![]() ![]() In front of the fleet, minesweepers cleared a route through the mined area protecting the coast. ![]() The ships and landing crafts were tossed around and many got seasick. Waves, some two metres high, made sailing difficult even at reduced speed. This was no exercise…Ĭanadian Army units in the Normandy landings They broke open the seals and took out the maps where the actual targets were shown. On the way, subaltern officers and later troops were briefed. LCA slung from the davits, the ships sailed off at dawn, followed by the large landing crafts for infantry and tanks. Monday, June 5th, 1944: near Southampton, England, the men of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade had already boarded the ships. Canada in the Second World War > Events > Roads to Victory > D-Day D-Day ![]()
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