Editing 2nd Canadian Division (section)

====Training in the United Kingdom (1941)====
[[File:Sergeant H.A. Marshall of the Sniper Section, The Calgary Highlanders.jpg|thumb|right|Sgt. [[Harold Marshall (sniper)|Harold Marshall]] of the Calgary Highlanders' Sniper Platoon]]
In 1941, the [[Toronto Scottish Regiment]] was transferred from the 1st Division to become the machine-gun battalion of the 2nd Division.<ref>Copp, p.12</ref> Around the same time, the 8th Reconnaissance Regiment (14th Canadian Hussars) was raised from 2nd Division personnel supplemented by reinforcements from Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.saskd.ca/27Light.htm|title= 14th Canadian Hussars|access-date=6 December 2008 |publisher= 14th Canadian Hussars (Saskatchewan Dragoons)| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081209012527/http://www.saskd.ca/27Light.htm| archive-date= 9 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> Due to equipment shortages, it was often difficult to adequately supply newly arrived divisions in England.<ref>Berton, p. 362</ref> Artillery units had to make use of outmoded 75&nbsp;mm guns with steel tires, and a lack of anti-aircraft guns—diverted to civil defense during the height of the [[Battle of Britain]]—left Canadian units to fend for themselves with small arms.<ref>Copp, p. 22</ref> However, by February 1941, enough [[Bren gun]]s had been issued to the infantry units and, by September, the artillery had been equipped with [[25-pounder]] (84&nbsp;mm, 3.3-in) [[howitzer]]s, although signals equipment and transport were still lacking and anti-tank guns were dangerously scarce.<ref name="Bercuson63">Bercuson, p. 63</ref>

When the division was not engaged in coastal-defence duties or unit training, formation-level training took the form of increasingly larger exercises. Exercise Waterloo, conducted from 14 to 16 June 1941, was the largest in the United Kingdom to date, with I Canadian Corps counter-attacking an imagined German sea and air landing.<ref name=48th/> Exercise Bumper, held from 29 September to 3 October, was larger still, involving 250,000 men.<ref name=48th>{{cite web |url= http://dileas.mapleleafup.org/england.htm|title= 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental History|access-date=6 December 2008 |publisher= 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081209041904/http://dileas.mapleleafup.org/england.htm| archive-date= 9 December 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> These exercises tended to concentrate on traffic control, communications, and logistical concerns, and were of little practical value to the infantry.<ref>Copp, p. 23</ref>

On 30 December 1941, the [[Calgary Highlanders]] introduced "[[battle drill]]" to the division.<ref name="Copp24">Copp, p. 24</ref> This new type of training emphasized small unit tactics as well as "hardening" training through use of live ammunition, slaughterhouse visits, and obstacle courses, and was adopted throughout Commonwealth forces stationed in Britain.<ref name="Copp24"/>