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
Submarines CC 1 and CC 2 alongside. LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA113255
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 so Canada is automatically at war.
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
