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	WarMuseum.ca - 4th Canadian Armoured Division
		Mobilized in September 1940, the 4th Canadian Division contained in its order of battle, the 10th, 11th and 12th Infantry Brigades.
		An armoured division called for just two brigades (in the case of 4th Armoured Division these would be the 3rd and 4th Canadian Armoured Brigades) and so only six of the original nine infantry battalions became armoured regiments, the remaining three battalions being diverted to other formations.
		The conversion of the division from infantry to armour - accomplished in the unbelievable period of only five months - was carried out by Major-General F.F. Worthington, known to all as Worthy, the founder of the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/armwar/units/11a4thdiveng.html (275 words)

	First Canadian Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canadian formations in the UK consisted of, by the end of 1943, three infantry divisions, two armoured divisions, and two independent armoured brigades.
		In 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, and 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division were detached from the Army for participation in the Italian Campaign.
		II Canadian Corps became operational in Normandy in early July 1944, as the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division landed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_First_Army (567 words)

	Canada at War - Page: WWII: The Falaise Gap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Canadian units of the 28th Armoured Regiment, 4th Armoured Division were stopped near Hill 140 on the second day of attack.
		According to the plan, the 2nd Canadian Corps, with the British 7th British Armoured and the Guards Armoured Divisions under command, was to take the suburbs southeast of Caen.
		The 4th Canadian Armoured Division, the last of Canada's invasion forces, joined 2nd Canadian Corps in the last days of July, taking the place of the 3rd Canadian Division, which had faced the Germans for 55 days straight.
	wwii.ca /page23.html (1715 words)

	ARMOURED ACORN - The Canadian Armour Website
		By Oct 1942 the 4th Armoured Division was retrained and in-theatre.
		Armoured divisions were reorganized with 1 armoured brigade and 1 infantry brigade rather than the 2 armoured brigades hitherto used.
		Armour: There were far too many types of tanks and other armoured vehicles used by the Canadian Army during WW2 to document here, consequently I will leave that type of study to others, or myself at some later date.
	www.armouredacorn.com /Products/CVM/Default.htm (3296 words)

	4th Canadian (Armoured) Division - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		The Fourth Canadian Division was mobilized in May of 1940, in response to the crisis in France.
		Upon arrival in the United Kingdom, the armoured car unit moved to II Canadian Corps, and in Jan 1943, when the establishment of armoured divisions were changed, one of the armoured brigades was replaced by an infantry brigade.
		Crossing the Seine in late August, the Division moved to the Somme, which was crossed on 2 Sep. Moving to the coast with the rest of First Canadian Army, the Division advanced into Belgium in early September, reaching the Ghent Canal and the beginning of the Scheldt defences.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division (776 words)

	Remember Canada
		Following the initial Allied landings on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, and the breakout from the bridgehead which saw the Canadians engaged in bitter fighting at Caen and Falaise, the First Canadian Army was assigned the task of clearing the coastal areas and opening the channel ports for vital supplies.
		In the meantime the 4th Canadian Armoured Division had resumed its advance early on September 6 and pushed forward, directed on the Belgian towns of Bruges and Eecloo.
		The 4th Bridgade then moved to the southern outskirts of Bruges to assist the 4th Armoured Division in that sector.
	remember.sympatico.ca /ww2/theBattles8.html (1127 words)

	Canada at War - Page: WWII: Liberation of the Netherlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Canadian Army's role in these final days of the war was to open up the supply route to the north through Arnhem, and then to clear the northeastern Netherlands, the coastal belt of Germany eastwards to the Elbe River, and western Holland.
		The 4th Division crossed the Ems River at Meppen and combined with the 1st Polish Armoured Division in thrusts on Emden, Wilhelmshaven and Oldenburg.
		the western Netherlands the 1st Canadian Corps comprising the 1st Canadian Infantry division and the 5th Canadian Armoured Divisions, under the command of Lieut.-General Charles Foulkes, was responsible for the liberation of the area north of the Maas River.
	wwii.ca /page52.html (1833 words)

	The 4th Armoured Brigade, Chapter V
		On the 26th 15th Scottish Division had reached the line St Mauvieu to Cheux and 11th Armoured Division were passing through to seize a crossing of the river Odon.
		By that time 29th Armoured Brigade, with 44th Royal Tanks also under command, had crossed the Odon near Baron: 159 Brigade were holding the area of the crossing and we were protecting both flanks between Cheux and the River, while 15th Scottish Division stepped up behind, taking over the ground gained by 11th Armoured Division.
		On the 5th we returned to the command of 7 Armoured Division, moving behind 22 Armoured Brigade through Aubigny, Vermelles, Carvin and Secin, crossing the Belgian frontier at Estambourg, finally halting with The Sharpshooters at Oudenarde, 44 Royal Tanks at Kerkhove and The Greys at Avelgem.
	www.warlinks.com /armour/4th_armoured/chapter_5.html (5052 words)

