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St
Aubin Pak 39  |
St
Aubin street facing the pak 39  |
Saint
Aubin sur Mer, Nan Red
We will start the Tour at Saint
Aubin sur Mer onto Nan Red Sector and we will
give you information about the German defences
near a bunker in which a 50 mm calibre canon
still guards the access of the village. This
is where the North Shore Regiment and Duplex
Drive tanks of the Fort Garry Horse landed.
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The
Regiment de la Chaudière Monument
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Elements
of the Regiment de la Chaudière aboard a
LCA
House of the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada
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Bernières
sur Mer, Nan White
On Nan White, Bernières
sur Mer, we will stop at the Cassine Bunker for
more explanation and sites of interest like pillboxes,
the seawall, the House of the Queen’s Own
Rifles of Canada, the rue du Régiment
de la Chaudière and the House of the British
and Canadian reporters. This sector saw the Queen’s
Own Rifles of Canada losing more than 100 men
within few minutes. Tank crews of the Fort Garry
Hoise suffered losses too…
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Duplex
Drive Sherman tank on Nan Green
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Courseulles sur
Mer, Nan Green
Courseulles sur Mer, Nan Green,
is the spot where a DD tank lays as a tribute
to Canadian tanks units which landed on D-Day.
This Sherman tank spent some 27 years in the
salted water as it sunk on D-Day and was recovered
by the REME in 1971. Here the Regina Rifles Regiment
and tanks of the first Hussars landed.
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Cosy’s
bunker
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AVRE
Churchill tank
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Mike
The next stop is near Cosy’s
bunker which saw a fierce fighting and high Canadian
and British casualties on D-Day. The Royal Winnipeg
Rifles and the Canadian Scottish Regiment landed
on Mike, suffering, high losses. Next to it,
stands an AVRE Churchill tank used as a monument
to pay tribute to the men of the 79th British
Armoured Division which supported the Canadian
on the 6th of June.
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Cemetery
at Beny Reviers
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Canadian Cemetery,
Juno
Stop to the Canadian Cemetery
located a few miles inland behind Juno Beach.
Here rest more than 2000 Canadian soldiers killed
during the battle of Normandy.
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Fontaine
Henry Château
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Fontaine Henry
We will drive south toward the
National Road 13, to the final D-Day objective.
Stop in front of the Château to Fontaine
Henry where the Canadian Headquarters were established
after landing.
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Spot
where the first Panther tank was destroyed!
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The “Ferme
Denis”, headquarter of the Regina Rifle Regiment-
June 7th 1944
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Breteville l’Orgueilleuse
In Bretteville l’Orgueilleuse
you will learn about the 12th SS Hitler Jugend
Division counter attack launched against the
Canadians.
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Soldiers
of the Queen’s Own Rifle of Canada milking
a cow along the Western wall of Cardonville farm.
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Monument
dedicated to “D” coy, Regina Rifle
Regiment
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Cardonville
Cardonville farm held by “D” company,
Regina Rifles Regiment, commanded by Captain
Gordon Brown, is a “must see” of
the Tour. This large tract of land is the place
where Captain Brown and his men stopped the SS
attacks for two days, suffering heavy casualties.
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Norrey
en Bessin Church nearly destroyed in June 1944
and rebuilt since.
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Norrey en Bessin
Norrey en Bessin saw the “C” Company,
Regina Rifles, commanded by Major Stuart Tubb
facing the Waffen SS “Hitler Youth Division”.
Veterans have told us many details of things
that you will learnabout in our Tours that have
never printed in books.
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Le Mesnil Patry Monument, dedicated
to the Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada and
the 1st Hussars
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Le Mesnil Patry
The Mesnil Patry, small village held by tanks
and Infantry units of the 12th SS saw fierce
fighting on June 11th. The Canadians of the Queen’s
Own Rifles of Canada and the fist Hussars didn’t
take this place… Learn about the massacre.
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Marcel
Ouimet talking to Norman civilians and soldiers
of the Regiment de La Chaudières in Putôt
en Bessin.
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This
is spot where Captain Huard gave the soldiers a
mass.
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Putôt en
Bessin
Putôt en Bessin taken and lost by the
Royal Winnipeg Rifles on June 8th saw hard fighting.
A well known Canadian reporter, Marcel Ouimet,
recorded the events.
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One
of the very narrow lanes in Rots. The SS were taking
position behind.
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Rots, Carpiquet
Rots, liberated by the Regiment de La Chaudières
and the N°48 Royal Marines Commando, is a
charming village along the route RN 13. Its strategic
position made this village a strong position
for Canadian units. From the southern outskirt,
we still can see Carpiquet Airfield.
This airfield was supposed to be secured on D-Day by
Canadian units of the 9th Brigade.
Operation Charnwood launched an attack on July 4th
brought the five Canadian regiments launched into the
battle through the heart of Caen. Carpiquet was one
of the two keys for them entering the city.
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Carpiquet
Airfield
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Caen
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A
tank entering into the town
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Abbaye aux Hommes,
Abbaye d’Ardennes
Now entering into Caen we will be following
the road used by every Canadian units on July
9th. We will park the car in front of the main
door of the Abbaye aux Hommes where thousands
of civilians were taking shelter.
On the way back to Bayeux we will stop to the Abbaye
d’Ardennes where 20 Canadian prisoners were shot
by the 12th SS. A Canadian garden is there, paying
the tribute to these men. If we are lucky enough we
will meet Mr. Vico, a member of the French Resistance
and former owner of the Abbaye.
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Abbaye
d’Ardennes
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