THAON/COLOMBY-SUR-THAON
Calvados - 8 and 7 km north of Caen
Two hamlets were liberated without fighting
The 7th Canadian Brigade landed on 6 June 1944 in Courseulles-sur-Mer and Graye-sur-Mer. At 11 a. m. two companies of the Regina Rifles Regiment entered Reviers. Meanwhile the Canadians had raging battle to seize Courseulles-sur-Mer. In mid-afternoon the soldiers of the Régiment de La Chaudière obtained the surrender of a hundred German soldiers in Colomby-sur-Thaon, they liberated the town without fighting. In Thaon a German artillery company installed in the town had withdrawn hastily in the night of 5-6 June, the Canadians penetrated in Thaon cleared off in the morning of 7 June. But until 15 July German artillery had been shelling Thaon, causing casualties in the Norman population and killing several Canadian soldiers.
   
 
 
La Chaudière stele
Colomby-sur-Thaon 
Stele in memory of the Canadian soldiers of Le Régiment de La Chaudière who liberated Colomby-sur-Thaon on 7 June 1944.
Situation : in the center of the town, in front of the town hall
  
 
  Stèle Fort Garry Horse
Thaon
Stele commemorating the liberation of Thaon by the 10th Armoured Regiment Fort Garry Horse and the 8th Canadian Brigade.
Situation : in the center of the town, "La Criée" place
   
ROAD MAP
 
INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about D-day and Normandy battle
http://www.debarquement-normandie.com/
Association web site about Canadian soldiers in Normandy
http://www.valourandhorror.com
Personal web site about La Chaudière Regiment
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1618/histoire.html
Association web site about Canadian soldiers on D-day
http://www.waramps.ca/military/wwii/dday.html
 
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