4th Canadian Armoured, 12, 20, 36, 51, 60–61, 79–80, 87, 91, 100, 123, 131, 134, 178, 196, 206–07, 241, 270–71, 280, 282, 288–90, 322, 325, 351–53, 362, 364, 371, 379, 382, 384, 388, 453, 457, 464
5th Canadian Armoured, 34, 41
BRIGADES
1st Canadian Armoured, 34
2nd Canadian Armoured, 126–27, 133
4th Canadian Armoured, 352–54, 361, 365, 379, 387–88, 407, 412, 414, 416–17, 421, 426, 457
4th Canadian Infantry, 53, 62–63, 65, 68–70, 139, 143, 148, 151, 154, 173, 176, 178, 188, 193, 199, 290–92, 298–99, 320, 352, 391, 393–96, 400, 402–03, 407
5th Canadian Infantry, 91–93, 99, 119, 124–27, 130, 133, 139, 143, 151, 178, 180, 189, 192, 195, 199, 291, 302, 352, 372, 376, 383, 402–03, 405–06, 427, 432, 437–42
6th Canadian Infantry, 104, 108, 113, 116, 125, 131, 139, 141–43, 151, 154, 186, 290, 324, 351, 372, 376, 383, 395–96, 398–400
7th Canadian Infantry, 80, 204–08, 221, 224, 231, 233–34, 240, 249, 256–57, 261, 263–68, 282–84, 327–28, 337–38, 342, 344, 346–47
8th Canadian Infantry, 80, 205, 210, 234, 260–61, 270–71, 277–81, 284, 328, 338, 342, 344, 346, 348
9th Canadian Infantry, 80, 205–06, 235–36, 238, 240–41, 246, 249, 256– 57, 260–61, 270, 277, 280–81, 284, 327–29, 331, 336–38, 347–48, 462
10th Canadian Infantry, 15–16, 80, 100, 196, 208, 279–81, 352–53, 356, 360, 362, 365, 379, 388, 407, 414, 421, 454
ARMOURED UNITS
British Columbia Regiment, 282–83, 353, 356, 360, 368, 386, 412, 453, 457–58
Canadian Grenadier Guards, 353, 356, 379, 382, 384, 386, 412, 416–17
Fort Garry Horse, 126, 128–29, 131–32, 141–42, 152–53, 176–77, 180–83, 186–87, 189, 195, 290, 299, 301, 311, 320–21, 372, 384, 391–92, 396
Governor General‘s Foot Guards, 353, 362, 364, 379–80, 384, 412, 416–18, 420
Sherbrooke Fusiliers, 117–18
ARTILLERY UNITS
2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, 308
5th Anti-Tank Regiment, 353, 454–55
23rd Anti-Tank Battery, 186
4th Field Regiment, 36, 63, 67, 69, 146–47, 149–50, 173–75, 178–79, 318, 320, 393, 404, 460
5th Field Regiment, 126, 195, 377, 404, 429–30, 432, 438
6th Field Regiment, 108, 113, 152, 399
12th Field Regiment, 213
13th Field Regiment, 246
14th Field Regiment, 246
15th Field Regiment, 25, 206, 246, 361, 410–11
19th Field Regiment, 206, 246, 274
3rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 290
7th Medium Regiment, 311
ENGINEER UNITS
11th Field Company, 125, 143
16th Field Company, 230
8th Field Squadron, 20, 282
9th Field Squadron, 20, 282
INFANTRY BAT TALIONS/REGIMENTS
Algonquin Regiment, 33, 61, 71, 80, 93, 100, 196, 204, 208–09, 271, 280–81, 284, 290, 353, 357–62, 365–67, 407, 409–10, 426, 454, 456–57, 459, 462
Leopold Canal Assault, 12–28
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of
Canada, 25, 208–09, 271, 281, 284, 353, 355–56, 361–62, 365–66, 379–80, 382, 384–87, 407–09, 421, 423–26, 454, 456–57
