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Infantrymen of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders celebrating the entry into Vaucelles with some French wine, Vaucelles, France, 20 July 1944.
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Women selling oranges to Canadian troops on their return to camp. June 1917. (Colorized)
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Christmas dinner is enjoyed by members of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada at Ortona, Italy, 1943
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Following a night patrol in Korea, Private Heath Matthews of 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment awaits medical attention outside a regimental aid post, June 1952.
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Canadian troops of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd CID disembark from an LCA onto Nan Red beach, Juno area, near St Aubin-sur-Mer, at about 8.00am on 6 June 1944, while under fire from German troops in the houses facing them.
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The Seaforth Highlanders enjoy their Christmas dinner, in the bombed-out church at Santa Maria di Constantinopoli, Ortona, Italy, 25 December 1943.
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John Shiwak: Inuit Trapper and Royal Newfoundland Regiment Sniper
Inuit hunter, trapper, and soldier; b. February or March 1889 in Rigolet, Labrador, eldest son of John Shiwak and Sarah Susanna —; d. unmarried 20 or 21 Nov. 1917 near Masnières, France.
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Infantrymen of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders advancing along the Orne River towards Vaucelles, France, 18 July 1944.
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Private G.R. MacDonald of The Toronto Scottish Regiment (M.G.) giving first aid to an injured French boy, Brionne, France, 25 August 1944.
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Canadians captured guns & ammunition on Vimy Ridge. May, 1917.
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The Canadian National Vimy Memorial
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A company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry moves in single file across rice paddies as it advances on enemy positions across the valley during the Korean War. March 1951.
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Private H.L. Fraser (Vernon, P.E.I.) North Nova Scotia Highlanders, receives Military Medal from Field Marshal B. Montgomery. 5 November 1944
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Canadian soldiers enjoying a few drinks on Christmas Day at the front, Ortona, Italy, 25 December 1943.
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Awaiting lunch in dug-out kitchen are members of the First Special Service Force. Anzio beach head, Italy 20 Apr 1944
Front to rear: Lt. T. Grodon of Welland, Ont., S/Sgt. A. Mack of Pittsburgh, Kansas; Sgt. W. Watson of Hamilton, Ont
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Canadian soldiers of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders, 3rd Canadian Division, rest after capturing the German-held village of Vaucelles during Operation Atlantic of the Battle of Normandy. Vaucelles, France. 20 July 1944.
#CanadasMilitaryHistory
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Survivors of the minesweeper H.M.C.S. ESQUIMALT, which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-190, awaiting rescue at sea off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 16 April 1945.
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Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) of The 48th Highlanders of Canada preparing to give the order to attack to infantrymen of his platoon, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy, 10 December 1943.
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The Last Soldier Killed in the War
The resting place of Private George Price, 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion. Killed by a German sniper northeast of Mons just two minutes before the Armistice on 11 November 1918, he was the last Canadian to be killed in battle during the war.
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The aftermath of the Dieppe Raid. 19 August 1942
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HMCS Ottawa lands seriously wounded survivors of torpedoed convoy ships during WW2.
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Troops of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division land at Juno Beach on the outskirts of Bernieres-sur-Mer on D-Day.
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H/Captain Father B.W. Kenny officiating at the burial of 55 infantrymen of "A" Company, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 26 October 1944.
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The ground crews of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force riding in and around a crowded jeep at Goubrine, Tunisia. Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of the Squadron are in the background.
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Infantrymen of The Regina Rifle Regiment manning a Bren gun position inside a captured German barracks, Vaucelles, France, 23 July 1944.
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Stretcher bearers evacuating casualties from "A" Company Headquarters, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.) north of Ortona, Italy, 20 January 1944.
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Canadian troops off for rest after Battle of Vimy Ridge. May 1917.
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Lance-Corporal W.J. Curtis of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.) bandages the burnt leg of a French boy whose brother looks on, Boissons, France, 19 June 1944.
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Private J.S.P. Bowen, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.), saying goodbye to a young friend before leaving Italy for a thirty-day Christmas leave in Canada. Italy, 1944.
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Living in trenches for about two weeks at a time left soldiers with few options for bathing. Here, several Canadian soldiers use a water-filled shell hole to shave and to wash their faces and feet. Avoiding "trench foot," or rotting feet, was paramount.
