The Field Artillery started with 18/25 Pounders, then used 25 Pounders and self-propelled 25 Pounder Sextons. The Medium Artillery started with 6-Inch Howitzers, then used 4.5-Inch Howitzers or 5.5-Inch Howitzers. Anti-tank, anti-aircraft and rocket units employed specialized weapons, and Artillery officers flew light aircraft as spotters.
The Canadians went to Sicily in July 1943 and mainland Italy in September 1943. By the spring of 1945, Canadians had helped liberate Italy from the German Army.
On 6 June 1944, the Canadian 3rd Division landed on Juno Beach in France. Juno was one of the five beaches in the Normandy landings.
Canadians continued the breakout through Caen to close the Falaise Gap and then up the Channel Coast. Next came the push through Belgium to the Scheldt, Netherlands' liberation, and the Battle of the Rhineland.
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