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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion abstract "The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe. Landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, shortly before the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945. After the end of hostilities in Europe, the battalion was returned to Canada where it was disbanded on 30 September 1945.By the end of the war the battalion had gained a remarkable reputation: they never failed to complete a mission, and they never gave up an objective once taken. They are the only Canadians to participate in the Battle of the Bulge and had advanced deeper than any other Canadian unit into enemy territory. Despite being a Canadian Army formation, it was assigned to the British 3rd Parachute Brigade, a British Army formation, which was itself assigned to the British 6th Airborne Division.".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion activeYearsEndYear "1945".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion activeYearsStartYear "1942".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battle Battle_of_the_Bulge.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battle Operation_Tonga.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battle Operation_Varsity.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Dives Crossing".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Normandy Landing".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Northwest Europe 1944–45".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "The Rhine".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion commandStructure 3rd_Parachute_Brigade_(United_Kingdom).
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion country Canada.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion militaryUnitSize "Battalion".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion notableCommander Jeff_Nicklin.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion role "Parachute infantry".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion thumbnail 1stCdnParachuteBattalionMay1944.jpg?width=300.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion type Airborne_forces.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageID "18421774".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageLength "17503".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageOutDegree "88".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageRevisionID "700646252".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink 17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States).
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Airborne_forces.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Ardennes.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Aye_(village).
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Bande.
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Battle_of_the_Bulge.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Belgium.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink British_Army.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink CFB_Shilo.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Airborne_Regiment.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Canadian_Army.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Category:Battalions_of_the_Canadian_Army.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1942.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_Canada_in_World_War_II.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parachuting_in_Canada.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Corporal.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Dives_(river).
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Douglas_C-47_Skytrain.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Drop_zone.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink E._L._M._Burns.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Emmerich_am_Rhein.
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Europe.
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Jeff_Nicklin.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Jujutsu.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Le_Mesnil,_Manche.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Lieutenant_colonel.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Manitoba.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Marche.
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Military_glider.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Netherlands.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Normandy_landings.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Overlord.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Tonga.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Operation_Varsity.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Parachute_Regiment_(United_Kingdom).
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Paratrooper.
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- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Red_Army.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Rees,_Germany.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Rhine.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Roy.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink SS_Île_de_France.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Varaville.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Victoria_Cross.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Wesel.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Western_Front_(World_War_II).
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink Wismar.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink World_War_II.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink File:1stCdnParachuteBattalionMay1944.jpg.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink File:C-47_transport_planes_release_hundreds_of_paratroops.jpg.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink File:Operation_Tonga_-_Karte.png.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLink File:VarsityDropZones.svg.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "1st Canadian Parachute Battalion".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "1st Canadian".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion wikiPageWikiLinkText "Canadian parachute battalion".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion align "center".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Dives Crossing".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Normandy Landing".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "Northwest Europe 1944–45".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battleHonours "The Rhine".
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battles Battle_of_the_Bulge.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battles Operation_Tonga.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion battles Operation_Varsity.
- 1st_Canadian_Parachute_Battalion caption "Men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, about to leave for the D-Day transit camp, England, May 1944.".