by Mark Zuehlke
39 Stacey, 218.
40 Reid, 175.
19 THE FULLEST SUCCESS
1 D.J. Goodspeed, Battle Royal: A History of the Royal Regiment of Canada, 1862–1962 (Toronto: Royal Regt. of Canada Assoc., 1962), 440.
2 Brian A. Reid, No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944 (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2005), 176.
3 viii cdn Recce Rgt 14 ch : Battle History of the Regt (Victoria: 8th Cdn Recce Assoc., 1993), 6 –8.
4 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 166.
5 viii cdn Recce Rgt, 6 –8.
6 Reid, 196.
7 viii cdn Recce Rgt, 8.
8 Reid, 179.
9 Merritt Hayes Bateman, interview by Tom Torrie, May 28, 1987, U VICSC.
10 Royal Hamilton Light Infantry War Diary, August 1944,, RG24, LAC, appendix 1, 1.
11 George G. Blackburn, The Guns of Normandy: A Soldier’s Eye View, France 1944 (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997), 331.
12 Essex Scottish Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 3.
13 “Report No. 65, Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944, Part III: Canadian Operations, 1–23 August,” Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters, DHH, DND, para. 61.
14 Essex Scottish War Diary, 4.
15 Sandy Antal and Kevin R. Shackleton, Duty Nobly Done: The Official History of the Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment (Windsor, ON: Walkerville, 2006), 463–64.
16 Essex Scottish War Diary, 4.
17 Kingsley Brown Sr., Kingsley Brown Jr., and Brereton Greenhous, Semper Paratus: The History of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (Wentworth Regiment), 1862–1977 (Hamilton: RHLI Historical Assoc., 1977), 257–58.
18 Goodspeed, 440.
19 Royal Regiment of Canada War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 9.
20 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 7.
21 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 174.
22 . South Saskatchewan Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 4.
23 Charles Goodman, phone interview by author, January 7, 2011.
24 South Saskatchewan War Diary, 4.
25 “Account of the Attack and Capture of May-sur-Orne by FUS MR, Night of 7/8 Aug 44, Given by Maj. Brochu and Capt. Lamothe to Capt. Engler at Etavaux and May-sur-Orne, 12 Aug 44,” 145.2F1011(D4), DHH, DND, 1–2.
26 R.W. Queen-Hughes, Whatever Men Dare: A History of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, 1935–1960 (Winnipeg: Bluman Bros., 1960), 111.
27 Reid, 205.
28 Roy, 1944, 176.
29 Queen-Hughes, 111.
30 Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders War Diary, August 1944, RG24, L AC– appendix 2.
31 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=James&lastname=Mahon&rec=id4386 (accessed January 9, 2011).
32 Queen-Hughes, 111.
33 Reid, 206.
34 Roy, 1944, 178.
35 “Report No. 50, The Campaign in North-West Europe–Information from German Sources, Part II: Invasion and Battle of Normandy (6 Jun–22 Aug 44),” Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters, DHH, DND, para. 222.
36 “German Report on Operation Totalize (Translation),” 112.3M1.009 (D153), DHH, DND, 5.
37 Kurt Meyer, Grenadier: The Story of Waffen ss General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005), 277–78.
38 Roy, 186.
39 Reid, 217–18.
40 Charles P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 208.
41 Reid, 224–25.
42 Ibid., 220 –21.
43 “Operation Totalize: An Account of Ops by 2 CDN ARMD BDE in France 5 to 8 Aug 44,” 275C2.013 (D4), vol. 10992, box 313, RG24, LAC, 7.
44 Reid, 221.
45 Roy, 1944, 173.
46 Reid, 228.
47 Essex Scottish War Diary, 4–5.
48 “Account of the Attack by Essex Scottish on Caillouet, 0555, Night 7/8 Aug 44 Given by Maj. Burgess to Capt. Engler at Caillouet, on 10 Aug 44,” 145.2E3011(D5), DHH, DND, 2.
