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unusual facts about 3rd Canadian Infantry Division



Clearing the Channel Coast

The advance to the Seine had outstripped the preparations of the Royal Canadian Engineers for bridging equipment and assault boats, but with hard work, newly assembled assault boats carried the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division across the Seine at Elbeuf on 27 August.

Norman Buchanan

He then served with the 1st Canadian Division in Sicily and Italy in 1943 before moving to the 3rd Canadian Division France for the invasion of Normandy during the D-Day Landing of 1944.

Towers Convent School

Sele Court, a nearby building, was used by the 3rd Canadian Division and 15th Scottish Division as temporary accommodation in preparation for the D-Day landings.


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