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Summary:

"The Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment was a Canadian armoured regiment attached to the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade which landed on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in support of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and then fought through France, Belgium, Holland and Germany until VE-Day. As an independent armoured regiment, it was assigned to support various infantry formations. As such, it fought the first major tank battle on European soil when it went up against the panzers and panzergrenadiers of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision (Hitlerjugend) on 7 June 1944. Its tanks entered Caen on 9 July and then took part in the advance to and the clearing of the town of Falaise. From there, the regiment pursued the retreating German forces towards the Seine River at Rouen."

Author/Creator:

Braün, Daniel M. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Armoured thunder: the Canadian Sherbrooke fusilier regiment in the Normandy campaign [by Braün, D.M.]

Subjects:

Canada Canadian Army — Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment — History

World War, 1939-1945 — Regimental histories — Canada

World War, 1939-1945 — France — Normandy — Tank warfare

General Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

D768.153 .B73 2024

ISBNs:

9781399051460 (electronic bk.)
1399051466 (electronic bk.)
9781399051422 [Invalid]
1399051423 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1460735640

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31522635 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp21174827