Table of Contents
List of Plates ix
List of Maps xi
List of Diagrams xii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xv
Glossary of Terms xvii
Introduction 1
1 The Division Command Environment 13
2 The Key Players 24
3 The Formation of the 4th Canadian Armoured Division 32
4 Preparation for Battle 43
5 Normandy 57
6 Totalize: The Plan 69
7 Totalize 90
8 Tractable 120
9 Closing the Falaise Gap 148
10 The New Legacy 183
Appendix 1 Outline of Instrs issued by GOC 4 Cdn Armd Div 071300B Aug 44 Op Totalize 192
Appendix 2 TOPSEC Summary of GOC's plan for 10 Aug 196
Appendix 3 TOPSEC Summary of instrs issued up to 102300B hrs [10 Aug] 198
Appendix 4 Summary of GOC's instrs up to 111500B and relevant infm 200
Appendix 5 Summary of GOC Conference for 12 August 121200 hrs 202
Appendix 6 Outline of Instrs issued by GOC 4 Cdn Armd Div 131239B Aug 44 Op Tractable 204
Appendix 7 Handwritten Note Etching to Scott 14 August 44 209
Appendix 8 Operations Following the Capture of Falaise 15 August 1944 210
Appendix 9 Memorandum Concerning Operational Intentions 16 August 1944 212
Appendix 10 Op Smash 213
Appendix 11 Summary of GOC's O Grp subsequent instructions received from Comd 2 Cdn Corps 215
Appendix 12 Consolidated Strength Returns 217
Appendix 13 Division Strength Returns from August Adreps 223
Appendix 14 4th Canadian Armoured Division ADREPS August 1944 224
Notes 225
Bibliography 266
Index 276
