Operation Charnwood; taking of Caen 6 weeks after D-day by the British and Canadian troops.

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• CO

  @colinvos4443 · 5 years ago · pinned

  Hello Colin. Great work on Caen. Our cousin, Cliff Cassidy(dec'd 1992) was captured at Caen. He was in the Cdn Army, Reg unknown. Cliff's wife Kay told me that during fighting he had carried a wounded man on his back all night looking for help. At dawn, he came upon a German machine gun post w/gunner fast asleep, arms crossed over gun. With a wounded man and a hopeless situation he decided to surrender and get help for his comrade. Coming up quietly behind the gunner, as not to startle him, he gently shook him awake. Once the gunner woke up they were promptly taken POW. He never knew what happened to the wounded man. Cliff was a POW till May 45. He was from Moose Jaw, Sask. I had just remembered after seeing your video. Thank You

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• CH

  @charliejohnson3564 · 3 years ago

  Thanks so much for this, I have a great uncle that died in operation charnwood, he is buried at caimbes en plaine and its amazing to see you talk about it. 🙏🙏🙏

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• WW

  @WWF-z2r · 2 years ago

  Thanks so much for these informative videos. My grandfather was a machine - gunner with the North Nova Scotians. It's extremely difficult outside of Canada to find any information about our brave Canadian men. They either get lumped together as British or   - forgotten all together by American historians

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  @statelyelms · 10 months ago

  Thanks for the video! Just spent a while tracking back where my great-uncle Alvin Sleep might&apos;ve died, he was a young man fron Coles Island, N.B. with the New Brunswick North Shore Regiment, I was always told he was an ambulance driver killed by an anti-vehicle mine. He&apos;s now buried at the cemetery at Bény-Sur-Mer.<br><br>His regiment was part of the 3rd Canadian Division you covered in the video, and he was killed sometime on the ninth of July, 1944, either during or after this operation. So, you might&apos;ve walked past his last road. Thank you for letting me walk through his last sights an ocean away!

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  @MegaBloggs1 · 5 years ago

  great work-this guy is so knowledgeable

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• PE

  @peterfeltham5612 · 5 years ago

  Very good video Colin, so interesting.

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• KE

  @kerrydennison7947 · 3 years ago (edited)

  We enjoy your videos here in America you give equal justice and time to all of the allied forces including the Germans very informative history that you cannot find anywhere else keep up the good work, and I might want to add not all luftwaffe troops was untrained troop,s example the German first and third and sixth parachute division,s they were luftwaffe soldiers and they gave the Canadians British and Americans a run for their money, Monte cassino and ortona in Italy just to mention a few well know battle,s they were very well trained and would not surrendered unless they were incapacitated beyond fighting. Probably the most respected German military formation that I know of out of world war II that does not have the stain of war crimes on there records

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• SL

  @slymarbo4046 · 3 years ago

  You&apos;ve got a new sub

• AF

  @afvasmr8035 · 5 years ago

  Just found your channel and absolutely loving it I&apos;ve subbed liked and hit the notifications 👍👍 from me

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• KE

  @kerrydennison7947 · 2 years ago

  The 12th SS division had no combat experience before being moved into the Normandy battle. But had a very experienced hardcore Eastern front leadership core from the commander right on down to senior ncos. And like most of the SS and German parachute divisions they had the best and latest equipment and supplies..

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• YI

  @yingmingtan5619 · 3 years ago

  The Allies never learn from cassino, &nbsp;bombing &nbsp;of Caen only cause more civilian casualties and more rubble, the german had retreated north , thus they were safe from the bombing😮

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  @MegaBloggs1 · 5 years ago

  there were a 100000 garrison soldiers available to the english in august 1944