Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds inspecting soldiers of II Canandian Corps, Meppen, Germany, May 1945.

II Canadian Corps inspection.

PIAT team of II Canadian Corps in Meppen, Germany, April 1945.  Note that the soldier on the left wears an old-style modified "Brodie" helmet, while the man on the right wears the more modern "Turtle" helmet.  The Canadians were to the fore in replacing their "Brodies" with "Turtles".  Best regards, JR.

Canadian PIAT team.

Canadian infantryman picks his way past a wrecked Sherman of the South Alberta Regiment during the fierce fighting at St Lambert-sur-Dives, Calvados, Normandy, August 1944.  As St Lambert was a strategic position holding open one of the "jaws" of the Falaise Pocket, the Germans fought fiercely to hold this small village.  The battle started in earnest on 18 August; by 21 August, the Canadians had cleared the village.  Best regards, JR.