In ww2 the Canadians helped in the Normandy landings, landing on juno beach. I would like to travel by foot (camping) the distance the Canadians travelled from juno beach to their furthest point in Germany or wherever the Canadians stopped (this is only the soldiers who landed on the beaches of Normandy, this doesn't include Canadians who where in Italy).
So how far would i have to travel if i followed the steps of the Canadians to their last captured territory (assuming the Canadians did not make a straight line to Berlin)
Thank you to all who take the time to help me with this question.
By September 1944, First Canadian Army had advanced north along the English Channel, liberating Boulogne and Calais. The British captured Antwerp in Belgium at the same time, but the Germans still occupied the banks of the Scheldt estuary linking Antwerp to the sea, with most of this territory in the Netherlands. These needed to be cleared so that Antwerp could be safely used as a port for supply. It took about a month of hard fighting over flooded plains to secure all the approaches to Antwerp, at a cost of 6300 lives.
When German forces in Holland surrendered on May 5, 1945 in the wake of the British/Canadian advance after the Liberation of the Netherlands, the 2nd Canadian Corps had advanced to Oldenburg in northern Germany. The 1st Canadian Corps had reached the Grebbe Line. (Both corps were involved in the Italian campaign, sent to reinforce the Allied NW advance.)