Canada Remembers : D-Day and the Battle of Normandy Many Canadian soldiers were young and new to battle, but our infantry and armoured troops would be thrown into action against some of the best of the German forces in Normandy. The Canadians successfully captured their shoreline positions at Juno Beach and penetrated the farthest inland of any of the 155,000 Allied troops who had landed on June 6, 1944, but D-Day was only the beginning of the struggle to liberate France. Clashes in the days that followed badly bloodied our soldiers ... the first month of fighting was an exercise in grim endurance for the Canadians as the combat intensified and capturing Caen remained elusive. The Canadians would bend but not break; however, the memory of the bitter fighting they encountered in villages like Authie, Buron and Carpiquet would haunt our Veterans for years to come. Our navy and air force ... kept the sea lanes clear of enemy shipping and swept German warplanes from the...
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