Re: History - Topics & Posted Articles

by Looper Thu 08 Nov 2018, 7:21 am

Only equal on the battlefield: Efforts underway to honour Indigenous veterans

Published:
November 8, 2018

https://theprovince.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/only-equal-on-the-battlefield-efforts-underway-to-honour-indigenous-veterans/wcm/285d8887-7a45-41fd-aae8-bbe204166dde

by Scorpion Thu 08 Nov 2018, 8:08 am

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Banff’s WWI trophy had four legs and a saddle

BY TANYA FOUBERT NOV 8, 2018

https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/banffs-wwi-trophy-had-four-legs-and-a-saddle-20181108

by Scorpion Thu 08 Nov 2018, 8:11 am

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Canadian Corps at front of final push to end Great War

BY ROB ALEXANDER NOV 8, 2018

https://www.rmoutlook.com/article/canadian-corps-at-front-of-final-push-to-end-great-war-20181108

by Tazzer Thu 08 Nov 2018, 8:52 pm

'They fought in colour:' Colourizing Great War photos shines new light on history

Adam Carter · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2018

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/colourized-war-1.4897266

by **Riverway** Thu 08 Nov 2018, 9:35 pm

100 Years: We Remember: Tale of two brothers

Nov 08, 2018

by **Navigator** Fri 09 Nov 2018, 8:30 am

Buried where they fell: Historian maps Canadian Korean War casualties

Murray Brewster · CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2018

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/korean-war-canadian-map-1.4896978

by **RunningLight** Fri 09 Nov 2018, 3:30 pm

Lest we forget: Canada’s war continued after Nov. 11, 1918 … in Russia.

By Robert Smol. Published on Nov 9, 2018

'On Nov. 13, 1918, Bombardier David Fraser and Gunner Frank Russell were killed in action on reconnaissance patrols during the fighting at Ust Patenga. Their bodies, according to their unit’s War Diary, were “mutilated by the enemy with axes.” '

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Remembrance Day stands, or should stand, as a solemn ceremony to commemorate the end and the beginning at an important juncture in our history.

That is, the end of the war with Germany and its allies and the beginning of the war with Communist Russia. Surprised?

The historical reality is that 27 years before the Cold War, Canada was a direct and active participant in the Allied intervention during the Russian Civil War. The intervention was mainly focused on the area around present-day Archangel in North Russia, as well as Siberia.

Somewhat ironically, the serious fighting during the Allied intervention began precisely on Nov. 11, 1918, truly making it the First World War’s “encore performance.”

Though this follow-on conflict was largely dismissed or ignored by historians as a mere sideshow to the real war against Germany, it nonetheless included a Canadian contingent that would dwarf any overseas effort this country is making today in support of NATO on the Russian frontier.

In 1918, Canada’s contribution to the Russian intervention, mainly in Siberia, included an infantry brigade consisting of the 259th and 260th Infantry Battalions, a machine-gun company, a North West Mounted Police detachment, an ordinance detachment, a stationary hospital, a field ambulance unit, plus various combat service support sections.

On the other Russian front, around the vital port of Murmansk, Canada, as part of the North Russia Expeditionary Force, deployed the 16th Artillery Brigade consisting mainly of the 67th and 68th batteries. This brigade provided vital artillery support to the mainly U.S, British, and French infantry regiments in the area.

The exact reason Canada and the other allied forces became so directly embroiled in the early stages of the Russian Civil War begins with a weak precautionary mandate. Originally intended to protect vital Allied supplies and assets in Russia from the Germans during the First World War, the mandate became, after Russia dropped out of the war in 1917, a de facto support for the disjointed White Russian campaign against the Bolshevik Red Army.

It was on Nov. 11, 1918, near the village of Tulgas, on the banks of the Dvina river about 320 kilometres from Archangel, that Canada’s army came face to face with — and suffered its first combat casualties at the hands of — the Bolshevik Red Army.

For the 67th Battery, there was no mention, and likely no knowledge, of the 11 a.m. ceasefire order sent to all Canadian units on the German front. Instead, the unit’s War Diary begins its account of the day’s events with “enemy gunboats commenced bombardment of Toulgas at daylight and his infantry attacked at 8:50 a.m. in front.” However, the real surprise for the Canadian gunners was to come at 9 a.m., when a “large body of enemy afterwards found to be 500 to 600 who had got in rear of our guns (in woods) and attacked the right section, completely enveloping them.”

