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Battlefield Normandy – The battles for Norrey, Bretteville & Putot

Filed under: Cancon, France, Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

The AceDestroyer
Published Jun 27, 2019

Hello, welcome to The AceDestroyer and welcome to the third and final episode of the Battlefield Normandy Series. In this episode we follow the Canadians defending Putot-en-Bessin, Bretteville-L’Orgueilleuse and Norrey-en-Bessin. In the two days of heavy combat with the 12th SS Hitlerjugend, the 7th Canadian Infantry brigade managed to hold on to all three towns. Find out how in this episode …

Information:
Zuehlke, M. (2009). Holding Juno: Canada’s Heroic Defence of the D-Day Beaches: June 7-12, 1944. Douglas and McIntyre (2013) Limited.

https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/hist…

https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewconte…

https://pdfhall.com/veng-norrey-bessi…

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtop…

https://www.royalcitymensclub.ca/uplo…

Footage:
German newsreel excerpts
British pound Caen Sector
Above from PublicResourceOrg
Canada Carries on – Break through
Found on Canmildoc

Music: (All from You Tube audio library) https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/…

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