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Title
Graveyard of the North Shores
Description
ln Operation Windsor, 3rd Canadian Division once again set out to take Carpiquet Airfield, still in the hands of their bitter foe, the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend”. After a heavy rolling bombardment, the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment moved out across …
Publisher
Date
1944-07-04
Scenario#
55
Scenario Description
ln Operation Windsor, 3rd Canadian Division once again set out to take Carpiquet Airfield, still in the hands of their bitter foe, the 12th SS "Hitlerjugend”. After a heavy rolling bombardment, the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment moved out across a mile of high standing wheat toward the village adjoining the airfield. Zeroed in on the flat approaches, German shells tore through the Canadians, but diehard remnants reached the ruined ville to wrest it from the small but well prepared force of Hitler Youth.
Location
Carpiquet, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Operation Windsor (4–5 July 1944), was a Canadian attack, which was part of the Battle of Normandy during the Second World War. The attack was undertaken by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division to take Carpiquet and the adjacent airfield, from troops of the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitler Jugend of Panzergruppe West. The attack was originally intended to take place during the later stages of Operation Epsom, to protect the eastern flank of the main assault but was postponed for a week.
Narrative Source
Combatants
German
Canadians

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