While glory was to the front, the First Canadian Army, undermanned and facing supply problems, in a campaign overshadowed by nearly everything else in the war, was given the unsung task of clearing the channel coast. On September 22, 1944 operation Unergo began.
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By September of 1944, the Western Allies had broken out of the Normandy beachehead, and suddenly and quickly moved across northern France . By September 7th, the 90th division was stretched across the northern sector on Patton’s Third Army’s left, advancing slowly northeast. As they did so the German defenders made a risky attack in an effort to spoil the allied advance, cutting through Allied lines in a surprise action at the small town of Mairy-Mannville.