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GRAINVILLE
-LANGANNERIE/URVILLE
Calvados
- 20 km south of Caen
The Tiger, the dreadful enemy of the Canadian tanks
At
the beginning of August 1944 in Normandy, the Allied launched all
their Forces toward Falaise. The German army was completely worn out
under the massive bombings of the Operation Totalize. In
the second phase of the operation, two armoured divisions sprang on
8 August, the 4th Canadian Armoured Division under General Kitching
and the 1st Polish Armoured Division commanded by General Maczek.
On 9 August, a Canadian Armoured Squadron drove on the wrong road
near Estrées-la-Campagne, two kilometers from Grainville. The
Panther and the Tiger of the Kampfgruppe Wünsche destroyed the
Squadron, 47 tanks out of 52 were fired. In the evening of 9 August,
the 10th Canadian Brigade liberated Urville, then Grainville and set
up on Hill 195.
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Polish Cemetery
Grainville-Langannerie
Grainville-Langannerie
is the only Polish cemetery in France. The badges of the Polish
units who fought in Normandy can be seen on the railing. A central
alley leads to a monument toped by a stylized Polish eagle.
Situation : at the edge of the N158
road, north of the town
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Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders monument
Urville
Monument
in memory of the soldiers of The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
Regiment, of the 9th Brigade (3rd Canadian Infantry Division) who
liberated the town.
Situation : The Glens place, at the edge
of the D131 road, toward Barbery
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Polish Cemetery
Grainville-Langannerie
Badges
of Polish units on the fence of the cemetery.
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