VILLONS-LES-BUISSONS Calvados - 8 km north of Caen
The Canadians fought house to house in Les-Buissons
On 6 June 1944 in the midmorning Bernières-sur-Mer was liberated by the Canadians. But waves of troops who landed on the beach were soon entangled in jam. The 9th Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division under Brigadier Cunningham reached the shore with the second assault wave. The Canadians lost much time to get out of the jam. In the evening of D-day the North Nova Scotia Highlanders stopped in Villons, a few kilometers from Caen. The next moring at 5 a. m. the Canadians moved on with reconnaissance tanks at the head of the column. The 9th Brigade was assigned to capture Carpiquet’s airfield. The Canadians overran the Germans, they fought house to house and and pushed them back out of Les Buissons. Then they settled down toward Buron.
   
 
 
9th Canadian Brigade monument
Monument in memory of the 9th Canadian Brigade soldiers who fought in this area named "Hell's corner" from 7 June to 7 July 1944.
Situation : at the edge of the D220 road, at the western exit of the town  		 
   
  SDG Regiment plaque
Plaque dedicated to soldiers of the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders Regiment (1940-1945).
Situation : in the town center, on the wall of Villons castle (private property)
 
  B16 airfield stele
 Stele commemorating the establishment by the Allied forces of the airfield B16, under the command of n° 84 Group of the Second Tactical Air force. British and Norwegian units were based there from August to September 1944.
Situation : at the edge of the D220 road, at the western exit of the town
 
  Norwegian combattants monument
 Monument in memory of the Norwegian combattants of the Second World War (1940-1945).
Situation : at the edge of the D79 road, at the entrance of the town
 
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INTERESTING WEB SITES

Personal web site about D-day and Normandy battle
http://www.debarquement-normandie.com/
Association web site about the Canadian soldiers in Normandy
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/1618/histoire.html
Association web site about the Canadian soldiers on D-day
http://www.waramps.ca/military/wwii/dday.html
Personal web site about the German Army structure
http://web.telia.com/~u18313395/normandy/index.html
Personal web site about the German Army
http://www.feldgrau.com/index.html
 
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