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	France Hotels, Paris Hotels and the France Travel Guide - France.com
		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.
		The failure of the 3rd Division to take Caen, an overly ambitious target, on the first day was to have serious repercussions on the conduct of the war for well over a month, seriously delaying any forward progress.
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	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
		The 7th Reconnaissance Regiment was the armoured unit of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the North-West Europe campaign
	www.collectionscanada.ca /military/025002-7034.02-e.html (2190 words)

	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.
		The Canadian Army was ordered to launch several massive armoured and infantry attacks towards Falaise.
	www.canadianencyclopedia.ca /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005784 (344 words)

	WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN 3RD INFANTRY WEBSITE!
		Forming part of the British 6th Airborne Division, which dropped on the eastern flank of the bridgehead was the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion.
		The crossing of the English Channel was made through lanes that minesweepers of the Royal Canadian Navy helped to clear; Canadian naval guns joined in hammering the enemy's beach defences; and some of the 3rd Division's units were carried in Canadian landing ships and put ashore by Canadian assault landing craft.
		It was hoped that by nightfall the two British divisions to their left and right would have taken Caen and Bayeux and the Canadians would be astride the road and railway linking the two towns.
	www.canadian3rdinfantry.ca /history.html (826 words)

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		It was to be assaulted by the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division, the 7th Brigade landing at Courseulles in Mike sector and the 8th Brigade landing at Bernieres in Nan sector.
		The objectives of the 3rd Division on D-Day were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the Carpiquet airport west of Caen, and form a link between the two British beaches of Gold and Sword on either side of Juno Beach.
		By evening the 3rd Division had linked up with the British 50th Division from Gold Beach to the west, but to the east the Canadians were unable to make contact with the British 3rd Division from Sword beach--leaving a gap of 2 miles into which elements of the German 21st Panzer Division counterattacked.
	www.sportscience.org /personal/UK-2004/Normandy-Toure-Text/Normandy_0010.htm (455 words)

	Juno Beach Centre - D-Day
		At midnight, the 6th British Airborne division, which included the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, dropped off north of Caen to protect the eastern flank of the landing area.
		The 3rd Infantry Division, under Major-General R.F.L. Keller, was under command of the Second British Army.
		With the fighting moving inland, the 3rd Division deployed its reserves: the 9th Infantry Brigade, supported by the 27th Armoured Regiment.
	www.junobeach.org /e/2/can-eve-rod-nor-e.htm (1984 words)

	Canadian Army 1939-40
		The 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade was raised in Quebec and the Maritimes.
		The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was formed on 5 September 1940 and concentrated in the Maritimes at Camp Debart, Nova Scotia and Camp Sussex, New Brunswick.
		The battalions of 11th Canadian Infantry Brigade assembled at Camp Borden, Ontario on 11 October 1940 and the brigade HQ was formed in December.
	home.adelphia.net /~dryan67/orders/canada.html (1902 words)

	Canadians in Belgium
		During the month of September the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was fully occupied in clearing the Channel Ports, Boulogne, and Calais, and eliminating the enemy's cross-channel batteries at Cap Gris Nez.
		The 7th Infantry Brigade was assigned the initial assault across the Leopold while the 9th Brigade would mount an amphibious attack from the northern or coastal side of the Pocket.
		Thus the formidable Beveland Canal was outflanked and the 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade began a frontal attack in assault boats.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/1695/Text/canada.html (2957 words)

	Juno Beach D-Day memorial open, Canada's first
		Canadian naval guns helped pound the landing zones and Canadian landing ships and assault landing craft were employed in the assault.
		Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien prepares to lay a wreath at Courseulles-sur-Mer during the inauguration of the Juno Beach museum on the 59th anniversary of the D-Day landings.
		Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien (L) is escorted by French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin, during a WWII Canadian veteran military parade, at the end of opening ceremony of Juno Beach center.
	www.talkingproud.us /Military060803.html (1908 words)

	Articles - Battle of Normandy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		British 6th Airborne Division, comprising 8th and 9th Parachute Battalions of 3rd Parachute Brigade and the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, airlifted and delivered by parachute and glider to the east of the River Orne to protect the left flank.
		The U.S. 4th Infantry Division was able to press inland relatively easily and succeeded in linking up with parts of the airborne divisions, which had helped secure the beachhead and confuse the enemy prior to the landings, with heavy casualties.
		The 3rd Division's failure to take Caen, an overly ambitious target, on the first day was to have serious repercussions on the conduct of the war for well over a month, seriously delaying any forward progress.
	www.topron.com /articles/Battle_of_Normandy (5708 words)

