2 July 1941
An Order-in-Council authorizes the creation of the Canadian Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, which was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division in 1942.
Credit: IWM/Wikimedia
4 July 1955
A group of anti-submarine torpedo specialists take flight as sonar operators for six Sikorsky H04S-3s in a new navy anti-submarine helicopter squadron.
5 July 1950
HMC ships Cayuga, Athabaskan and Sioux depart for Korea.
6 July 2003
Operation Caravan, Canada’s role in the French-led United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, comes to an end.
Credit: William Abernethy/CWM/19710261-4603
8 July 1944
The 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade (9 CIB) takes part in Operation Charnwood, the British I Corps’ final assault on Caen, France.
Credit: CWM/20090063-008
9 July 1943
The 1st Canadian Infantry Division and the 1st Canadian Army Tank Brigade arrive to join the invasion armada of nearly 3,000 Allied ships and landing craft during the assault on Sicily.
10 July 1943
Canadian troops come ashore near Pachino close to the southern tip of Sicily and take up the left flank of five British units as part of Operation Husky.
Credit: Brian Walsh/DND
11 July 1973
Canadian Forces’ Hercules aircraft begin food-relief missions in response to the drought-induced famine in West Africa.
12 July 1812
American General William Hull invades Upper Canada from Detroit.
15 July 1870
The Hudson’s Bay Company sells the region known as Rupert’s Land—a quarter of North America’s landmass—to Canada for $1.5 million.
17 July 1944
Canadian Spitfire pilot Charley Fox strafes a black car, wounding German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, known as the Desert Fox.
18 July 1925
Mein Kampf, Adolph Hitler’s blueprint for the Third Reich, is published.
19 July 1870
Franco-Prussian War starts.
20 July 1974
Turkey invades Cyprus. Two Canadian peacekeepers die and 30 are wounded foiling attempts to capture the airport.
22 July 1943
Canadian soldiers capture the Italian town of Assoro.
24 July 1942
A German U-boat wolf pack attacks convoy ON-113. While five Allied ships are sunk, HMCS St. Croix takes out U-90.
26 July 1758
The French fortress at Louisbourg surrenders to the British.
Credit: LAC/3018872
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