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June 7, 2022

D Day: The First Canadian Parachute Battalion and the Battle for the Village of Varaville

Filed under: Britain, Cancon, France, Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Published 6 Jun 2022

There are so many stories of heroism involved in the massive Operation Overlord, among them the extraordinary story of the little-known first Canadian Parachute Battalion. The lightly armed Canadians were among the first allied soldiers to hit the ground in France on D-Day.

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