Sherman tanks of 10th Canadian Armored Regiment (Fort Garry Horse) with infantry of the Royal Regiment of Canada massing in preparation for the assault on Goch, 17 February 1945. 
Goch is a town in the district of Kleve, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated close to the border with the Netherlands, approx. 12 km (7 mi) south of Kleve.

Massing for the attack

26 January 1945: Canadians launched an attack at Kapelsche Veer in the Netherlands during the Second World War. 

During the last winter of the Second World War, Canadian soldiers were tasked with clearing the Germans from the small island of Kapelsche Veer in the Maas River in the Netherlands. Dubbed “Operation Elephant”, the Lincoln and Welland Regiment, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, and South Alberta Regiment saw heavy action there 26-31 January 1945. It was hard fighting under horrendous conditions and casualties were high on both sides, but our soldiers eventually triumphed. Pictured are men from the Lincoln and Welland Regiment the day after the Battle of Kapelsche Veer. Photo: Library and Archives Canada/taken from fb/Canada remembers

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Winteroutfit

Infantrymen of the 1st Battalion, The Canadian Scottish Regiment, firing three-inch mortars at German positions on islands in the flooded Rhine River, Niel, Germany, 8 February 1945.
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