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"As a Commander you must consider at the outset whether the losses incurred are going to be worth the final assault.... We can't fight the Boche without incurring casualties and every soldier must know this. "A Canadian soldier killed in action at Tilly-la-Campagne, 9 August 1944.

Figure 7 "As a Commander you must consider at the outset whether the losses incurred are going to be worth the final assault.... We can't fight the Boche without incurring casualties and every soldier must know this. "A Canadian soldier killed in action at Tilly-la-Campagne, 9 August 1944.

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n the afternoon of Il July 1944, a Canadian Corps HQ once again became operational on the soil of France. Lieutenant- General Guy Granville Simonds assumed responsibility for 8,000 yards of front in the Caen sector. There was little time or inclination to mark this event or link it with the memory of the vaunted Canadian Corps of World War 1 fame- there was too much to be done. Elements of the newly-arrived 2nd Canadian Infantry Division would take over part of the line and acquire some badly needed experience. Plans for the Corps' role in Operation "Goodwood" had to be elaborated while Simonds met with his Divisional and Brigade commanders. and got on with it. No temporizing or bad decisions either.
n the afternoon of Il July 1944, a Canadian Corps HQ once again became operational on the soil of France. Lieutenant- General Guy Granville Simonds assumed responsibility for 8,000 yards of front in the Caen sector. There was little time or inclination to mark this event or link it with the memory of the vaunted Canadian Corps of World War 1 fame- there was too much to be done. Elements of the newly-arrived 2nd Canadian Infantry Division would take over part of the line and acquire some badly needed experience. Plans for the Corps' role in Operation "Goodwood" had to be elaborated while Simonds met with his Divisional and Brigade commanders. and got on with it. No temporizing or bad decisions either.
General G.G. Simonds in his command vehicle.
General G.G. Simonds in his command vehicle.
"Recce patrols should be small and made up of experts who know how to creep about in the dark and in daylight, without being observed. They must consist of men who are individualists and who enjoy the work. " Canadian soldiers from the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment set out for a patrol in Normandy.
"Recce patrols should be small and made up of experts who know how to creep about in the dark and in daylight, without being observed. They must consist of men who are individualists and who enjoy the work. " Canadian soldiers from the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment set out for a patrol in Normandy.
"unless we follow closely behind a barrage and take advantage of its effect upon the enemy its value is worthless. We must, therefore, be prepared to accept casualties from shells falling short." Crew fusing shell before firing, 9 Canadian Infantry Brigade, Normandy, 28 June 1944.
"unless we follow closely behind a barrage and take advantage of its effect upon the enemy its value is worthless. We must, therefore, be prepared to accept casualties from shells falling short." Crew fusing shell before firing, 9 Canadian Infantry Brigade, Normandy, 28 June 1944.
Ue "If you explain to the Canadian soldier what is required of him and give him a good reason for it he will produce the goods every single time and do it twice as well as any other individual." Privates Eddie Feltham (left) and John Cote of the Highland Light Infantry advancing towards Caen, 9 July 1944.
Ue "If you explain to the Canadian soldier what is required of him and give him a good reason for it he will produce the goods every single time and do it twice as well as any other individual." Privates Eddie Feltham (left) and John Cote of the Highland Light Infantry advancing towards Caen, 9 July 1944.
or house and, seeing that its occupants had fled, thought nothing of picking up items more in the way of souvenirs than anything else. This misunderstanding must be dispelled by the officers.
or house and, seeing that its occupants had fled, thought nothing of picking up items more in the way of souvenirs than anything else. This misunderstanding must be dispelled by the officers.
"it will be most difficult for Commanders to put across to front line soldiers who are constantly being shot at the notion that the Boche is groggy, and also that our task in this recent battle was successful in its primary end despite the losses entailed." Canadian infantry on the move at dawn, south of Vaucelles, 25 July 1944,
"it will be most difficult for Commanders to put across to front line soldiers who are constantly being shot at the notion that the Boche is groggy, and also that our task in this recent battle was successful in its primary end despite the losses entailed." Canadian infantry on the move at dawn, south of Vaucelles, 25 July 1944,
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