ROTS Calvados - 10 km west of Caen
Panzers against British anti-tanks
West of Caen the Canadians and the Germans were facing each other both sides of the the N 13 main road and the Paris-Cherbourg railway. On 8 June 1944 in Bretteville-l'Orgueilleuse, twenty-five tanks leaded by the SS Hitlerjugend Division Commander, SS Standartenführer Kurt Meyer, ran up against the Regina Rifle’s anti-tanks guns. Attacks and counter-attacks followed one another, at the end the Germans must drive back. In Rots the 46th British Royal Marines commandos struggled hand to hand against the 26th Regiment 1st company of the Hitlerjugend Division. The tanks of Fort Garry Horse fought in individual combat against the Panther through the narrow streets of the town. Rots is taken to the SS on 12 June, the German grenadiers leave 122 killed on the battlefield.
   
 
 
 
Liberation monument - Régiment La Chaudière plaque
Monument commemorating the liberation of Rots by Canadian troops of La Chaudière Regiment, and tanks of Fort Garry Horse, on 12 June 1944.
Situation : downtown, near the river Mue
 
   
   
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INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about Combined Operations Special Troops
http://www.combinedops.com/Combined_Ops_index.htm
Association web site about Canadian soldiers on D-day
http://www.waramps.ca/military/wwii/dday.html
Personal web site about the Atlantic Wall
http://site.voila.fr/bunkers
Personal web site about the French Canadians in the Canadian Army
http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/m223040/page2du9dec.html
Personal web site about the World War II tanks
http://www.chars-francais.net/de1942a1945.htm
 
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