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Canada's Role was to help the british Eight Army fight it's way up the Adriatic coast, in hopes of beating the US to Rome. Canada played a major Part in breaking many of the German defenses. Canadians broke the Moro River line thatpaved the way to Ortona. The Loyal Edmonton Regiment and The Seaforth Highlanders Of Canada captured the town of Ortona, defeating the 1st German Fallschirmjager (Paratrooper)division. They then broke through the Liri Valley and finally the Gothic Line. they were first to rome but sadly fell to the pressure of the US and let states liberate Rome.
The 1st Canadian Infantry Division was sent to Italy in July 1943 for service in Sicily. The 1st Division consisted of three infantry brigades and an armoured brigade and totaled 18,347 men at full strength.
The 1st Canadian Infantry Division served as part of the British 8th Army, along with the 2nd Polish Corps and 5th British Corps(but this changed over time). By February 1945, the 1st Canadian Division was withdrawn out of Italy and sent to Germany just prior to end of WW2.
Quote of General Patton: "The Canadians are the best troops Montgomery has, and they're American!"
Reference Sources:
Nicholson, G. W. L., "The Canadians in Italy, 1943-1945, Vol 2". Ottawa; Queen's Printer, 1956.
Stacey, Col. C. P., "Six Years of War; The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific, Vol 1", Minister of National Defense, 1955.
Zuehlke, Mark; "Ortona; Canada's Epic WW2 Battle", Douglas & McIntyre, 1999.
Zuehlke, Mark; "Gothic Line; Canada's Month of Hell in WW2 Italy", Douglas & McIntyre, 2003.
Osprey Publication "Canadian Forces in WWII" by Rene Chartrand is small but has an excellent history of how Canada built up their forces from 8,000 regular Army and 60,000 Reserve forces to a force of 1,,079,451 out of a population of 11 Million. It includes a table that lists every Regiment and where they served or if disbanded.
In all, 368,000 Canadians served in Europe, 7,600 in the Pacific and a few thousand in Africa. Canadian casualties in NW Europe totaled 48,000 with 11,546 deaths.
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