	Troops and Traditions - Second World War - From Colony to Country - Library and Archives Canada
		-- The Brigade : the Fifth Canadian Infantry Brigade, 1939-1945.
		As an infantry battalion in the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division from D-Day to the end of the war in North-West Europe, the Canadian Scottish Regiment was highly regarded
		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)

	Legion Magazine : The Liberation Of Belgium
		But for the veterans of 4th Canadian Armoured Division, memories are of the rapid advance north, the liberation of western Belgium and the brief bloody struggles at the Gent and Leopold canals.
		The division was ordered to pursue the enemy to the area around the town of Eeklo, northwest of Gent.
		Indeed, Canadians who visit the Vimy Memorial would do well to turn their eyes north, not just to the World War I battlefields of Ypres and Passchendaele, but to the World War II battlefields, memorials and museums.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/canadianmilitaryhistory/00-11.asp (2054 words)

	102nd (Wentworth) Field Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the summer of 1942 the Battery sailed overseas with the 4th Canadian Arinoured Division, of which the 8th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment was a component.
		This holding action permitted the armour and regular infantry of the division to prod the enemy to the east.
		As the 4th Division advanced in early April past the Rhine along the German-Dutch frontier, opposition remained determined and the terrain became less and less suited for armoured warfare.
	www.prole.demon.co.uk /middlesex/102w.html (1337 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Major-General George Kitching
		In Italy, he was transferred to the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, and placed in charge of the 11th Infantry Brigade on November 1st, 1943.
		Integrated within II Canadian Corps, the 4th Armoured Division reached Normandy at the end of July 1944, once the bridgehead had been solidly established, to replace the 3rd Infantry Division.
		Under Kitching, the 4th Armoured Division took part in operations Totalize (August 7th-10th, 1944) and Tractable (August 14th-16th, 1944), and in the closing of the Falaise Gap (August 17th-21st, 1944).
	www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-can-kitching-e.htm (322 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)

	Military History: Second World War: Liberation of France: Falaise
		General Montgomery, still in command of all land forces in Normandy, both US and British, always maintained that the primary aim of these battles was to draw all the German armoured forces against the Anglo-Canadian forces in the Caen area to allow a breakout by the Americans to the west.
		In addition to having to learn the art of war during the campaign, the units possessed a main battle tank that was seriously outgunned and underarmoured in comparision with the German tanks.
		The British and Canadian armoured regiments were equipped with the Sherman Firefly, which had a 17-pounder 76.2mm gun that could outgun all but the Tiger.
	www.lermuseum.org /ler/mh/wwii/inland.html (1185 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - Lieutenant-General E.L.M. Burns
		He was then entrusted with commanding the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, the creation of which had partly been his work.
		At that time, the 5th Division had been involved in the Italy campaign for some ten weeks: it was Burns' first experience as a commander in a combat situation, a positive one indeed as he was appointed commander of I Canadian Corps as early as March 20th, 1944.
		Tommy Burns was brilliant man, one of the brightest Canadian officers of his generation, and one of the few who gave serious thought to the nature of the military profession and who published extensively on strategic and tactical issues.
	www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-can-burns-e.htm (889 words)

	5th Canadian Armoured Division
		Following its redesignation from '1st Canadian Armoured Division', the bulk of 5th Canadian Armoured Division (officially “5th Canadian (Armoured) Division”) proceeded overseas in one main convoy, arriving in the UK at the end of November 1941.
		The division moved without its tanks and vehicles, inheriting that equipment (in a less than pristine state) as a legacy from British 7th Armoured Division in Italy where the Canadians campaigned until the end of 1944.
		As with other Allied armoured divisions in the Mediterranean, local resources were used to establish an additional infantry brigade, the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
	www.ufaqs.com /wiki/en/5t/5th%20Canadian%20Armoured%20Division.htm (266 words)

	The Hins World War II Collection - The Netherlands
		The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was involved in that operation and landed in a wooded area along the Wesel-Emmerich road.
		Although the First Canadian Army, as such, took no part in the crossings, the troops of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, under British command, participated in the crossing of the Rhine at Rees, and the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, still with the 6th Airborne Division, dropped successfully east of the river near Wesel.
		In the Western Netherlands the 1st Canadian Corps, comprising the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, and the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, under the command of Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, was responsible for the liberation of the area north of the Maas River.
	www.homepages.hetnet.nl /~pa3geg/Netherlands.htm (1776 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade
		In 1942 Ottawa took the decision to convert the entire division to an armoured formation, a move that required a considerable amount of re-organisation.
		these would be the 3rd and 4th Armoured Brigades) and so only six of the original nine infantry battalions became armoured regiments, the remaining three battalions being diverted to other formations.
		As of 1942 the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade comprised; the
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/armwar/units/11b4thbdeeng.html (219 words)

	normandy
		On the 6th of August at the conference of the C in C 21st Army Group Gen. MONGOMERY the O.C. of the Regiment was broadly acquainted with the task for the 1st Armoured Division included in the 2nd Corps of the Canadian Army.
		The Regiment, attacking with the 10 Armoured Brigade in the first line on the right wing of the Brigade, parallel with the 2nd Armoured Regiment had to reach the town of Couvicourt and from there to attack Estrees la Campagne.
		The exploitation along the Caen-Falaise road was to be made by the 1st Polish Armoured Division on the left side and the 4th Canadian Armoured Division on the right side.
	home.concepts.nl /~avalphen/info/24.pul.one.htm (2871 words)

