by Mark Zuehlke
3 Ibid., 138.
4 Ibid., 132–33.
5 Ibid., 139.
6 Edgar Feuchtinger, “The 21st Panzer Division on 6 June 1944,” Fighting the Invasion: The German Army at D-Day, David C. Isby, ed. (London: Greenhill Books, 2000), 222.
7 Edgar Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” Fighting the Invasion, David C. Isby, ed., 241.
8 von Luck, 141–42.
9 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 122.
10 von Luck, 142.
11 Tony Foster, Meeting of Generals (Agincourt, ON: Methuen, 1986), 307.
12 Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” 239.
13 von Luck, 142.
14 Ibid.
15 Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” 239–40.
16 Carlo D’Este, Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign (London: Penguin Books, 2001), 138–40.
17 Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” 240.
18 Foster, 309.
19 Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” 240.
20 Fritz Krämer, “1st SS Panzer Corps Moves Up to Counterattack,” Fighting the Invasion, David C. Isby, ed., 244.
20: A GREAT INITIATION
1 14th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 4.
2 Jack Byrne, interview by John Gregory Thompson, St. Joseph, ON, 10 October 2003.
3 H.M. Jackson, The Sherbrooke Regiment (12th Armoured Regiment) (n.p., 1958), 122–23.
4 Will Bird, No Retreating Footsteps: The Story of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders (Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press, 1983), 67–68.
5 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 4.
6 Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 2.
7 Byrne interview.
8 Jean E. Portugal, We Were There: The Navy, the Army and the RCAF—A Record for Canada, vol. 5 (Shelburne, ON: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998), 2535.
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid., 2428–29.
11 N.a., Vanguard: The Fort Garry Horse in the Second World War (Doetincham, Holland: Uitgevers–Maatschappij, C. Misset NV, n.d.), 17.
12 Portugal, We Were There, vol. 3, 1431–32.
13 Vanguard, 18.
14 Ibid.
15 Portugal, We Were There, vol. 4, 1457.
16 Ibid., 1458.
17 Ibid., 1433.
18 Jacques Castonguay and Armand Ross, Le Régiment de la Chaudière (Lévis, PQ: n.p., 1983), 247–48.
19 Le Régiment de la Chaudière War Diary, June 1944 (trans. Tony Poulin from RG24, National Archives of Canada), in possession of the author, n.p.
20 Vanguard, 18.
21 Orville Cook, interview by John Gregory Thompson, Holland Centre, ON, 7 October 2003.
22 Charles Martin, Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994), 14.
23 Roger Chevalier, interview by author, Courseulles-sur-Mer, 23 May 2003.
24 W.T. Barnard, The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada, 1860–1960: One Hundred Years of Canada (Don Mills: Ontario Publishing Co., 1960), 196.
25 Martin, 14.
26 Vanguard, 19.
27 Roy Whitsed, Canadians: A Battalion at War (Mississauga, ON: Burlington Books, 1996), 19.
28 Ibid.
29 Ibid., 20.
30 Ibid.
31 Cook interview.
32 Whitsed, 20.
33 Cook interview.
34 Whitsed, 21.
35 Sherbrooke Fusiliers War Diary, 3.
36 Bird, 66.
37 Ibid.
38 Ibid., 67.
39 North Nova Scotia Highlanders War Diary, 5.
40 Will Bird, The Two Jacks: The Amazing Adventures of Major Jack M. Veness and Major Jack L. Fairweather (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1954), 5–6.
41 Reginald Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984), 21.
42 Sherbrooke Fusiliers War Diary, 3.
43 Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, n.p.
44 Highland Light Infantry of Canada War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 7.
21: AT ALL COSTS
1 Joseph James Andrews, interview by Cameron Falconer, 8 March 1983, University of Victoria Special Collections.
2 Reginald Roy, Ready for the Fray: The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), 1920 to 1955 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1958), 224–25.
3 G.T. MacEwan, “D Day and the Counter-Attack on Putot-en-Bessin,” 145.C4013(D3), Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 4–5.
4 Roy, 225.
5 A. Brandon Conron, A History of the First Hussars Regiment, 1856–1980 (n.p., 1981), 56.
6 1st Hussars War Diary, June 1944, Appendix 8: Account written by Sgt. Gariépy, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 2.
7 Regina Rifle Regiment War Diary, June 1944, National Archives of Canada, n.p.
8 1st Hussars War Diary, Appendix 8, 2.
9 Alexander McKee, Caen: Anvil of Victory (London: Souvenir Press, 1964), 57–58.
10 Conron, 58.
11 McKee, 57–58.
12 1st Hussars War Diary, Appendix 8, 2.
