On the 7th June the Canadian Sherbrooke Fusiliers Regiment's Shermans were advancing south from the D Day landing beaches towards Caen when they ran into the 12th SS Panzer Division who were advancing north. In the engagement that followed the Canadians lost around 15 tanks and were forced to retreat. One of the tanks they left behind was "Blitz", a Sherman Firefly of B Squadron which burnt out after it was penetrated in the left hull by a dug-in anti tank gun.
