Stuart Thomson reveals what Operation Overlord, the battle for the beaches of Normandy, looked like through Canadian eyes on that historic day. The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion suffered 113 casualties from the 543 soldiers who participated in the drop on D-Day. The regiment landed on Nan White Beach just after 8 a.m. and took the worst battering of any Canadians on D-Day. The Queen’s Own Rifles had the highest casualties of any Canadian regiment, with 143 killed, wounded or captured. Ted Barris, author of Juno: Canadians at D-Day, believes the first decoration won by a Canadian on D-Day belonged to the 13th Field Regiment.

Source: National Post June 05, 2019 19:08 UTC