As 70th anniversary commemorations get underway for D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, it is important to remember that the majority of combat soldiers who fought in Northwest Europe in 1944 and 1945 only joined their units in the last eight months of the war.
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
