Bures-sur-Dives
Petitville
No. 3 Commando Monument
Coy C of the 1st Canadian parachutist Bn, lead byMajor Murray Mac Leod, received friendly fire bombing from the RAF south of Merville. Fortunately without casualties.
Around 01.00 am, they reach their objective: Varaville, where they had to destroy a bridge.
In Varaville Château they confront a small German garrison, and the bridge is not blown up until the next day. The parachutists withdraw to the west.
During more than two months Varaville and Petitville are in the no man's land, until 17 August when General Montgomery launches Operation Paddle. No. 3 Commando under lieutenant colonel Young liberates Petitville and Varaville, but the Germans had evacuated the population mid-July.