The first nursing sisters of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps to land in France after D-Day. France, July 17, 1944. (L-R): Lieutenant M. Green, Captain H.M. Boutilier and Major Moya MacDonald.

Army nurses in France

German soldiers surrendering to Canadian Forces in St. Lambert, France, on 19 August 1944.
   The village of Saint-Lambert (full name Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives) was the location of the final battle of the Normandy campaign of 1944. While often referred to as the Battle of the Falaise Gap, Saint-Lambert was the last village in the narrowing gap between the Canadians and Polish forces advancing southwards from Falaise and Trun, and the American and Free French forces pushing northwards from Argentan and Chambois. The capture of Saint-Lambert would finally close the gap, and trap tens of thousands of German troops in the Falaise pocket.

Surrendering to Canadians

Captain Callum Thompson, a Canadian chaplain, conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, France, 16 July 1944.