3rd Canadian Division

12thField Regiment:

13th Field Regiment

14thField Regiment

19th Field Regiment

3rd Anti-Tank Regiment

4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment

Prior to the Normandy landing, all artillery launched a saturation barrage against the enemy defences.There were multiple artillery units on D-Day; Canadian units that landed were 12th, 13th, and 14th Field Regiments, 19th Army Field Regiment, 3rd Anti-tank Regiment, 4th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment.

Destroyers pounded the beaches, while large landing crafts fired their 4.7-inch guns and Landing Craft Tanks fired rocket rounds. The four field artillery regiments, which included 96 guns of 105-mm, embarked on 24 LCTs, and all moved toward the beaches simultaneously.

The artillery was deployed side by side, opening a steady barrage of fire above the heads of the infantry approaching the shore in their LCAs.

By evening they had all moved forward and reached their designated positions.