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Abstract
Canadian and British troops liberated Caen after 33 days of the bloodiest battles of the Normandy campaign. A small but dramatic ceremony in the main square marked the historic first raising of the French flag. But a Canadian artillery officer on horseback made the moment symbolically Canadian too.
Recommended Citation
Mackie, Mary "A Canadian on Horseback: 9 July 1944 Memorialized in Bronze." Canadian Military History 3, 1 (1994)