13 Eric Luxton, ed., 1st Battalion, The Regina Rifle Regiment, 1939–1946 (Regina: The Regiment, 1946), 38.
14 Edgar Feuchtinger, “Counterattack of the 21st Panzer Division,” Fighting the Invasion: The German Army at D-Day, David C. Isby, ed. (London: Greenhill Books, 2000), 240.
15 “Campaign in France, 1944: Answers by Gen. Blumentritt to questions submitted by Chester Wilmot,” University of Victoria Special Collections, 3.
16 Ibid., 4.
17 Fritz Krämer, “1st SS Panzer Corps Moves Up to Counterattack,” Fighting the Invasion, David C. Isby, ed. (London: Greenhill Books, 2000), 243.
18 Freiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg, “Invasion,” Fighting the Invasion, David C. Isby, ed., 226.
19 Tony Foster, Meeting of Generals (Agincourt, ON: Methuen, 1986), 307–8.
20 Kurt Meyer, Grenadier (Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz, 1994), 117.
21 Ibid., 117–19.
22 Krämer, 243.
23 Ibid., 244.
24 Ibid.
25 Ibid., 245–46.
26 Meyer, 118–19.
27 Ibid., 120.
28 Ibid., 118.
22: A DEGREE OF GALLANTRY
1 Bill McCormick interview, by John Gregory Thompson, Gault, ON, 3 October 2003.
2 T. Robert Fowler, Valour on Juno Beach: The Canadian Awards for Gallantry, D-Day, June 6, 1944 (Burnstown, ON: General Store Publishing, 1994), 16.
3 Stan Creaser, “War Experiences: January 16, 1999,” Perspectives, Alex Kuppers, ed. (Royal Winnipeg Rifles Assoc. British Columbia Branch, 2003), 29.
4 Fowler, 16.
5 McCormick interview.
6 Royal Winnipeg Rifles War Diary, June 1944, RG24, National Archives of Canada, 5.
7 Bill McCormick, “Armistice Day Address,” n.d., in possession of the author.
8 Bill McCormick telephone interview by John Gregory Thompson, 14 February 2004.
9 McCormick interview, 3 October 2003.
10 Capt. P.F. Ramsay, “Battle Narrative: ‘B’ Coy, 1 C Scot R,” 145.2C4(D6), Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 2.
11 G.T. MacEwan, “D Day and the Counter-Attack on Putot-en-Bessin,” 145.C4013(D3), Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 5.
12 Reginald Roy, Ready for the Fray: The History of the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s), 1920 to 1955 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1958), 225–26.
13 McCormick interview, 3 October 2003.
14 Roy, 225–2
6.
15 McCormick interview, 3 October 2003.
23: SUCH A SAD DAY
1 Col. C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 650–52.
2 “The Royal Canadian Navy’s Part in the Invasion,” Directorate of History, Department of National Defence, 103–4.
3 Ibid., 94–96.
4 Trafford Leigh-Mallory, “Air Operations by the Allied Expeditionary Air Force in N.W. Europe from November 15th, 1943 to September 30th, 1944,” Fourth Supplement, The London Gazette, 31 December 1946, 55.
5 Jean E. Portugal, We Were There: The Navy, the Army and the RCAF—A Record for Canada, vol. 7 (Shelburne, ON: The Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998), 3277.
6 Ibid., 3284.
7 Ibid., 3312.
8 Reginald Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1984), 23.
9 Granatstein Papers, 17 April 1991 letter from B.D. Hunt, Royal Military College to Granatstein, York University Archives and Special Collections, Scott Library.
10 Ernest Côté, interview by Michael Boire, Ottawa, 14 November 2003.
11 Ibid.
12 Stacey, 114.
13 Ibid., 116.
14 Ross Munro, Gauntlet to Overlord: The Story of the Canadian Army (Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1946), 79.
15 Ibid., 72.
16 Ibid., 71.
17 W.R. Freadsby, ed., Official History of the Canadian Medical Services, 1939–1945, Vol. 1: Organization and Campaigns (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1956), 221–23.
18 Rolph Jackson, interview by John Gregory Thompson, Toronto, 2 September 2003.
19 N.a., The Canadians at War, 1939/45, vol 2. (Montreal: Reader’s Digest Assoc. [Canada], 1969), 445.
20 Jack Springer, interview by John Gregory Thompson, London, ON, 1 November 2003.
21 Charles Martin, Battle Diary: From D-Day and Normandy to the Zuider Zee (Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1994), 14–15.
22 Ibid., 15.
23 Ibid., 15–16.
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