First Canadian Army

Military situation, North Holland, April 1945

Lieutenant General Guy Simonds during a troop inspection in Meppen .

The First Canadian Army ( German  First Canadian Army ) was an allied Canadian military formation in Europe during the Second World War . It was formed in Great Britain in early 1942.

Military operations

The army took part in Allied fighting in Normandy in July 1944 . After the missions in France, she took part in further military operations in Belgium , the Netherlands and Germany until the end of the war. These included operations such as:

• Operation Overlord
• Battle of the Scheldt estuary
• Battle in the Reichswald

Commander in chief

• Lieutenant General Andrew McNaughton (April 1942 to December 1943)
• Lieutenant General Kenneth Stuart (entrusted with the leadership; December 1943 to March 1944)
• General Henry Crerar (March 1944 to July 1945)
• Lieutenant General Guy Simonds (deputy; September to November 1944)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Canada and the Second World War 1939-1945 - The First Canadian Army. Veterans Affairs Canada, accessed June 12, 2017 .