As the gunners fought to turn their guns around, the battery’s drivers and support troops took up their rifles and managed to hold off the Red Army troops until the guns could be repositioned and reinforcements from the British Army arrived.

Fighting continued past the 11th hour into the afternoon, when the war diary reports:

“At 4 p.m. word was received from right section that we are surrounded, wherein left section opened fire on rear village in assistance. By this time they were able to get a sub gun out of its pit and reversed and owing to its position was able to bring direct fire to bear over open sights on the enemy. This had been impossible during daylight owing to the sniping.”

By the time Canada’s first engagement of the Russian intervention ceased at 5.30 p.m. on Nov. 11, the Canadians counted 60 Russians killed or taken prisoner.

Among the Canadians killed were Cpl. Stanley Wareham and Driver Walter Conville. On Nov. 13, 1918, two more Canadians from the 68th Battery (Bombardier David Fraser and Gunner Frank Russell) were killed in action on reconnaissance patrols during the fighting at Ust Patenga. Their bodies, according to their unit’s War Diary, were “mutilated by the enemy with axes.” A further 22 officers and non-commissioned officers would die in Russia.

The fighting, patrols and garrison duty continued through the winter until the Allies were withdrawn in June 1919. By then, Canada’s war-weary public was eager to put aside any lingering memory of, or debate on, the merits of the Russian intervention. For the politicians, the Russian intervention was a cautionary tale of how Canada, then still a British colony, could be pulled into a costly and potentially unpopular conflict. Perhaps not surprisingly, the two decades following the Russian intervention saw the movement for full control of our foreign and defence policy gain momentum.

Today, units such as the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry and the 12e Régiment blindé du Canada in Quebec are entitled to carry the Battle Honour Siberia 1918-19, as the infantry units that served in Russia were merged into their regimental lineage.

For the veterans of the Russian intervention, their return to civilian life eventually followed and merged with their colleagues in the rest of Europe and Canada. Like all First World War veterans, the Pension Act of 1919 entitled them to a suite of benefits that are denied or downgraded for today’s veterans.

But regardless of their fate, the solemn show of remembrance this year needs to also acknowledge Canada’s lonely and forgotten Russian contingent, denied the right to say that the war was over on Nov. 11, 1918.

https://ipolitics.ca/2018/11/09/lest-we-forget-canadas-war-continued-after-nov-11-1918-in-russia/

by Seawolf Fri 09 Nov 2018, 8:20 pm

Portraits of sacrifice: Young Canadians on the brutal front lines of war

Nov 09, 2018

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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-portraits-of-sacrifice-young-canadians-on-the-brutal-front-lines-of/

by Seawolf Fri 09 Nov 2018, 8:56 pm

Faces of the Fallen Series: 100 years after The Great War

Nov 09, 2018

by Seawolf Fri 09 Nov 2018, 9:10 pm

Amherstburg man has spent more than 20 years collecting items from past wars

Nov 09, 2018

by Caliber Sat 10 Nov 2018, 9:54 am

15 films that best capture the horrors of war

Paths of Glory, Apocalypse Now and Schindler's List are a few of the films that take a stark look at conflict

Jennifer Van Evra · CBC Radio · November 8

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https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/blog/15-films-that-best-capture-the-horrors-of-war-1.4896031

by Armoured Sat 10 Nov 2018, 10:26 am

Let's remember: Van Doos fought for the honour of French Canada

RENÉ BRUEMMER, MONTREAL GAZETTE November 10, 2018

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https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/lets-remember-van-doos-fought-for-the-honour-of-french-canada

by Armoured Sat 10 Nov 2018, 10:32 am

First Nations veterans fought for our freedom in the Second World War

Published:
November 10, 2018

https://theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/cuthand-second-world-war-veterans-remembered/wcm/cd8382e9-4426-48f3-adf4-ed5b8745859e

by Armoured Sat 10 Nov 2018, 10:38 am

'They did something that is worth honouring': When Wolseley went to war

Stephen Scriver · CBC News · Posted: Nov 10, 2018

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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/wolesley-war-remembrance-day-scriver-1.4897019

by Tazzer Sat 10 Nov 2018, 7:13 pm

GUEST COLUMN: Canadians never forgotten in The Netherlands

SPECIAL TO TORONTO SUN - November 10, 2018

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https://edmontonjournal.com/news/national/guest-column-canadians-never-forgotten-in-the-netherlands/wcm/96f3c7ed-00a6-4e98-a680-d239d9e69f3a

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