Black Watch (RHC) of Canada, 93–95, 124, 128–29, 133, 139–42, 166–67, 181, 189–94, 198–99, 291–92, 299, 301–03, 377–78, 402, 428–29, 431–34, 461–62
and Black Friday attack, 307–11
Calgary Highlanders, 92, 94–95, 100, 104, 124, 130–33, 139–43, 180, 182, 189, 191–95, 199, 291, 310, 372, 376–78, 383–84, 428, 431–33, 435, 437–38, 465
Canadian Scottish Regiment, 33, 106, 144, 168, 207, 209–11, 221, 225–226, 233, 249, 264, 266–68, 282–83, 337– 38, 340–42, 345–46
Essex Scottish Regiment, 62, 64, 69, 144, 147, 173–75, 186, 196, 291, 299, 310, 321, 391–95, 400–01, 403
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, 64, 235, 237–38, 241, 243–44, 271, 274–80, 328, 336, 347–49,
Lake Superior Regiment, 80, 353–54, 361–62, 365, 379–82, 384, 386–88, 407, 412–13, 416–20, 440, 453, 457–58
Le Régiment de la Chaudière, 280, 284, 344, 347–48
Le Régiment de Maisonneuve, 99, 124, 126–28, 166, 180–82, 189, 192, 291, 294, 299, 310, 428, 432, 435, 437–38, 440–41
Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, 104–05, 108, 112–113, 125–26, 131, 166, 186–87, 372–74, 376, 383, 396–99
Lincoln and Welland Regiment, 16–17, 353, 356, 358, 360–61, 365–66, 385, 387–88, 407, 411, 414–15, 421, 423–26, 454
North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 237–39, 241–46, 271–72, 274, 276–80, 328, 331, 336, 348, 350
North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, 210–11, 230–31, 242, 271, 277–78, 280, 284, 346, 348
Queen‘s Own Cameron Highlanders, 105, 142–43, 151, 153–54, 196, 324, 351, 372, 376, 383, 396–400
Queen‘s Own Rifles, 280–81, 284–85, 342, 344, 348–49
Regina Rifles Regiment, 36, 207, 209–11, 213, 216, 218, 221, 223, 225–26, 230–33, 249, 261–64, 266–67, 269, 283–84, 344–47, 462
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, 68, 70, 95, 148, 176, 180, 196, 199, 302, 310–15, 320–25, 351, 376, 393–94, 400
Royal Montreal Regiment, 210, 212–15, 218, 220, 225, 283–84
Royal Regiment of Canada, 62, 66–67, 144, 146–47, 167, 175–78, 188, 200–03, 290–91, 300, 310, 316, 391– 93, 400–01, 403–05, 429
Royal Rifles of Canada, 34
Royal Winnipeg Rifles, 225, 230–31, 249, 263–66, 283, 338, 340–41, 346
South Saskatchewan Regiment, 36, 95, 104–06, 108–09, 112–13, 125, 130, 151–52, 154, 186, 196, 290–92, 294, 298–300, 310, 372, 374, 376, 383, 396–400
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Highlanders, 238, 247, 271–74, 276, 278, 328–34, 335, 337, 347–48
Winnipeg Grenadiers, 34
OTHER UNITS
8th Field Surgical Unit, 449–50
9th Field Surgical Unit, 450
10th Base Reinforcement Group, 95
No. 23 Field Ambulance, 247
No. 10 Field Dressing Station, 450
No. 5 Field Transfusion Unit, 450
No. 8 General Hospital, 305–06
No. 16 General Hospital, 121
No. 17 Light Field Ambulance, 450
RECONNAISSANCE
South Alberta Regiment, 25, 196, 290, 353, 388, 407, 411, 414–15, 422
14th Canadian Hussars, 104–05, 126, 173, 175, 178, 186–87, 188, 391–92, 402, 405
