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      The 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Canadian Army that fought during World War I and World War II. Raised in 1915, it formed part of the 2nd Canadian Division and fought on the Western Front during World War I before being disbanded. Later, it was re-raised in September 1939 and subsequently took part in Allied operations in north-west Europe in 1944 and 1945.


      History




      = World War I

      =

      Formed in early 1915, the 6th Brigade formed part of the 2nd Canadian Division that was raised as part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Departing Canada in May 1915, further training was conducted in the United Kingdom around Shorncliffe before the brigade was committed to the Western Front in September 1915. The brigade's first major actions commenced early the following year around St Eloi, after which the brigade participated in many significant actions for the next two-and-a-half years that it was deployed along the Western Front.


      = World War II

      =


      Dieppe, Operation Jubilee


      Mobilized as part of the 2nd Canadian Division on 1 September 1939, even before the declaration of war, and the battalions were promptly fleshed out by volunteers. However, further expansion was hindered by a temporary halt in recruitment and uncertainty about overseas deployment. Consequently, divisional and brigade headquarters were not actually formed until May and June 1940. Later, the brigade was transported to the United Kingdom, where in mid-1942 they took part in the Dieppe Raid. Codenamed Operation Jubilee, it was a large-scale raid on Dieppe, France in August 1942 carried out by the 4th and 6th Canadian Infantry Brigades, and support for British Commandos suffering extensive losses in the landing and the ensuing withdrawal.
      The objective was to seize and hold a major port for a short period, both to prove it was possible and to gather intelligence from prisoners and captured materials while assessing the German responses. The raid was also intended to use air power to draw the Luftwaffe into a large, planned encounter. No major objectives of the raid were accomplished. 3,623 of the 6,086 men who made it ashore were either killed, wounded, or captured. The Allied air forces failed to lure the Luftwaffe into open battle, and lost 119 planes, while the Royal Navy suffered 555 casualties. The catastrophe at Dieppe later influenced Allied preparations for Operation Torch and Operation Overlord.
      Because of heavy casualties most of the brigade's regiments had to go through substantial reconstruction throughout 1943 before seeing further action.


      Normandy


      The brigade did not participate in the D Day landings, but arrived in Normandy later that month and was involved in the operations to capture Caen. These included:

      Operation Charnwood
      Operation Atlantic
      Operation Spring
      After the breakout from Normandy, 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 2nd Canadian Infantry Division captured Dieppe. Then they were involved in operations to clear the Rhine approaches and then cross the river and engagements in the forest of the Reichswald, and the towns of Xanten and Groningen. They ended the war in Hanover, Germany.


      Structure




      = World War I

      =
      During World War I, the 6th Brigade consisted of four infantry battalions:

      27th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion Canadian Infantry: 21 October 1914 – 11 November 1918;
      28th (North West) Battalion Canadian Infantry: 19 October 1914 – 11 November 1918;
      29th (Vancouver) Battalion Canadian Infantry: 24 October 1914 – 11 November 1918;
      31st (Alberta) Battalion Canadian Infantry: 16 November 1914 – 11 November 1918.
      These four infantry battalions were supported by a machine gun company and trench mortar battery.


      = World War II

      =
      Upon formation in 1939 in the Prairie Provinces the 6th Brigade consisted of the following units:

      The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada – Winnipeg, Manitoba
      The South Saskatchewan Regiment – Estevan, Saskatchewan
      The Calgary Highlanders – Calgary, Alberta
      The Winnipeg Grenadiers (Machine Gun) – Winnipeg, Manitoba
      No. 6 Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots) (6 Feb 1941 – 20 May 1943)
      By 1944–45, the brigade had been re-structured into a triangular formation, consisting of the following units:

      1st Battalion, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal
      1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada
      1st Battalion, The South Saskatchewan Regiment
      6th Infantry Brigade Ground Defence Platoon (Lorne Scots)


      See also


      Canada in World War II
      Military history of Canada
      Canadian Armed Forces


      References

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