Canadian Units at D-Day
Robin Rowland, CBC News Online | June 5, 2003
Army
3rd Canadian Division - Juno Beach
Mike Sector
1st Hussars (London, Ont.)
Canadian Scottish (Victoria)
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
Regina Rifles
Nan Sector
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
Highland Light Infantry (Galt, Ont.)
Fort Garry Horse (Winnipeg)
Queen's Own Rifles (Toronto)
North Shore Regiment (New Brunswick)
North Nova Scotia Highlanders
Sherbrooke Fusliers
Régiment de la Chaudière (Quebec)
Support Units integrated with troops in Mike Sector and Nan Sector
17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars (Montreal)
Cameron Highlanders (Ottawa)
12th, 13th, 14th Field Regiments, Royal Canadian Artillery
19th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery
3rd Anti-Tank Regiment
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
Airborne
First Canadian Parachute Battalion
591 Parachute Squadron Engineers
Navy
109 vessels including:
Juno Beach
HMCS Algonquin
HMCS Sioux
HMCS Prince Henry
HMCS Prince David
4th, 14th and 16th Canadian Minesweeping Flotillas
RCN landing craft
Omaha Beach
31st Canadian Minesweeping Flotilla (escorted U.S. forces to Omaha Beach)
Destroyer escort flotilla
HMCS Haida
HMCS Huron
Air Force
No. 6 Bomber Group
126, 127, 441, 442 and 443 Squadrons RCAF fighter wing
400 Squadron Air Reconnaissance Wing
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QUICK FACTS:
1.1 million Canadians served in WWII,
including 106,000 in the Royal Canadian Navy and 200,000 in the Royal Canadian Air Force
42,042 killed
54,414 wounded
14,000 Canadians landed on D-Day
450 jumped by parachute or landed by glider
10,000 sailors of the RCN were involved
340 killed
574 wounded
47 taken prisoner
During the first six days of the Normandy campaign, 1,017 Canadians died.
By the end of the Normandy campaign, about 5,020 Canadians had been killed. About 5,400 Canadians are buried in Normandy.
In the two and a half months of the Normandy campaign, Allied casualities (killed, wounded and captured) totalled 210,000.
Canadian casualties totalled more than 18,000, including more than 5,000 dead. German casualties were 450,000.
Canadians on D-Day: The Juno Beach Centre
Commemorative Video and DVD
On June 6, 2003 CBC News provided exclusive live coverage of the museum's opening ceremonies from Courselles-sur-mer, France.
CBC Home Video is available on video and DVD.
Approx. 90 minutes
English / colour
$19.95
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