	Combat Mission HQ-Annex
		The Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force were principally the first of Canada’s combatants to see action against the enemy, although some of Canada’s ground forces did land briefly in France in 1940, only to be evacuated almost as soon as they had disembarked.
		Infantry Brigade consisted of “C” Coy of the Canadian Scottish Regiment, and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles Regiment with “A” Squadron of the 1
		Infantry Division, were three battalions of divisional artillery, which was made up of a mixture of guns captured from the French, Poles, Czechs and Russians.
	www.combatmission.com /canada/articles/dday1.asp (3956 words)

	Clearing the Breskens Pocket: Operation Switchback - Veterans Affairs Canada
		Canadian Infantry Division encountered tenacious German resistance as they fought to cross the Leopold Canal and clear the Breskens pocket.
		Two precarious, separate footholds were established, but conditions for the Canadian troops were horrendous as the enemy recovered from the shock of the flamethrowers and counter-attacked.
		Canadian Infantry Division still had to fight to free the towns of Breskens, Fort Frederik Hendrik, Oostburg, Zuidzande and Cadzand.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondWar/belgium/switchback (559 words)

	3rd Canadian Infantry Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Operation OVERLORD called for the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division to be the assault division on Juno Beach, the 6-mile-long beach that lay between Gold and Sword Beaches.
		D-Day objects for the Canadians were to cut the Caen-Bayeux road, seize the airport west of Caen, and make contact with forces from both Sword and Gold Beaches.
		The Canadians faced a tough ride in and the delay gave the tide extra time to further move in.
	www.normandyallies.org /3canhist.htm (532 words)

	D-Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The lst and 29th Infantry Divisions of the U.S. V Corps were to land at Omaha.
		Attacking Gold Beach would be the 50th Infantry Division and the 7th Armored Division, both of the British XXX Corps.
		In the British I Corps, the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division would be landing at Juno and the British 3rd Infantry Division at Sword.
	mars.acnet.wnec.edu /~grempel/tours/normandy/D-Day.html (1635 words)

	Dogface Soldiers: The Story of B Company, 15th Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, From Fedala to Salzburg: Audie Murphy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As this is written, the 3rd Infantry Division is still in Iraq, fresh from its part in a stunningly swift and successful victory over of the army of a dangerous autocrat.
		This is the fourth time since 1918 that the 3rd Infantry Division has done so, for its previous victories include the liberation of much of France from German occupation in 1918 and 1944-45, and the defense of the fledgling Republic of Korea from the aggression of the north Korean and Chinese Communists in 1951-53.
		At the outbreak of war in 1941, “the 3rd Division was told to prepare for a mission in the Atlantic, and to train extensively for amphibious warfare, since the first task in combat would probably be a landing operation.”
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	ipedia.com: Military history of Britain during World War II Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The British airborne formation involved was 6th Airborne Division, with the British seaborne divisions being the 3rd Infantry Division and 50th Infantry Division.
		In the last great amphibious operation of the war in Europe, British Commandos and Canadian troops captured the island in the late autumn of 1944, clearing the way for Antwerp to be opened and for the easement of the critical logistical problems the Allies were suffering.
		The only moves in Holland that the Canadian and Polish forces made for the remainder of the war were reducing a small amount of the coast of the IJsselmeer that had not been captured and liberating a small amount of territory around Groningen.
	www.ipedia.com /military_history_of_britain_during_world_war_ii.html (13340 words)

	Articles - Battle of the Scheldt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The First Army was comprised of the Canadian II Corps, which included the Polish 1st Armoured Division and the British 49th and 52nd Divisions and the British I Corps.
		The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division's 7th Brigade made the initial assault across the Leopold Canal, while the Canadian 9th Brigade mounted an amphibious attack from the northern or coastal side of the pocket.
		Then the 3rd Infantry Division's Canadian 8th Brigade was called to move southwards from the coastal side of the pocket.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Battle_of_the_Scheldt (2521 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		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)

	The Normandy invasion (from World War II) -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the British 3rd Division, with French and British commandos attached.
		It was assaulted on June 6, 1944 (D-Day of the invasion), by units of the U.S. 29th and 1st infantry divisions, many of whose soldiers were drowned during the approach from ships offshore or were killed by defending fire from German troops placed on heights surrounding the...
		Includes a discussion of the Canadian forces' unsuccessful attempt to defend Hong Kong against the Japanese, the raid on Dieppe, the Italian campaign, the Normandy invasion, the Pacific war, and the liberation of the Netherlands.
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-210430 (1160 words)

