"A guidebook detailing the Canadian role in the 1944 Normandy Campaign during the Second World War as well as the 1942 Canadian raid on Dieppe. The book seeks to teach the history of these campaigns, while providing up to date information on how to visit and navigate these sites of Canada's national heritage."-- Provided by publisher.

Includes index. "This guidebook is based on Terry Copp's 1994 version A Canadian's guide to the Normandy battlefields"--Page 7.

Introduction -- The Dieppe Raid -- D-Day: the Airborne bridgehead -- D-Day: Juno Beach -- D-Day: American & British beaches -- The bridgehead battles -- The battles for Verrières Ridge -- "Tractable" & the Falaise Gap -- Appendix I: First Canadian Army -- Appendix II: Unit organization -- Index.