American General Omar Bradley’s decision to stop Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army at Argentan, France, on Aug. 12, 1944, gave the German armies in the Falaise Pocket a chance to escape encirclement.
Montgomery accepted Bradley’s decision and ordered the Canadians to capture Falaise before turning east to close the gap at Trun and Chambois.
Dear Mrs. Bowes, It is with the deepest regret that I write to you that I buried your son this afternoon in the village soldiers’
It’s a Friday and no coincidence that Dr. Ibolja Cernak is dressed in red. Her quest for knowledge to improve the lot of injured soldiers has taken her from academe in Europe, to the battlefields of Kosovo, to one of the most respected research universities in the United States, and finally, 18 months ago, to Canada. Supporting troops has been a lifelong habit.
Dear Mrs Bowes, It was my sad duty in just days ago to write you of the death of your son J.L. Bowes and the
A Canadian destroyer prepares to take on fuel while escorting a convoy, November 1942. PHOTO: LIEUT. GERALD M. MOSES, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA116335 Through the
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