Breakout from Juno

by Mark Zuehlke

  25 Michael Reynolds, Steel Inferno: i ss Panzer Corps in Normandy (New York: Dell Publishing, 1997), 327.

  26 Stacey, 255.

  27 Duguid, 278.

  28 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 13–14.

  29 Tedlie interview.

  30 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.

  31 British Columbia Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 16B.

  32 Harker, n.p.

  33 Stacey, 256 –57.

  34 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), 193.

  35 Duguid, 279.

  36 Lake Superior (Motor) War Diary, 14.

  37 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1954), 156.

  38 Geoffrey Hayes, The Lincs: A History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment at War (Alma, ON: Maple Leaf Route, 1986), 36.

  39 H.M. Jackson, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1953), 97.

  40 “Operations of First Canadian Army, 7–23 Aug 44,” 215C1.012 (D11), vol. 10635, box 125, RG24, LAC, 5.

  41 “Polish Armoured Division History,” DHH, DND, 11–13.

  42 “Report No. 50,” para. 269.

  43 L.F. Ellis, The Battle of Normandy, vol. 1 of Victory in the West (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1962), 444–45.

  44 Stacey, 259.

  45 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 14.

  46 Stuart Johns, phone interview by author, June 3, 2009.

  28 A LITTLE WILD

  1 Donald Graves, Century of Service: The History of the South Alberta Light Horse (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2005), 275–76.

  2 South Alberta Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 15.

  3 Denis Whitaker, Shelagh Whitaker, and Terry Copp, The Soldiers’ Story:Victory at Falaise (Toronto: Harper Collins, 2000), 222.

  4 Donald Graves, South Albertas: A Canadian Regiment at War (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1998), 141.

  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=IvanH&lastname=Martin&rec=id2910 (accessed February 3, 2011).

  6 Whitaker, Whitaker, and Copp, 231.

  7 Graves, South Albertas, 142.

  8 Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 8.

  9 Whitaker, Whitaker, and Copp, 232.

  10 Argyll and Sutherland War Diary, 8.

  11 Graves, South Albertas, 142.

  12 Charles P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944– 1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 259.

  13 “First CDN Army Ops to Capture Falaise and to seal gap Trun–Chambois area,” 215C1.0129 (D10), vol 10635, box 125, RG24, LAC, 10.

  14 L.F. Ellis, The Battle of Normandy, vol. 1 of Victory in the West (London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1962), 450.

  15 Stacey, 259.

  16 15th Canadian Field Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 7.

  17 G.W.L. Nicholson, The Gunners of Canada, vol. 2 (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972), 327.

  18 19 Canadian Army Field Regiment, rca : Regimental History, September 1941– July 1945 (Deventer, NL: Nederlandsche Diepdruk Ihrichting, 1945), 55.

  19 Kurt Meyer, Grenadier: The Story of Waffen ss General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005), 296 –97.

  20 Samuel W. Mitcham Jr., Panzers in Normandy: General Hans Eberbach and the German Defense of France, 1944 (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2009), 157–58.

  21 Stuart Johns, phone interview by author, June 3, 2009.

  22 Canadian Grenadier Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 14.

  23 10th Canadian Armoured Brigade War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 11.

  24 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948), 121.

  25 “Polish Armoured Division History,” DHH, DND, 33–34.

  26 Whitaker, Whitaker, and Copp, 243–46.

  27 “Polish Armoured Division,” 33–34.

  28 Whitaker, Whitaker, and Copp, 243–46.

  29 Zygmunt Nagórski Jr., Falaise Gap Has Been Closed (London: C. Tinling & Co., 1944), 18 –19.

  30 Graves, South Albertas, 143–49.

  31 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 10.

  32 “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, paras. 208 –09.

  33 R.L. Rogers, History of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1954), 157.

  34 Arthur Bridge, “ ‘In the Eye of the Storm’: A Recollection of Three Days in the Falaise Gap, 19 –21 August 1944,” Canadian Military History, vol. 9, no. 3 (Summer 2000), 62–64.

  35 Michael Reynolds, Steel Inferno: i ss Panzer Corps in Normandy (New York: Dell Publishing, 1997), 337.

  36 “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. 273.

