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0 There’s a neat story up on the U.S. National Public Radio website today about the recent discovery of an Australian warship lost during the Second World War. The upshot of the story is that a couple of cognitive psychologists used recent advances in the understanding...
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0 Naval historians tend to focus on action at sea, and in the early period of the Second World War they typically find much that is wrong with Canada’s burgeoning wartime navy. There is ample evidence—as we have seen in this series—that the fleet was unprepared...
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1 German prisoners and Canadian soldiers carry wounded in Cesena, Italy, October 1944. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA173520 After the capture of Rimini, Italy, on Sept. 21, 1944, 1st Canadian Division was withdrawn into 8th Army reserve to rest, reorganize and retrain while absorbing hundreds of...
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1 Corvettes leave Halifax, April 1941. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA105334 “Adventure and serving your country, what a drawing card, eh?” said my wife as she examined the photo of the 17-year-old sailor and put it on the scanner. “Wow!” It’s a remarkable Second World War...
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0 Canadians on the move near the Arno River, 1944. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES While 1st Canadian Corps fought through the Gothic Line defences on the eastern side of Italy, 1st Cdn. Armoured Brigade, part of 13th British Corps, was committed to battle in the heart...
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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...
World War II
