WEEKEND READ | Montreal veteran recalls how he survived one of the deadliest battles in Canadian military history.
Author of the article: Brendan Kelly • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Jul 10, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 7 minute read • Allan Nadler was involved in a devastating battle in July 1944, just south of Caen in northern France: 320 members of his Black Watch battalion attempted to take back a ridge held by the Germans. Only 20 survived. “It wasn’t easy for anyone to be alive at that time,” the 101-year-old recalls. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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