translate English to French: Canadian Reinforcement Units and Other Units Under C.M.H.Q. Command Canadian Military Headquarters had under its command in the United Kingdom towards the end of hostilities with Germany numerous miscellaneous units, whose establishments- (not including the reinforcements held in the reinforcement units, but including temporary units or "increments") totalled 34,777 all ranks.58 The most important group were the Reinforcement Units, the organization of which underwent six major revisions in the course of the war. Originally known as Holding Units, they were first organized in the summer of 1940 in two groups.59 Although they were primarily reinforcement pools it was found from the outset that they had to undertake the task of training the drafts arriving from Canada.60 This and the great growth of the Canadian overseas army were among the causes of the various changes; the reorganization of the army in 1943 to conform with British war establishments was another factor.
Les autorités militaires du Canada acceptaient, naturellement, et prenaient les dispositions juridiques nécessaires pour placer les dépôts centraux sous le commandement de l'officier d'administration 69 britannique de la région, en cas d'urgence . La tâche assignée aux Canadiens revêtait un caractère essentiellement local et consistait surtout à fournir des colonnes mobiles destinées à lutter contre les parachutistes, ainsi que des patrouilles et des pelotons 70 spéciaux en vue de la défense de diverses casernes . En deux occasions subséquentes, au cours de grandes manoeuvres (Tiger et Spartan) les unités de renfort canadiennes ont organisé des contingents destinés à relever les formations canadiennes de campagne de leur tâche qui consistait à protéger le littoral méridional et leur permettre de prendre part 71 aux manoeuvres . Outre les unités de renfort, d'autres unités canadiennes très variées se trouvaient au Royaume-Uni.