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1 A Sunderland flying boat of No. 422 Squadron. PHOTO: CARL F. SCHAEFER COLLECTION, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA202897 The success of Allied landings in Normandy on June 6, 1944, and the subsequent campaign to break out from that ancient province was due to the services and...
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1 Quite unique in design, the Juno Beach Centre at Courseulles-sur-Mer in Normandy is both a learning centre and a memorial. From the air it resembles a stylized maple leaf. PHOTO: JUNO BEACH CENTRE Canadians travelling to France to mark the 65th anniversary of the D-Day...
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0 Youth attend ceremonies at Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery in 1969. PHOTO: JOHN EVANS PHOTOGRAPHY LTD. COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY, BAYEUX, NORMANDY, JUNE 5, 1955: Bent and frail, Lise Enguerrand was a poor village woman in her early 70s. I was a Paris student from Toronto, aged...
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0 Horsa Gliders of the 6th Airborne Division. ILLUSTRATION: CANADIAN WAR MUSEUM–AN19710261-4578 Canada has sent thousands of soldiers and a number of artists to war, and both roles have remained distinct and perhaps opposite in nature. Soldiers are trained, as best as they can be, for... -
0 June 6, 1944. PHOTO: GILBERT ALEXANDER MILNE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA–PA122765 The following timeline on the D-Day invasion and Normandy Campaign represents a rough sketch of how the fighting progressed during the summer of 1944. More specific details can be found in many fine books...
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1 Landing craft en route to Normandy, June 6, 1944. Note the stack of bicycles and the number on the door telling how many bunks are below. PHOTO: GILBERT ALEXANDER MILNE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA–PA135966 It was shortly after noon on June 5, 1944, when we...
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