  37 Graves, South Albertas, 152.

  38 South Alberta War Diary, 17.

  39 Graves, South Albertas, 153.

  40 Bridge, 64.

  41 South Alberta War Diary, 17.

  42 Graves, A Century of Service, 285.

  43 Bridge, 64–65.

  44 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=IvanH&lastname=Martin&rec=id2910 (accessed February 6, 2011).

  45 Harold Clerkson, interview by William S. Thackray, August 19, 1980, UVICSC.

  46 South Alberta War Diary, 17.

  47 “Report No. 65,” para. 217.

  29 A HELLHOLE

  1 “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, December 23, 1953, para. 216.

  2 “Op ‘Tallulah,’ later changed to ‘Tractable,’ by Capt. P.A. Mayer,” 215C1.013 (D26), vol. 10638, box 126, RG24, LAC, 15.

  3 Governor General’s Foot Guards War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 17.

  4 “Op ‘Tallulah,’” 15.

  5 “Polish Armoured Division History,” DHH, DND, 18.

  6 “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. 277.

  7 Michael Reynolds, Steel Inferno: i ss Panzer Corps in Normandy (New York: Dell Publishing, 1997), 344.

  8 “Polish Armoured Division,” 18 –19.

  9 Reynolds, 344.

  10 Ibid., 340 –45.

  11 New Brunswick Rangers (M.G.) Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 16.

  12 Arthur Bridge, “ ‘In the Eye of the Storm’: A Recollection of Three Days in the Falaise Gap, 19 –21 August 1944,” Canadian Military History, vol. 9, no. 3 (Summer 2000), 66.

  13 H.M. Jackson, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise’s), 1928–1953 (Montreal: Industrial Shops for the Deaf, 1953), 99.

  14 1st Hussars Regiment War Diary, August 1944, RG24, LAC, 7.

  15 Donald Graves, South Albertas: A Canadian Regiment at War (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 1998), 163.

  16 G.T. Heintzman, W.A. Hand, E.H. Heeney, eds., History of the Sixth Anti-Tank (Toronto: 6th Canadian Anti-Tank Regt., Royal Canadian Artillery,
1989), 23.

  17 Donald Graves, Century of Service: The History of the South Alberta Light Horse (Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2005), 287.

  18 William Ernest John Hutchinson, “Test of a Corps Commander, Lieutenant-General Guy Granville Simonds: Normandy, 1944,” unpublished master’s thesis, Victoria: University of Victoria, 1982, 241.

  19 “Op ‘Tallulah,’” 15.

  20 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards (Ottawa: Mortimer, 1948), 124–25.

  21 A. Fortescue Duguid, History of the Canadian Grenadier Guards, 1760–1964 (Montreal: Gazette Printing, 1965), 280 –81.

  22 George L. Cassidy, Warpath: The Story of the Algonquin Regiment, 1939–1945 (Markham, ON: Paperjacks, 1980), 137–38.

  23 “Polish Armoured Division,” 18 –20.

  24 Heintzman, Hand, and Heeney, 23.

  25 Graves, South Albertas, 166 –67.

  26 Bridge, 68.

  27 Graves, Century of Service, 172–73.

  28 The Regimental History of the Governor General’s Foot Guards, 125.

  29 Governor General’s Foot Guards War Diary, August 1944, 18.

  30 Duguid, 281.

  31 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.

  32 Duguid, 281–82.

  33 “Polish Armoured Division history,” 36.

  34 Graves, South Albertas, 172.

  35 Duguid, 282.

  36 Zygmunt Nagórski Jr., Falaise Gap Has Been Closed (London: C. Tinling & Co., 1944), 20 –21.

  37 Harker, n.p.

  38 Stacey, 262–65.

  39 Ibid., 270 –71.

  40 Hubert Meyer, The History of 12. ss -Panzerdivision “Hitlerjugend.” (Winnipeg: J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, 1994), 204.

  41 Stacey, 270 –71.

  42 Ibid., 275.

  43 George Kitching, Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of Major General George Kitching (Langley, BC : Battleline Books, 1985), 226 –27.

  44 Reginald H. Roy, 1944: The Canadians in Normandy (Toronto: Macmillan, 1984), 318.

  45 Cassidy, 140.

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