arrives. 11:20 Canadians capture Tailleville, Banville and St Croix. 12:00 As Winston Churchill reports landings to House of Commons, Further landings on Juno. Langrune captured by Juno troops. 13:35 German 352nd Division wrongly advises HQ that Allied assault repulsed. Message not corrected until 18.00. 14:15 All Canadian 3rd Division now ashore on Juno. Rapid advances start: troops link with those from Gold. 18:00 3rd Canadian Div, North Nova Scotia Highlanders reach inland. 1st Hussar tanks cross Caen-Bayeux railway, inland. Canadian Scottish link with 50th Division at Creully. 20:00 Canadians from Juno Beach reach Villons les Buissons, inland. Attack by 21st Panzers reach coast between Sword and Juno at Luc-sur-Mer. 22:00 Rommel returns to HQ from Germany. Montgomery sails for France. Juno Beach: 21,400 troops landed, with fewer than 1,000 casualties. Aim of capturing Carpiquet airfield not achieved. No link yet with Sword forces. Fighting in Normandy The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division served extensively in the Battle of Normandy as a component firstly of I British Corps and later under the command of II Canadian Corps. On D-Day+1, units of the division became the first among the Allies to secure their D-Day objectives. The villages of Authie and Carpiquet both saw heavy fighting between the Canadians and German defenders of the 12th SS Panzer Division. Over the course of five days, the 12th SS launched a series of counter-attacks in an attempt to crush the Canadian bridgehead and throw them back into the sea. The attacks cost the 12th a third of their armoured strength and they were forced to retire in the face of stubborn resistance, Allied naval gunfire and aerial superiority. On 4 July 1944, the 3rd Canadian Division, along with the British 3rd and 59th Infantry Divisions and supported by elements of the 79th Armoured Division launched Operation Windsor, capturing the Carpiquet Airfield and the surrounding areas from the 12th SS after several hours of confused and hard fighting. On 8 July, the 3rd Canadian Division participated in Operation Charnwood, the British Second Army's final advance on the northern parts of Caen. Once again the Canadians excelled and captured all their objectives after suffering, once again, heavy casualties. On 18 July, Operation Atlantic was launched, the Canadian advance that would coincide with Operation Goodwood, happening further east by British forces in the area south of Caen. The 2nd and 3rd Canadian divisions, supported by integral armour support, advanced