Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A yakin duniya na biyu da rundunar sauka a Ingila a watan Satumba na 1940. A matsayin wani ɓangare na 7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Division, Rifles sun kasance a cikin farko na saukowa a ranar D, 6 ga Yuni, 1944. Royal Winnipeg Rifles sun yi yaƙi a duk lokacin yakin Normandy, suna yaƙi a cikin shahararrun yaƙe-yaƙe kamar Caen
da kuma Falaise Gap. Bayan taimakawa wajen 'yantar da tashar jiragen ruwa da dama na Channel, rundunar ta yi yaƙi don share mashigar Scheldt don ba da damar sake buɗe tashar Antwerp. Bayan taimakawa wajen 'yantar da Netherlands, rundunar ta kawo karshen yakin da ke shirin kai hari a garin Aurich na arewacin Jamus.