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
Personnel man a gun on board HMCS St. Croix in March 1941. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA105295 The division of Allied labour worked out in
Canadian infantry advance toward Rimini, Italy, September 1944. PHOTO: NATIONAL DEFENCE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA173437 When the German army in Italy was forced to abandon
The remains of the Walhachin water flume. PHOTO: GRAHAM CHANDLER It was to be an overseas Utopia for the upper classes of England—lush gardens and
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
