While almost everyone knows how to ride a bicycle, not everyone knows that these machines were also deployed during the infamous Normandy landings. In this short article, Julien Lehoux describes the Canadian Army’s wartime use of these two-wheeled machines.

The Canadian Army and its allies used a plethora of vehicles and transportation methods during the Second World War. From landing crafts to tanks, the Allies designed hundreds of models of motorized vehicles for their military operations. One particularly popular vehicle with the ground army was the bicycle.

Shown to be useful time and again in the field, the bicycle has a very simple mechanical design compared to motorized vehicles, which need thousands of engineers, mechanics and factories for their design and assembly. Bicycles were a go-to transport option during the war for many armies, and the Canadians were no exception.

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Article written by Julien Lehoux for Je Me Souviens.