	Sword Beach: 3rd British Infantry Division's Battle for the Normandy Beachhead: 6 June-10 June 1944 (Battleground ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This volume meticulously details the landings of the British 3rd Infantry Division and 27th Armored Brigade on the easternmost sector of the Allied invasion of France on D-Day.
		Unlike most British divisions which used towed 25-pounder howitzers, the 3rd Division had acquired three battalions of US-made 105mm M7 "Priests" for the landing, and trained to fire from landing craft.
		After clearing the beach defenses, the 3rd Division had four primary missions: to link-up with the British 6th Airborne troops at Pegasus bridge, to send a reinforced brigade to seize Caen, to secure the western flank against counterattack and to eliminate the remaining German strong points in sector.
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	James Doohan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doohan's father, who worked at times as a dentist, pharmacist, and veterinarian, is said to have invented a high-octane gasoline in 1923, but according to Doohan's autobiography, was an alcoholic who tormented his family.
		At the outbreak of World War II, aged 19, Jimmy Doohan joined the Royal Canadian Artillery, and was eventually commissioned as a lieutenant in the Winnipeg Rifles, 13th Field Regiment, D Company, part of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division sent to England in 1940 for what became years of training in beach assault tactics.
		Despite his wounds, Doohan remained in the military, trained as a pilot for the Royal Canadian Air Force, and flew an artillery observation plane, though he was once labeled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Forces".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/James_Doohan (1468 words)

	The Globe and Mail: We fought them on the beaches
		Canadian soldiers stormed Juno Beach on the Normandy coast; by the end of the day, 340 were dead and 574 wounded.
		The significance of the six days, during which the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division repulsed the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division, is that it saved not only Juno Beach, but also the British beachheads.
		Canadian soldiers lying in shallow slit trenches at night in an orchard as the massive German tanks crunched through the trees and rode over the trenches; men evaporating in a cloud of red from an artillery explosion; rows of German and Canadian bodies stacked like cordwood along a roadside.
	www.theglobeandmail.com /servlet/story/RTGAM.20050603.bkjuno0604/BNStory/SpecialEvents (1062 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade
		The 3rd Army Tank Brigade was raised on 1 January 1943 following a reorganization of the Canadian Armoured Corps in Britain.
		In August 1943 it was selected to be part of the D-Day invasion force in support of the units of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.
		This formation rarely fought as an entity, its primary role was infantry support and thus its regiments were usually individually tasked out to infantry units to participate in particular operations.
	www.warmuseum.ca /cwm/armwar/units/11g2ndeng.html (363 words)

	U.S. 3rd Division WWII Reenacting
		During World War One, the Division earned the nickname "The Rock of the Marne" for it's outstanding performance in one of the pivotal campaigns of the war.
		After the fall of Rome four months later, the Division was withdrawn from Italy, and landed in Southern France to create the "hammer" to the "anvil" of the armies that landed in Normandy.
		The "Rock" fought it's way into Germany, and at the end of the War was one of the few American Divisions to have been in combat continuously from the start to the end of the American involvement, and still end up in Germany at the finish.
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	Arlington National Cemetery:: Visitor Information
		The 3rd Infantry Division monument was approved by President George Bush on 29 September 1988 in Public Law 100-456.
		Famed World War II Medal of Honor recipient Major Audie Murphy of the 3rd Infantry is buried along the flagstone walkway in section 46 of the left (south) side the curved part of Memorial Drive.
		3rd Infantry veterans including General Lloyd Ramsay, U.S. Army (retired) place a wreath there each Memorial Day and Veterans Day after their Army Wreath Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.org /text/3d_infantry_division_text.html (202 words)

	Juno Beach - The Canadian Landings On D-Day
		Each Brigade group was comprised of 3 infantry battalions (regiments), and supported by an armoured regiment, 2 artillery field regiments, combat engineer companies and extra units such as Armoured Vehicles, Royal Engineers (AVRE's).
		The first wave of Canadian infantry was brought into shore by LCA's landing at 7:55.
		The fierce battles were won by the bravery of the individual Canadian soldiers and the collective actions of their regimental units.
	members.shaw.ca /junobeach/juno-4-0.htm (631 words)

	3rd Canadian Infantry Division Gallantry Decorations 1945
		is a record of the men of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the final weeks of the Second World War when the Canadian Army made a dramatic advance across the Rhine River, liberated central Holland, and ended the war on the north coast of Germany.
		Although this period has not been well described in other popular histories, the Canadian forces had to use all their skills to gain every key mile against frantic German forces now defending their homeland.
		This book is not a military history of the battles of 1945, but is a record of what happened to a number of Canadian soldiers, as told through the citations for gallantry decorations.
	web.ncf.ca /em575/contents.htm (263 words)

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