Archive for August 1st, 2012

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    Probable find of U-boat in the Churchill River

    August 1, 2012 by Sharon Adams
    Second World War buffs are awaiting authentication of a discovery of the wreck of a Second World War U-boat in the Churchill River, 100 kilometres inland, in Labrador. German U-boats did patrol Canada’s coasts and waterways during the Second World War.  Legion Magazine has been...
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    Historic WWI Photo – Submarines CC 1 and CC 2

    August 1, 2012 by Jason Duprau
    Submarines CC 1 and CC 2 alongside. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES...
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    On This Date: August 2012

    August 1, 2012 by admin
    AUGUST 1, 1944: The Warsaw Uprising, the battle to liberate Warsaw, Poland, begins. AUGUST 2, 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait. Canada responds immediately by sending a naval task group. AUGUST 3, 1978: The Queen opens the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. AUGUST 4-5, 1914: Britain declares war on Germany, and...