	RCSigs.ca - RC Sigs Militaria Site History - 2 Canadian Special Wireless Section Type "B"
		The lowest level or most forward field Y units that existed in the Canadian Army were those assigned in support of a corps headquarters.
		So in terms of Canadian Army formations, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division was formed, then the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, and then 1st Canadian Corps Headquarters with support units, one of these latter units being No.1 Canadian Special Wireless Unit Type B. This was the unit I joined at its formation in December, 1940.
		The hold had been loading for a day or so with the 4th Armoured Division's tanks and guns: when the loading was finished the ship had about a five degree list to one side.
	www.rcsigs.ca /ViewPage/History/2CSWSectTypeB/Page/4 (3407 words)

	Branch 277 - Royal Canadian Legion
		Shortly before the Nazi Surrender, Colonel Cormack assumed command of all the artillery in the 4th Canadian Armoured Division under the acting rank of Brigadier.
		He joined the Legion of Frontiersman-Canadian Division in 1956 where he received the Efficient Service Medal, Canadian Division Medal, Centennial Medal, Austrian Medal of Merit, Provincial Command Medals of Merit, and Honorary Life Member before retiring as Alberta Commandant in 1981.
		He joined the Royal Canadian Legion in 1926 serving on various committees and held the positions of Zone Commander, Past Zone Commander, Past President of Branch #150, as well as Honourable President of Branch 277.
	www.geocities.com /RCLBranch277/cormack.html (617 words)

	The Hins' World War II Collection - Cemetery Groesbeek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Most of those buried here are Canadians who died in the heavy fighting in the battle of the Rhineland in February and March 1945.
		General Crerar, who commanded Canadian land forces in Europe, ordered that Canadian dead were not to be buried in German soil.
		Canadian airmen who died in Germany and were buried there were not moved into Groesbeek, but into Commission cemeteries in that country.
	www.homepages.hetnet.nl /~pa3geg/Cemgroesbeek.htm (440 words)

	Canada - Belgium - Veterans Affairs Canada
		The Allied forces, including the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade of the First Canadian Army, landed on the beaches of Normandy, France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
		Once the Battle of Normandy was won on August 25, 1944, the First Canadian Army was assigned the task of clearing the coastal areas and opening the English Channel ports for supplies vital to the Allied advance.
		Meanwhile, the 4th Canadian Armoured Division had resumed its advance on September 6 moving forward toward the Belgian towns of Bruges and Eecloo.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondwar/belgium/road (463 words)

	Canadian Heroes - Private Loren Nelson - Arrival in Europe
		Dutch children attending a Canadian Army sponsored Christmas Party were sent home with loaves of bright white bread.
		On the 4th of December the Regiment came under the command of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division, the bulk of the Regiment returned to Vlijmen the next day.
		On the frozen polders of Kapelsche Veer, Loren Nelson and the Lincoln and Welland Regiment fought one of the fiercest battles of the war.
	canadianheroes.org /loren/arrival.htm (624 words)

	4th Canadian (Armoured) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division was created by conversion of 4th Canadian Infantry Division at the beginning of 1942 in Canada.
		The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main convoys reaching the United Kingdom in August and October.
		The division spent almost two years training in the UK before crossing to Normandy in July 1944.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/4th_Canadian_(Armoured)_Division (175 words)

	GGFG - Governor General's Foot Guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The GGFG has made a conscious decision to give “Forceful” to the Canadian War Museum as it will be properly preserved in an appropriate setting and give visitors to the War Museum an appreciation for the contribution of the Guardsmen of the Regiment in World War II.
		The Regiment was converted to armour and re-designated the 21st Armoured Regiment (The Governor General's Foot Guards) on 26 January 1942.
		As a result of the reorganization of the Canadian armoured divisions in early 1943, the Regiment formed a part of 4th Armoured Brigade in 4th Canadian Armoured Division.
	www.cyberus.ca /~ggfg/Forceful.htm (867 words)

	Battle for the Scheldt - Military Photos
		I'm in Maldegem (on the map), which was liberated by 4th Canadian Cavalry Division (and, allthough not on the map, by Poles).
		In the past there were three ceremonies: one for the Canadians, one for the official Polish (communist) government, and one for the free Poles (those who followed the Polish government in exile in London, they actually formed the Polish division which liberated parts of Belgium and Holland).
		The Canadian soldiers are mainly buried in: Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery and Adegem Canadian War Cemetery in Belgium.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=77340 (1384 words)

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