Des hommes de la 5e et de la 65e division d'infantrie US se serrent la main après avoir effectué leur jonction devant Metz, le 22 novembre 1944. Copyright US NARA
The first British troops in Caen pose with the residents in front of the devastated shops.
The Allies had predicted that the great Normandy city of Caen, a major crossroads, would be taken on D-Day. But at the beginning of July 1944, Caen still had not been liberated.
L'infanterie canadienne débarque sur la plage de Juno Beach et marche en direction de Bernières-sur-Mer, le 6 juin 1944. Source Archives Nationales du Canada.
On 7 September 1939, the Canadian Parliament met in a special session and two days later gave its support to Great Britain and France, which had been at war with Germany since 3 September.
