsalling areas" began, and by 3 June the majority of the men of the 3rd Canadian Division and the 2dn Canadian Armoured Brigade were embarked in their various landing ships and craft in the waters about the Isle of Wight.
		The Canadians were to attack with two brigades forward, the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade, commanded by Brigadier H.W. Foster, assaulting on the right sector astride the mouth of the Suelles, while the 8th, under Brigadier K.G. Blackader, would land on the left sector, including Berni&egrace;res and St. Aubin.
		On the Canadian front, there were four self-propelled regiments, equipped with 105-millimetre "Priests" (for the 3rd Division had been given an extra regiment for the assault); each fired at one of the main strongpoints.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/UN/Canada/CA/OpSumm/OpSumm-11.html (7694 words)

	The 3rd Canadian Division in 1914-1918
		7th Brigade colour was green, and each battalion had a distinctive green shape: the Royal Canadians had the circle, PPCLI the semicircle, 42nd the triangle and 49th the square.
		8th Brigade colour was red, and each battalion had a distinctive green shape: 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles had the circle, 2nd the semicircle, 4th the triangle and 5th the square.
		The Division was initially without its own artillery, but was supported from 20 March 1915 by that of the Lahore Division which remained in France when that Division left.
	www.1914-1918.net /3candiv.htm (317 words)

	Canadian Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canadian Corps was a World War I corps formed from the Canadian Expeditionary Force in September of 1915 after the arrival of the 2nd Canadian Division in France.
		The Corps was expanded by the addition of the 3rd Canadian Division in December of 1915 and the 4th Canadian Division in August of 1916.
		In February of 1917 the organization of a 5th Canadian Division began but in February of 1918 before it was fully formed, it was broken up and its men used to reinforce the four divisions fighting at the front.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Corps (653 words)

	Canadian Genealogy and History Links - National
		Canadian Families A collaborative research project by 11 scholars in 5 Canadian universities studying families in Canada, and compiling a national sample of the 1901 Census of Canada.
		The Canadian West The intent of this exhibit is to give a general impression of the nature, variety, and vastness of the records pertaining to the settlement process that relate to western Canada, and in doing so, show how these records might be used by researchers.
		Canadian Heroes The exploits and accomplishments of two great Canadians who went to Europe to fight for what was to be the greatest challenges of their young lives.
	www.islandnet.com /~jveinot/cghl/national.html (8609 words)

	3rd Canadian Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Canadian Corps - 3rd Canadian Division – World War I. The 3rd Canadian Division was formed in France in December of 1915 under the command of Major-General M.S. Mercer.
		While with 3rd Division at Ypres, Mercer would become the highest-ranking Canadian officer killed in action in World War I. Brigadier V.
		Williams, commanding 8h Brigade, became the highest-ranking Canadian officer captured in World War I, also at Ypres.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/3rd_Canadian_Division (224 words)

	The Second Battles of Arras, 1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Canadian Corps : 1st, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Divisions, 4th Division, and Brutinel's Brigade.
		Brutinel's Brigade, under the command of Brig-General R.Brutinel, consisted of the 1st and 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigades, the Canadian Corps Cyclist Battalion, and a section of lorry-mounted trench mortars.
		Canadian Corps : 1st and 4th Canadian Divisions, 1st Division, 4th Division, and Brutinel's Brigade.
	www.1914-1918.net /bat29.htm (157 words)

	Canada in the Second World War
		The Royal Canadian Air Force contributed a squadron during the Battle of Britain and 48 other Canadian squadrons fought during the war.
		Canadian soldiers were used on the raid on Dieppe in France in August 1942.
		The 3rd Canadian Division and second armoured brigade took part in the invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWcanada.htm (512 words)

	Juno Beach 6th June 1944 - Canada on D Day
		Juno Beach was the sector allocated to Major General R.F.L.Keller's 3rd (Canadian) Division on D Day.
		The casualties from the action are buried at Beny sur Mer Canadian War Cemetery.
		At Graye sur Mer is a good example of a Churchill AVRE belonging to 26th Assault Squadron RE, part of 79th (Armoured) Division attached to the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /juno_beach.htm (267 words)

	First World War.com - Who's Who - Louis James Lipsett
		Louis James Lipsett (1874-1918) was the last British general to command a Canadian division in the field and the last to be killed in the First World War.
		During his spell in Canada Lipsett was responsible for training Arthur Currie, the later commander of the Canadian Corps during the First World War.
		He was subsequently appointed Currie's successor as commander of 2nd Canadian Infantry Brigade when the latter was given charge of 1st Canadian Division; and he was placed at the head of 3rd Canadian Division in June 1916 following the death of its then-commander Major-General Mercer.
	www.firstworldwar.com /bio/lipsett.htm (563 words)

	3rd Canadian Division (CAOF) - www.canadiansoldiers.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		3rd Battalion, The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
		By this time, all arms were wearing regiment/corps identification on their upper sleeves (or on their shoulder straps, in the case of artillery units) and therefore, the only formation patches to be worn were ones shown at left.
		Also, volunteers for the Canadian Army Pacific Force attached the hexagonal badge of the CAPF to their division patches.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=3rd_Canadian_Division_(CAOF) (297 words)

	Military.com Content
		1110: 101st and 4th divisions linkup on Utah securing the first exit from the beach.
		1800: Elements of the 3rd Canadian Div, North Nova Scotia Highlanders reach five kilometers inland.
		Canadian Scottish link up with the 50th Division at Creully.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1/?file=dday_timeline (347 words)

	Spearhead AAR
		Royal Canadian Engineers were called in on the next turn and the valiant grenadiers were eliminated in fierce hand-to-hand close combat.
		The antitank guns, few in number, were unable destroy many Canadian tanks, and were quickly put out of action with a few well-placed salvoes of high explosive ammunition.
		Over on the Canadian left flank, a German armored column, consisting of approximately a battalion of Pz IV tanks with infantry riders appeared in an attempt to flank the Canadian force.
	www.ctgameclub.org /sprhdaar.htm (658 words)

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