Women waving Union Jacks greet passing soldiers, all Canadians, as they march from the docks after disembarking in France on June 18, 1940.  Lord Gort came up with the idea of inserting Canadian troops between the Germans and the retreating French and British troops.  Canadian commanders, once they assessed the situation, re-embarked their forces and returned them to Britain rather than see them slaughtered for a lost cause.

Canadians in France, 1940

The first German prisoners captured by Canadian forces near St. Aubin-Sur-Mer, are immediately searched.
The German garrison of Saint Aubin sur Mer belongs to the 5 Kp. The II / Grenadier Regiment 736 of the 716 ID.
Most of the Canadians have the motorcycle helmet and uniform of the Canadian Provost Corps (special breeches and boots)

German prisoners beging searched

The wreckage of a Canadian scout car lays beside a wall, destroyed in the liberation of Rots.