49 Stacey, 220.
50 Royal Hamilton War Diary, August 1944, appendix 1, 1.
51 Goodspeed, 442–43.
52 Stacey, 220.
53 “Operation Totalize: An Account of Ops by 2 CDN ARMD BDE in France 5 to 8 Aug 44,” 7.
54 Roy, 1944, 178.
55 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=PeterLancelot&lastname=Pearce&rec=id669 (accessed January 10, 2011).
56 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=Abram&lastname=Arbour&rec=id41 (accessed January 9, 2011).
57 Reid, 230.
58 “Account of the Attack and Capture” 2–3.
59 Stacey, 220.
20 MANY ANXIOUS MOMENTS
1 George Kitching, Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of Major General George Kitching (Langley, BC : Battleline Books, 1985), 210.
2 Roman Johann Jarymowycz, “Canadian Armour in Normandy: Operation ‘Totalize’ and the Quest for Operational Maneuver,” Canadian Military History, vol. 7, no. 2 (Spring 1998), 19.
3 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 192–93.
4 “1 Polish Armoured Division: Order for the Attack No. 1 on 8 Aug 44,” 245P1.016(D1), vol. 10942, box 287, RG24, LAC, 1.
5 Permanent Delegation of the Republic of Poland to nato, First Polish Armored Division, www.brukselanato.polemb.net/index.php?document=78 (accessed January 11, 2011).
6 George Kitching, interview by Ken MacLeod, March 16 and 18, 1998.
7 “Major-General George Kitching, CBE, DSO, CD,” The Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin, www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/documents/vol_02/iss_3/CAJ_vol2.3_01_e.pdf (accessed January 11, 2011), 1.
8 Kitching, 196.
9 Kitching, MacLeod interview.
10 “Report No. 65, Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944, Part III: Canadian Operations, 1–23 August,” Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters, DHH, DND, para. 69.
11 Lawrence N. Smith, The History of the 23rd Field Regiment (S.P.) rca, World War ii (St. Catharines, ON: St. Catharines Standard, 1945), 44.
12 Robert A. Spencer, A History of the Fifteenth Canadian Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery: 1941 to 1945 (New York: Elsevier, 1945), 100 –01.
13 19th Field Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 2.
14 4th Canadian Armoured Division Headquarters, RC A, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 3.
15 Charles P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 223.
16 Brian A. Reid, No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944. Toronto: Robert Brass Studio, 2005, 265–67.
17 Stacey, 223.
18 Will Bird, North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment (Fredericton: Brunswick Press, 1963), 360 –61.
19 North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 2.
20 Roy, 1944, 195–96.
21 Bruce F. Macdonald, interview by Reginald H. Roy, September 4, 1980, UVICSC.
22 Fort Garry Horse Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 4.
23 “Report No. 65,” para. 72.
24 Ibid., para. 74.
25 Stacey, 223.
26 Kurt Meyer, Grenadier: The Story of Waffen ss General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005), 281.
27 Reid, 239 –42.
28 Ibid., 410 –30.
29 Ibid., 245–47.
30 Stacey, 222.
31 Royal Regiment of Canada War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 10.
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sp; 32 “Report No. 65,” para. 74.
33 Kitching, 213.
34 Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 5.
35 George F.G. Stanley, In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment (Port Arthur, ON: Lake Superior Scottish Regt., 1960), 159–60.
36 Hershell Smith, interview by Reginald H. Roy, July 7, 1981, UVICSC.
37 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1965), 262–63.
38 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 9.
39 1st Hussars War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 2.
40 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, 9.
41 Le Régiment de Maisonneuve War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 4.
42 “Account of the Seizure of Bretteville-sur-Laize 0552 by the Calg Highrs, 8 Aug 44 as Given by Lt.-Col. MacLauchlan to Capt. Engler at Bretteville-sur-Laize, 11 Aug 44,” 145.2C1011(D2), DHH, DND, 1.
43 Roy Farron, History of the Calgary Highlanders, 1921–54 (Calgary: Bryant Press, 1954), 158.
44 “Account by MacLauchlan,” 1.
