Omaha Beach, today 1st Infantry Division Memorial Colleville-sur-Mer « On Omaha Beach, to your front, assault troops of the U.S. First Infantry Division led the attack of V Corps, landing at 6:30 a.m. on June 6, 1944 (D-Day). The Big Red One soldiers encountered beach obstacles and fierce enemy fire from the bluffs which stopped their advance at the water’s edge, an operation even more difficult than expected. Slowly, with support from naval gunfire, the Big Red One infantrymen advanced, with he

The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps (RCAC; French: Corps blindé royal canadien) is the armoured corps within the Canadian Army, including regular and reserve force regiments. A doctrinal Canadian armoured regiment consists of four squadrons of medium to heavy tanks, as well as a close reconnaissance troop equipped with light tanks and/or armoured cars. When required an armoured regiment will be tasked to provide an armoured squadron to its higher formation to provide it with a formation mounted re