17th Duke of York‘s Royal Canadian
Hussars, 205, 275
SUPPORT
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), 247, 271, 273, 278, 285
New Brunswick Rangers, 15
Toronto Scottish (MG), 149, 186, 188, 201, 301, 304, 311, 377, 404, 432
BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH
Air Force
2nd Tactical Air Force, 82, 124, 372, 445
No. 1 Bomber Group, 157
No. 3 Bomber Group, 157
No. 5 Bomber Group, 157
No. 8 (Pathfinder Force) Group, 157
No. 84 Fighter Group, 320
132 Norwegian Wing, 320
SQUADRONS
No. 74, 308
No. 127, 313
No. 197, 308
No. 257, 192
No. 263, 308
Army
9th Army Group, 206
21st Army Group, 33, 43, 48–49, 51, 53, 59, 65, 71, 87, 120, 124, 136, 163–64, 253, 255, 290, 364–65
Second Army, 35, 38, 49–51, 58, 62, 74, 77, 79, 120–21, 134, 164–65, 179, 256, 288, 290, 351, 364, 414, 462
I Corps, 33, 35, 40, 52, 60, 74, 79, 115–16, 119, 121, 134, 164, 178, 256, 288–89, 322, 325, 351–52, 414, 453, 459
VIII Corps, 51, 58
XII Corps, 58, 60, 364
XXX Corps, 43–44, 51, 58, 74, 77–78, 172
DIVISIONS
1s
t Airborne, 78
3rd Infantry, 33
6th Airborne, 33
7th Armoured, 44, 60, 414
11th Armoured, 43, 58
49th (West Riding), 33, 116–17, 119, 124, 126, 288–89, 352, 371, 384, 388, 414, 457
50th Infantry, 44
51st (Highland), 33
52nd (Lowland), 33, 254, 283, 327, 390, 394, 439, 443
53rd (Welsh) Infantry, 63, 91
79th Armoured, 236, 328, 330, 333, 386, 411
Irish Guards Armoured, 44, 58, 78
BRIGADES
4th Special Service, 445–46, 451
56th Infantry, 117
146th Infantry, 116–17
155th Infantry, 443–44, 448, 452
156th Infantry, 390, 394
157th Infantry, 283, 390, 401–03, 406, 427, 438, 442, 451
COMMANDO
No. 4, 444–48
BAT TALIONS/REGIMENTS
2nd Fife and Forfarshire Yeomanry, 353, 411
4th Battalion, King‘s Own Scottish Borderers, 448
4th Lincolns, 116–17
5th Assault, re, 236, 282
5th Battalion, King‘s Own Scottish Borderers, 448
5th Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow), 394, 452
6th Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), 394, 452
6th (Lankashire) Battalion, 452
7th/9th Royal Scots, 452
22nd Dragoons, 353
59th (Newfoundland) Heavy, 445
79th Reconnaissance, 118
84th Medium, 311
115th Heavy Anti-Aircraft, 311
121st Medium, 311
Essex, 118
Glasgow Highlanders, 438, 452
Royal Scots Fusiliers, 394
Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment), 452
Staffordshire Yeomanry, 394
OTHER UNITS
80th Squadron, 236
202nd Field Company, RE, 439
284th Squadron, RE, 329
NAVY
FORCES
Force T, 446, 448
Support Squadron, East Flank, 445, 449
ROYAL MARINES
1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 200, 302
No. 41 Commando, 444, 450–51
No. 47 Commando, 444, 451
No. 48 Commando, 444, 450
UNITED STATES
Air Force
8th Air Force, 89, 162
406th Squadron, 155
Army
First Army, 253–54
12th Army Group, 254–55
XIX Corps, 44
VII Corps, 44
DIVISIONS
82nd Airborne, 78
101st Airborne, 78
ALLIED FORCES
(OTHER THAN U.S.)
