Operation Windsor - Aftermath

Aftermath

Three days after Operation Windsor, attacks on Caen were renewed, with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division taking part in Operation Charnwood. On 9 July, the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade succeeded in capturing Carpiquet airfield, as 450 aircraft of the Royal Air Force bombed Caen in preparation for a full assault. By day's end, the northern half of Caen had been seized by British forces, while the remainder of the city had been levelled. On 18 July British and Canadian forces launched Operations Atlantic and Goodwood, the Canadians launched the former operation liberating the remainder of Caen while British forces secured terrain to the east and south of the city. Canadian forces then attacked German positions on Verrières Ridge.

Canadian casualties for the operation totaled 377, of which 127 were fatal. The majority of these losses occurred on 4 July— the RWR and The North Shore Regiment took approximately 130 casualties each on the first day. In total, 17 tanks were lost by the 10th Canadian Armoured Regiment, with an unknown number of losses by the Sherbrooke Fusiliers. Casualty statistics for the 12th SS (Panzergrenadierregiment 26, 1st batallion) indicate 155 total infantry losses,; the 1st SS Panzer division (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler), responsible for the counter-attack on July 5, lost approximately 20 tanks. Its infantry (Panzergrenadierregiment 1, 3rd batallion) is also known to have lost 115 men killed, wounded or missing