THIS DAY IN HISTORY: JULY 25th, 1944

July 25th 1944 was one of the bloodiest days for Canadians of World War II.



Canadian soldiers display a Nazi flag captured during the Battle of Normandy.

450 Canadian soldiers were killed, and 1100 were wounded in the French town of Verrieres, during the Anglo-Canadian advance toward Caen, part of the Normandy campaign.

The Canadian cemetary at Beny-sur-Mer, Normandy.