1st Polish Armoured Division, 33, 60, 103, 115, 119, 289, 352, 414, 457
10th Polish Dragoon Regiment, 72
GERMAN
Army
Army Group B, 32, 54, 115
Fifteenth Army, 28, 41–42, 48–49, 53–54, 56–57, 60, 82, 101, 115, 171–72, 260, 325–26, 364, 383, 414, 457
First Parachute Army, 54, 103, 114–15
Kampfgruppe Chill, 172, 184–85, 187, 294, 298–300, 301, 325–26, 371, 383–84, 407, 412, 414
LXVII Corps, 102, 114–15, 118–19, 171, 184, 187, 325–26, 371, 382, 384, 413–14
LXXXVIII Corps, 55, 103, 116
LXXXIX Corps, 20
DIVISIONS
3rd Parachute, 55
5th Parachute, 55
12th S.S. (Hitlerjugend) Panzer, 32
64th Infantry, 83, 101–02, 205, 256–57, 260–61, 270, 281, 326–27, 338, 344–45, 347
70th Infantry, 56, 83, 102–03, 189, 260, 326, 383, 391, 402, 405, 443
84th Infantry, 172
85th Infantry, 172
89th Infantry, 172
226th Infantry, 83
245th Infantry, 13, 20, 26, 326
346th Infantry, 103, 114, 119, 171–72, 358, 371, 384, 414
711th Infantry, 103–04, 118–19, 151, 325, 371, 414
712th Infantry, 73, 83
719th Infantry, 92, 103–04, 116, 118–19, 414
Hermann Göring 1st Batallion, 385
BRIGADES/REGIMENTS
2nd Parachute Regiment, 172, 384
6th Parachute Regiment, 172, 309, 365, 376, 382, 388, 407, 453
70th Artillery, 190
225th Assault Gun Brig, 190
280th Assault Gun Brig, 103
743rd Grenadier Reg, 99
936th Grenadier Reg, 21, 26
1018th Grenadier Reg, 103, 146, 186
1037th Grenadier Reg, 340
1053rd Grenadier Reg, 300
Hermann Göring Regiment, 388, 412, 453
Hermann Göring Ersatz Regiment, 298
Hermann Göring Training
Regiment, 172
BATTALIONS
1st Battalion, Hermann Göring, 385
1st Battalion, 6th Parachute, 313
1st Battalion, 743rd Grenadier Reg, 99
559th GHQ Heavy Anti-tank Battalion, 103
NAVY
Naval Special Staff Knuth, 101
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
MARK ZUEHLKE‘S CRITICALLY acclaimed series on the opening days of the Normandy Invasion, Holding Juno: Canada‘s Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7–12, 1944 and Juno Beach: Canada‘s D-Day Victory: June 6, 1944 cemented his position as the nation‘s leading writer of popular military history. Holding Juno won the City of Victoria‘s Butler Book Prize in 2006 and was excerpted in the Canadian edition of Reader‘s Digest. His trilogy of Ortona: Canada‘s Epic World War ii Battle, The Liri Valley: Canada‘s World War ii Breakthrough to Rome, and The Gothic Line: Canada‘s Month of Hell in World War ii Italy is considered the definitive narrative of the Canadian army‘s role in the Italian Campaign. His other historical works are The Canadian Military Atlas: Four Centuries of Conflict from New France to Kosovo (with mapmaker C. Stuart Daniel), For Honour‘s Sake: The War of 1812 and the Brokering of an Uneasy Peace (Winner of the 2007 Canadian Authors Association Lela Common Award for Canadian History),The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939, and Scoundrels, Dreamers and Second Sons: British Remittance Men in the Canadian West.
Also a novelist, he is the author of the popular Elias McCann series, which follows the misadventures and investigations of a community coroner in Tofino, British Columbia. The first in this series, Hands Like Clouds, won the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel in 2000. It was followed by Carry Tiger to Mountain and Sweep Lotus—the latter a finalist for the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel. Zuehlke lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where he is at work on his next book on Canadians in World War II.