Is it true that the Canadians where the only ones who reached their goal on D-day?

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Is it true that the Canadians where the only ones who reached their goal on D-day?

2007-11-11 17:25:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History

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No,
The first objectives were the battery at Merville and the bridge at Ranville both siccessfully captured by British glider forces in the early hours of D-Day

2007-11-11 17:31:00 · answer #1 · answered by brainstorm 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

The Canadian 3rd Division was supposed to take Caen on day one, instead it was still in German hands well into July. Michel Witmann's lone Tiger stopped the entire Canadian division on their first assault on the city.

2007-11-11 18:43:04 · answer #2 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