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The Normandy Campaign
​Sources

 Primary Documents and Official Accounts:

Canadian Military Headquarters Report # 139 The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in France (6 June – 6 September 1944) 7 July 1945

Canadian Military Headquarters Report # 147 Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944. Part I: The Assault and Subsequent Operations of 3 Cdn Inf Div and 2 Cdn Armd Bde, 6-30 Jun 44. 3 December 1945

Canadian Military Headquarters Report # 162 Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944. Part II: Canadian Operations in July. 8 November 1946
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Canadian Military Headquarters Report # 169 Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944. Part III: Canadian Operations, 1-23 August. 14 January 1947

Canadian Military Headquarters Report # 183 Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944. Part IV: First Canadian Army in the Pursuit 23 Aug - 30 Sep. 22 September 1947

See Also:
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C.P. Stacey, Official History of the Canadian Army in the Second World War: Volume III, The Victory Campaign, The Operations in Northwest Europe. Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960.
(Available online as a PDF file)
http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/oh-ho/detail-eng.asp?BfBookLang=1&BfId=29
 
            See Chapters 4-11:
            Chapter 4: The Plan of Attack
            Chapter 5: The Landings in Normandy, 6 June 1944
            Chapter 6: Normandy: The Bridgehead Battle, 7-30 June  
            1944
            Chapter 7: Normandy: The Battles of Caen and
            Bourguebus Ridge, 1-23 July 1944
            Chapter 8: Normandy: The Breakout Begins, 24-31 July
            1944
            Chapter 9: Normandy: The Falaise Road, 1-12 August
            1944
            Chapter 10: Normandy: Victory at Falaise, 12-23 August
            1944
            Chapter 11: Normandy: The Balance Sheet
​Internet Resources: 
 
CBC Digital Archives
http://www.cbc.ca/archives/categories/war-conflict/second-world-war/second-world-war.html
 
Veterans Affairs Canada - D-Day and the Battle of Normandy
(Photos, videos, lesson plans, information on memorials and events, links to biographies of Victoria Cross recipients on the Directorate of History and Heritage site.)
http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/second-world-war/d-day
 
Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies - Canadian War Diaries of the Normandy Campaign
(PDF version of the War Diaries for Canadian Divisions and units serving in Normandy July/August 1944. Not all units or portions of the war diaries available.)
http://lmharchive.ca/canadian-divisions-of-the-normandy-campaign/
 
The Ronnie Shephard Fonds - Normandy Invasion Special Observer Report – Beach Party. (Report of initial lessons learned from Normandy landings concerning weapons and defences prepared by a party landing in Normandy on D+6. The first 8 pages may be useful.)
http://lmharchive.ca/the-ronnie-shephard-fonds/normandy-invasion-special-observer-report-beach-party/
 
BBC Witness – Broadcasting D-Day
(Downloadable MP3 file. Uses some of the original BBC reports to tell the story of D-Day. 9 minute general overview, not specific to Canada.)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0201hng


Books and Monographs:
 
Bill McAndrew, Donald E. Graves and Michael Whitby. Normandy 1944: The Canadian Summer, Art Global: Montreal, 1994.

Marc Milner. Stopping the Panzers: The Untold Story of D-Day, Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2014.
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Terry Copp. Fields of Fire: The Canadians in Normandy.  Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Historians’ Perspectives:

Introductory articles available online:
Legion Magazine: Canadian Military History in Perspective Series
D-Day at Sea and In the Air: Army, Part 20
March 1, 1998 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1998/03/d-day-at-sea-and-in-the-air/
 
The Airborne On D-Day: Army, Part 21
May 1, 1998 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1998/05/the-airborne-on-d-day/
 
The Normandy Battle of Attrition: Army, Part 22
September 1, 1998 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1998/05/the-airborne-on-d-day/
 
Allied Bombing in Normandy: Army, Part 23
November 1, 1998 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1998/11/allied-bombing-in-normandy/
 
The Approach to Verrieres Ridge: Army, Part 25
March 1, 1999 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1999/03/the-approach-to-verrieres-ridge/
 
The Toll of Verrieres Ridge: Army, Part 26
May 1, 1999 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1999/05/the-toll-of-verrieres-ridge/
 
Reassessing Operation Totalize: Army, Part 27
September 1, 1999 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/1999/09/107/
 
The March to the Seine: Army, Part 30
March 1, 2000 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2000/03/the-march-to-the-seine/
 
Fighting Normandy’s Terrain: Army, Part 90
October 18, 2010 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2010/10/fighting-normandys-terrain-army-part-90/
 
Murder in Normandy: Army, Part 91
November 28, 2010 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2010/11/murder-in-normandy-army-part-91/
 
A Well-Entrenched Enemy: Army, Part 92
February 5, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/02/a-well-entrenched-enemy-army-part-92/

Lessons of Carpiquet: Army, Part 93
March 28, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/03/lessons-of-carpiquet-army-part-93/
 
Clearing Buron: Army, Part 94
June 12, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/06/clearing-buron-army-part-94/
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Taking Caen: Army, Part 95
August 17, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/08/taking-caen-army-part-95/

The Bloody Battles Around Caen: Army, Part 96
September 21, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/09/the-bloody-battles-around-caen-army-part-96/
 
Flawed from the Start: Army, Part 97
December 5, 2011 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2011/12/flawed-from-the-start-army-part-98/
 
Short, Bloody Steps: Army, Part 98
February 10, 2012 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/02/short-bloody-steps-army-part-98/
 
Chaos in the Dark: Army, Part 99
March 22, 2012 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/03/chaos-in-the-dark-army-part-99/
 
Ferocity and Futility: Army, Part 100
May 22, 2012 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/05/ferocity-and-futility-army-part-100/
 
Mayhem in Normandy: Army, Part 102
October 23, 2012 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/10/mayhem-in-normandy-army-part-102/
 
Montgomery’s Blunder: Army, Part 103
December 5, 2012 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2012/12/montgomery-e2-80-99s-blunder-army-part-103/
 
Pounding Towards Falaise: Army, Part 104
January 21, 2013 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2013/01/pounding-towards-falaise-army-part-104/
 
Breakthrough to Falaise: Mistakes on the Road to Success: Army, Part 105. 
​March 31, 2013 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2013/03/breakthrough-to-falaise-mistakes-on-the-road-to-success-army-part-105/
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The Havoc Continues: Closing in on Falaise
May 31, 2013 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2013/05/the-havoc-continues-closing-in-on-falaise/
 
Pocket of Destruction: Closing the Falaise Gap
July 31, 2013 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2013/07/pocket-of-destruction-closing-the-falaise-gap/
 
The Cork in the Bottle: Canadians and Poles at the Falaise Gap
September 16, 2013 by Terry Copp
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2013/09/the-cork-in-the-bottle-canadians-and-poles-at-the-falaise-gap/
 
Legion Magazine: Canada & the Victoria Cross Series
 
Valour to the End: Part 18 of 18
November 1, 2006 by Arthur Bishop
https://legionmagazine.com/en/2006/11/valour-to-the-end/
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