Editing Juno Beach (section)

===Positions at nightfall===
[[File:Queen's Own Rifles Dug In Near Carpiquet.jpg|thumb|left|The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada dug in at the end of D-Day near Carpiquet.]]

At the end of D-Day, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division was situated firmly on Objective Line Elm, short of their final D-Day objectives.{{sfn|Saunders|2004|p=139}} In the west, the 7th Brigade was anchored in Creully and Fresne-Camilly.{{sfn|Zuehlke|2004|p=316}} The 9th Brigade was positioned a mere {{convert|3|mi|km|abbr=on}} from Caen, the farthest inland of any Allied units on D-Day.{{sfn|Copp|2004|p=57}} On the eastern edge of the Canadian sector the 8th Brigade had taken up positions in Anguerny and Columby, having begun in the late afternoon to dig in. The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division had succeeded in advancing farther than any other divisional element in the Allied Expeditionary Force, but due to heavy fighting in Lagrune and Saint-Aubin had failed to link up with the British 3rd Division from Sword.{{sfn|Keegan|1982|pp=141–142}} The German 716th Infantry Division was scattered and heavily depleted: division commander [[General (Germany)|Lieutenant General]] Wilhelm Richter recorded that less than one full battalion could be mustered for further defence. The German 21st Panzer Division had driven a wedge between the British and Canadian 3rd Divisions, yet had been unable to dislodge either from the beaches. To the south, [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] had released the elite [[Panzer Lehr Division]] and the [[12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend]] (Hitler Youth), both of which prepared to head north with the [[I SS Panzer Corps]].{{sfn|Copp|2004|p=61}}