45 David Bercuson, Battalion of Heroes: The Calgary Highlanders in World War ii (Calgary: Calgary Highlanders Regimental Funds Fdn., 1994), 96.
46 Farron, 159.
47 Calgary Highlanders War Diary, 9.
48 “Account by MacLauchlan,” 2.
49 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=WilliamMatthewBruce&lastname=Cook&rec=id4595 (accessed January 14, 2011).
50 Calgary Highlander War Diary, 10.
21 THAT ’LL BE A TOUGH ONE
1 Brian A. Reid, No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944 (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2005), 271–72.
2 Stuart Johns, phone interview by author, June 3, 2009.
3 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1965), 263.
4 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 5.
5 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=IvonPatrick&lastname=Phelan&rec=id3286 (accessed January 13, 2011).
6 Duguid, 264.
7 Canadian Army Overseas Honours and Awards Citation Details, DHH, DND, www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/gal/cao-aco/details-eng.asp?firstname=IvonPatrick&lastname=Phelan&rec=id3286 (accessed January 13, 2011).
8 Reid, 280 –81.
9 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 4.
10 Robert L. Fraser, Black Yesterdays: The Argyll’s War (Hamilton: Argyll Fdn., 1996), 224.
11 H.M. Jackson, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1953), 86.
12 Duguid, 264.
13 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 203.
14 George Kitching, Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of Major General George Kitching (Langley, BC : Battleline Books, 1985), 213.
15 Reid, 301–02.
16 Ibid., 203–04.
17 Duguid, 264.
18 “Seven miscellaneous messages 1 Polish Armoured Division Aug., Sep and Dec 44,” 245P1.045 (D1), vol. 10942, box 287, RG24, LAC, 4.
19 Roman Johann Jarymowycz, “Canadian Armour in Normandy: Operation ‘Totalize’ and the Quest for Operational Maneuver,” Canadian Military History, vol. 7, no. 2 (Spring 1998), 27.
20 “Polish Armoured Division in Op ‘Totalize,’ 7–13 Aug,” 245P1.013 (D7), vol. 10942, box 287, RG24, LAC, 2.
21 “Polish Armoured Division History,” DHH, DND, 23–24.
22 “Polish Armoured Division in Op ‘Totalize,’ 7–13 Aug,” 2–3.
23 “Report No. 50, The Campaign in North-West Europe—Information from German Sources, Part II: Invasion and Battle of Normandy (6 Jun–22 Aug 44),” Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters, DHH, DND, para. 222.
24 Roy, 1944, 209.
25 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, 5.
26 Neil J. Stewart, Steel My Soldier’s Heart (Victoria: Trafford, 2000), 105.
27 Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 6.
28 Canadian Grenadier War Diary, 5.
29 Lake Superior (Motor) War Diary, 6.
30 Canadian Grenadier War Diary, 5.
31 George F.G. Stanley, In the Face of Danger: The History of the Lake Superior Regiment (Port Arthur, ON: Lake Superior Scottish Regt., 1960), 163.
32 Lincoln and Welland Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 4–5.
33 Donald Graves, South Albertas: A Canadian Regiment at War (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1998), 114.
34 Geoffrey Hayes, The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War (Alma, ON: Maple Leaf Route, 1986), 31.
35 H.M. Jackson, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1953), 87.
36 Stanley, 163.
37 Lake Superior (Motor) War Diary, 7.
22 COME WHAT MAY
1 Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 209 –10.
2 “An Account of the Battle Experience of ‘A’ Coy, Algonquin Regiment, August 8 to 11, 1944 by Capt. (Now Major) C. Robertson O/C ‘A’ Coy,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 1.
3 “An Account of the Battle Participation of the Algonquin Regiment Between August 6 and August 11, 1944, Prepared by Major L.C. Monk,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 2–3.
4 Douglas E. Harker, The Dukes: The Story of the Men Who Have Served in Peace and War with the British Columbia Regiment (D.C.O.), 1883–1973 (British Columbia Regt., 1974), n.p.
5 “Account by Monk,” 3.
6 “Account by Robertson,” 1.
