3rd Canadian Infantry Division
3rd Canadian Infantry Division Formation Patch
Active	1940-1945
Country	Canada
Allegiance	Allies
Branch	Canadian Army
Type	Infantry
Nickname	The Water Rats
Battles/wars	D-Day, Juno Beach Battle of Normandy The Scheldt
Commanders
Current commander	n/a
Notable commanders	Rod Keller

The formation of the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division was authorized on 17 May 1940. There was then a considerable delay until the brigade and divisional headquarters were formed on September 5, and the first divisional commander was appointed on October 26. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Canadian Forces Land Force Command (LF) is responsible for army operations within the Canadian Armed Forces. ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allies. ... Combatants United States United Kingdom Canada Free France Poland Germany Commanders Dwight Eisenhower (Supreme Allied Commander) Bernard Montgomery (land) Bertram Ramsay (sea) Trafford Leigh-Mallory (air) Omar Bradley (US 1st Army) Miles Dempsey (UK 2nd Army) Harry Crerar (Canadian 1st Army) Gerd von Rundstedt (OB WEST) Erwin Rommel (Heeresgruppe B... Combatants Canada United Kingdom Poland Belgium Norway Germany Commanders Guy Simonds (acting) (First Canadian Army) Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (German 15th Army) Strength  ?  ? Casualties 12,873 total; including 6,367 Canadian  ? The Battle of the Scheldt was a series of military operations which took place in northern Belgium and south... Rodney Frederick Leopold Keller, born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England, on October 2nd, 1900; died in 1954. ... May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (138th in leap years). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

While the division’s components were forming, The Cameron Highlanders were detached and transferred to Iceland as part of Z Force. The battalion spent the winter of 1940–41 there before moving to the UK. The division's 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 9th Canadian Infantry Brigades began embarking as early as July 1, 1941 and arrived in the UK at the end of that month. The 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade embarked in August and arrived at the beginning of September. After its arrival, the division spent three uneventful years in garrison and training duties prior to the assault landing on Juno Beach in Normandy, as part of the British 2nd Army, later joining the newly-formed Canadian 1st Army. Battle honours include Caen, Falaise, capturing the Channel ports, the Breskens pocket, and the final offensives of 1945. July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film). ... This article is about the beach codenamed in WWII. For other uses, see Juno Beach (disambiguation) Combatants Canada Germany Commanders Major-General R.F.L. Keller, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter, German 716th Static Infantry Division Strength 15,000 7,771 Casualties 340 dead, 739 other casualties Unknown... Flag of Normandy Normandy (in French: Normandie, and in Norman: Normaundie) is a geographical region in northern France. ... The British Second Army was extant in both World Wars. ... The Canadian First Army was the overall command for the Canadian military forces in Europe during World War II. It was formed in early 1942 to command two corps composed of the three infantry divisions, two armoured divisions, and two armoured brigades that had assembled in England. ... The custom has been to award, to those units who took part, the right to display the name of a particular battle, campaign or war. ... Caen (pronounced /kɑ̃/) is a commune of northwestern France. ... Falaise is the name of several communes in France: Falaise, in the Ardennes département Falaise, in the Calvados département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... The Breskens Pocket was a pocket of fortified German resistance against the 1st. ...

Formation

7th Canadian Infantry Brigade

• The Royal Winnipeg Rifles
• The Regina Rifle Regiment
• 1st Battalion The Canadian Scottish Regiment

8th Canadian Infantry Brigade

Members of the 3rd Infantry Division with a starving prisoner liberated from a Nazi concentration camp in 1945.

• The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada
• Le Régiment de la Chaudière
• The North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment

9th Canadian Infantry Brigade

• The Highland Light Infantry of Canada
• The Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders
• The North Nova Scotia Highlanders

Other units

• 7th Reconnaissance Regiment (17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars)
• The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (machine gun)
• 12th Field Artillery Regiment
• 13th Field Artillery Regiment
• 14th Field Artillery Regiment
• 3rd Anti-tank Regiment
• 4th Light Anti-aircraft Regiment
• 16th Field Company Engineers

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles are a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Royal Regina Rifles is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Marys) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces based in British Columbia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... See also the related List of German concentration camps Concentration camp in Nazi Germany. ... The Queens Own Rifles of Canada is a militia regiment within the Canadian Armed Forces and is based in Toronto, Ontario. ... Le Régiment de la Chaudière is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Royal New Brunswick Regiment (RNBR) is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces based in New Brunswick. ... The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. ... Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. ... The North Nova Scotia Highlanders was an infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa is a reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... Anti-tank, or simply AT, refers to any method of combating military armored fighting vehicles, notably tanks. ... American troops man an anti-aircraft gun near the Algerian coastline in 1943 Anti-aircraft, or air defense, is any method of combating military aircraft from the ground. ... Engineering is the application of scientific and technical knowledge to solve human problems. ...

See also

• List of military divisions
• List of Canadian divisions in WWII

The article provides links to lists of military divisions arranged by ordinal number, name, country or conflict. ... List of Canadian divisions in the Second World War Canadian 1st Infantry Division Canadian 2nd Infantry Division Canadian 3rd Infantry Division Canadian 4th Armoured Division Canadian 5th Armoured Division See also: List of Canadian divisions in the First World War. ...

External links

• Juno Beach - The Canadians on D-Day
• Memorial of Coudehard-Montormel - 3rd ID in the Falaise pocket