Re: History - Topics & Posted Articles

by Tazzer Fri 19 Jul 2019, 5:07 pm

The violence and racism of Peace Day, 1919

By Jamie Bradburn - Published on Jul 19, 2019

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A clipping from the July 21, 1919, Toronto World shows the crowd that gathered at Queen’s Park on Peace Day.

https://www.tvo.org/article/the-violence-and-racism-of-peace-day-1919

by Jumper Sat 20 Jul 2019, 8:52 am

Nelson: A virtual reality check for a famous Calgary regiment

CHRIS NELSON, FOR THE CALGARY HERALD July 19, 2019

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Library and Archives Canada image (early Fall of 1944) shows Calgary Highlanders practicing Battle Drill in England prior to going to Normandy.

https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/nelson-a-virtual-reality-check-for-a-famous-calgary-regiment

by Dragonforce Sun 21 Jul 2019, 10:39 am

Japanese Canadians want action, not just apology, for wartime internment camps

Camille Bains, The Canadian Press
Published Sunday, July 21, 2019 8

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https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/japanese-canadians-want-action-not-just-apology-for-wartime-internment-camps-1.4517095

by **Zoneforce** Fri 26 Jul 2019, 12:58 pm

74 years after WW II Italian campaign, Quebecer's lost backpack to come home

Elysha Enos, Valeria Cori-Manocchio · CBC News · Posted: Jul 26, 2019

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Via Skype, Italian memorabilia collector Lorenzo Campus, 23, shows the Second World War backpack he has been trying to learn more about. (CBC)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/anonymous-quebecer-s-ww-ii-backpack-from-italy-to-his-family-1.5225643

by Ringo Wed 31 Jul 2019, 12:38 pm

On the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Scheldt, a New Royal Canadian Mint Coin Honours Brave Canadian Soldiers Whose Victory Forged the Path to Liberating the Netherlands

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Royal Canadian Mint
Jul 31, 2019, 10:30 ET

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https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/on-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-the-scheldt-a-new-royal-canadian-mint-coin-honours-brave-canadian-soldiers-whose-victory-forged-the-path-to-liberating-the-netherlands-822154424.html

by Jeremiah Thu 01 Aug 2019, 8:23 am

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Bredt, front, with other Nursing Sisters in England. 'It's funny how I wasn't afraid,' she says. 'Nobody was afraid. They had a job to do and they did it.' (Veterans Affairs Canada)

'I wanted to be right in the action': Maxine Bredt, 99, is the face of Veterans' Week

Simon Nakonechny · CBC News · Posted: Aug 01, 2019

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/veterans-second-world-war-women-1.5232014

by Hunter Fri 02 Aug 2019, 3:22 pm

New Canadian Coin Honors Soldiers Who Forged Path to Liberating the Netherlands in World War II

By Royal Canadian Mint - August 2, 2019

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https://coinweek.com/world-coins/new-canadian-coin-honors-soldiers-who-forged-path-to-liberating-the-netherlands-in-world-war-ii/

by **Diesel** Mon 05 Aug 2019, 8:47 am

History - Topics & Posted Articles - Page 35 Buffalo-nine

The “Buffalo Nine” (from the top, left to right): Captain George Garry Foster, Captain Keith Bradley Mirau, Corporal Morris Harry Trevor Kennington, Corporal Michael William Simpson, Master Warrant Officer Gaston Landry, Master Warrant Officer Cyril Bogdan Korejwo, Master Corporal Ronald Clifford Spencer, Corporal Bruce Kenneth Stringer and Captain Robert Barr Wicks. PHOTO COMPOSITE: Adapted from Vintage Wings of Canada

Remembering the “Buffalo Nine”

http://www.rcaf-arc.forces.gc.ca/en/article-template-standard.page?doc=remembering-the-buffalo-nine/j5wlhz33

by Maxstar Mon 05 Aug 2019, 5:28 pm

Canadian military recovers, detonates, unexploded munitions from WW II shipwrecks

Published Aug 5, 2019

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com

https://www.foxnews.com/science/canadian-military-recovers-detonates-unexploded-munitions-shipwrecks

by Cypher Thu 08 Aug 2019, 6:32 pm

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Canadians advancing under fire at Amiens. A victory that weakened the German army leading to the end of the war.(Metcalf-collectioin-cwm-19930012-635.jpg

Canada History: Aug 8, 1918: WWI- the beginning of the end

By Marc Montgomery
english@rcinet.ca
Posted: Thursday, August 8, 2019

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2019/08/08/today-in-history-canada-history-aug-8-1918-wwi-the-beginning-of-the-end/

by Jackal Fri 09 Aug 2019, 1:40 pm

POINT OF VIEW | Many crucial WW II battles are all but forgotten. My father was wounded in one of them

Bill Waiser · CBC News · Posted: Aug 09, 2019

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Worthington Force, including members of the British Columbia regiment (shown here), was ordered to occupy the strategically important Hill 195 in the Quesnay Wood in the early morning hours of August 9, 1944. (Mike Bechthold)

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/point-of-view-your-turn-saskatchewan-second-world-war-normandy-1.5200052

by Garrison Fri 23 Aug 2019, 7:48 pm

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Adriana Zylmans and Erik van der Ven appear in council chambers as a delegation on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to talk about the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Netherlands and Europe in 2020. (Jennifer Feinberg/ The Progress)

Chilliwack encouraged to commemorate liberation of Holland

Aug. 23, 2019

https://www.theprogress.com/news/chilliwack-encouraged-to-commemorate-liberation-of-holland/

by Wolverine Sat 24 Aug 2019, 5:09 pm

75 years later, US World War II veterans say: Never forget

by Angela Charlton, The Associated Press POSTED AUG 24, 2019

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FILE - In this Aug. 29, 1944 file photo, U.S. soldiers of Pennsylvania's 28th Infantry Division march along the Champs Elysees, the Arc de Triomphe in the background, four days after the liberation of Paris, France. The fighting for the liberation of Paris took place from August 19 to August 25, 1944. (AP Photo/Peter J. Carroll, File)

https://winnipeg.citynews.ca/2019/08/24/75-years-later-us-world-war-ii-veterans-say-never-forget/

by Jeremiah Mon 26 Aug 2019, 4:08 pm

Canadian delegation travelling to Belgium to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Scheldt

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Veterans Affairs Canada
Aug 26, 2019, 14:30 ET

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadian-delegation-travelling-to-belgium-to-commemorate-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-the-scheldt-861130143.html

by Magnum Sat 31 Aug 2019, 7:39 pm

Governor General commemorates liberation of Netherlands in Second World War

The Canadian Press
Published Saturday, August 31, 2019

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/governor-general-commemorates-liberation-of-netherlands-in-second-world-war-1.4573491

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