7 “Account by Monk, 3–4.
8 Mike Bechtold, “Lost in Normandy: The Odyssey of Worthington Force, 9 August 1944,” Canadian Military History, vol. 19, no. 2 (Spring 2010), 8.
9 British Columbia Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 6.
10 “Account by Monk,” 4.
11 Bechtold, 9.
12 British Columbia War Diary, 6.
13 Harker, n.p.
14 British Columbia War Diary, 6.
15 Charles P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944–1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 226.
16 “Account by Monk,” 4.
17 British Columbia War Diary, 7.
18 “Account by Monk,” 4.
19 British Columbia War Diary, 6.
20 “Account by Monk,” 5.
21 Stacey, 227.
22 British Columbia War Diary, 8.
23 Bechtold, 14.
24 British Columbia War Diary, 7–8.
25 “An Account of the Battle Experience of ‘D’ Coy, Algonquin Regiment, Aug. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 1944 by Major Keith Stirling, O.C. ‘D’ Coy, Algonquin Regiment,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 1.
26 “Sketch of Position, Diagrammatic Only,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 1.
27 “Account by Monk,” 5.
28 George Kitching, interview by Ken MacLeod, March 16 and 18, 1998.
29 Stacey, 227.
30 George Kitching, Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of Major General George Kitching (Langley, BC : Battleline Books, 1985), 214.
31 N.A. Buckingham, interview by Reginald H. Roy, June 16, 1981, UVICSC.
32 British Columbia Regiment War Diary, 7.
33 Bechtold, 15.
34 British Columbia War Diary, 7.
35 Bechtold, 15.
36 Brian A. Reid, No Holding Back: Operation Totalize, Normandy, August 1944 (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2005), 313.
37 Bechtold, 16.
38 “Account by Monk,” 6.
39 Ibid., 6.
40 “The Algonquins
First Battle Inoculation by Lt. Ken Gartley, O.C. 11 Pl. ‘B’ Coy, Alg. R.,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 2.
41 “Account by Monk,” 6.
42 Reid, 316.
43 “Account by Monk,” 6.
44 “Outline of Events (‘C’ Coy) Algonquin Regiment, Aug. 8, 9, 10, 1944, by Lt. Robert Saville, O.C. 15 Pl, ‘C’ Coy, Alg. R.,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 1.
45 “Account by Monk,” 7.
46 British Columbia War Diary, 9.
47 “Account by Monk,” 7.
48 British Columbia War Diary, 9.
49 “Account by Monk,” 7–8.
50 British Columbia War Diary, 9 –10.
51 Stacey, 228.
52 “Outline of Events (A, D, HQ and Sp. Coys) Algonquin Regiment, Aug. 9 –12, 1944, Major G.L. Cassidy,” 145.2A1013 (D1), DHH, DND, 1–2.
53 Governor General’s Foot Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 7.
54 Robert M. Foster, et al., Steady the Buttons Two by Two: Governor General’s Foot Guards Regimental History, 125th Anniversary: 1872–1997 (Ottawa: Governor General’s Foot Guards, 1999), 184.
55 “Account by Robertson,” 1.
56 Foster, 184.
57 “Account by Robertson,” 1.
58 Foster, 185.
59 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1954), 142.
60 “Report No. 65, Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-West Europe, 1944, Part III: Canadian Operations, 1–23 August,” Historical Section (G.S.) Army Headquarters, DHH, DND, para. 98.
23 WHAT A STUPID PLACE
1 Robert L. Fraser, Black Yesterdays: The Argyll’s War (Hamilton: Argyll Fdn., 1996), 227.
2 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 5.
3 Fraser, 227–28.
4 Argyll and Sutherland War Diary, 5.
5 Fraser, 230.
6 New Brunswick Rangers (MG) War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 10.
7 Argyll and Sutherland War Diary, 5.
8 Fraser, 231.
9 H.M. Jackson, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1953), 90.
10 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 223–24.
11 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 7.
12 Hershell Smith, interview by Reginald H. Roy, July 7, 1981, UVICSC.
13 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1965), 267.