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Canadians advancing over the crest of Vimy Ridge. April, 1917
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The corvette H.M.C.S. BRANTFORD covered with ice, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 2 February 1944.
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Members of the Regimental Aid Party of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa treating a wounded soldier near Caen, France, 15 July 1944.
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Japanese Canadians were relocated to camps in the interior of British Columbia. 1942.
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Infantrymen in a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) going ashore from H.M.C.S. PRINCE HENRY off the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944
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Infantrymen of Support Company, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, supported by a Sherman tank of The Fort Garry Horse, advancing south of Hatten, Germany, 22 April 1945.
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Free coffee for Canadians at a stall on the Somme, March 1917
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The destroyer HMCS St. Francis, which is escorting a convoy, prepares to take on fuel from a tanker at sea, 7 November 1942.
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Wounded Canadians on way to aid-post. Battle of Passchendaele. November, 1917
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December 6, 1943- A hole blasted through a hill-top wall in Italy gives this Canadian a vantage point from which to observe enemy movements while men of his unit move into a new position.
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Canadian troops of the North Shore (New Brunswick) Regiment, 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, disembark from an LCA onto Nan Red beach, Juno area, near St Aubin-sur-Mer, at about 8.00am on 6 June 1944. 1/4
#CanadaDDay1944
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Infantrymen of the Royal 22e Régiment receiving Holy Communion from the unit's chaplain, H/Major Leo Grattan, before going on a reconnaissance patrol, Italy, October 1943.
#CanadiansinItaly1943
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Corporal R. Young and Sergeant G.E. Murray, both of The Fort Garry Horse, repairing the track of a Sherman Vc Firefly tank, Putte, Netherlands, 6 October 1944.
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On Dec 29, 1944 RCAF Flight Lt. Dick Audet destroys 5 German planes in 10 minutes in France. By the end of January 1945 he had claimed a further five victories and shared a sixth. He was killed in action on 3 March 1945 near Coesfeld, Germany.
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Funeral of Canadian nurses killed during a raid on a Canadian hospital by German airmen. 1918
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Canadian breaking a hole in ice to get water near Lens. December, 1917.
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Infantrymen of the Calgary Highlanders resting on top of Fort de Schooten, Belgium, 4 October 1944.
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Canadians consolidating their positions on Vimy Ridge. April, 1917
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Infantryman of "D" Company, Regina Rifle Regiment on guard duty in forward post, Normandy, France, 10 June 1944.
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Private C.L. Jewell of The North Nova Scotia Highlanders, who wears a "D-Day" beard, Normandy, France, 22 June 1944.
#CanadaDDay1944
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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Vs of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force flying in loose formation over the Tunisian desert.
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No. 434 (Bomber) Squadron photo, taken on 9 Feb 1944. These three airman are from the Bluenose Squadron of the RCAF Bomber Group in England.
#RCAFWW2
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Major William Ewing saluting at the funeral of 55 members of "A" Company, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 26 October 1944
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Personnel of W-1 Party, Royal Canadian Navy Beach Commando “W”, demonstrating how to disarm an opponent attacking with a knife, H.M.S. ARMADILLO, a training establishment at Ardentinny, Scotland, February 1944.
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“Princess Louise”, the mascot of the 8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars, who was found badly wounded after the battle of Coriano and nursed back to health by members of the regiment. Italy, 1944.
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Riflemen D.H. Holmes and W.J. Wilkinson, both of The Regina Rifle Regiment, firing through loopholes in the wall of a captured barrack building, Vaucelles, France, 23 July 1943.
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Nursing Sisters at a Canadian Hospital voting in the Canadian federal election. 1917
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Captains E.L. McGivern and J.H. Medhurst examining a German pillbox fortification, Dieppe, France, 3 September 1944.
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A Canadian soldier searches a young German soldier captured at Ortona Dec. 9, 1943
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Carving the names of the 11,000+ Canadian Missing in France on the memorial walls. The idea of the names was originally in Allward's 1st commission & he protested their addition but was overruled by Cdn Battlefields Memorials Commission.
#VimyMemorial
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Nursing Sister, N.C.O.s and Men of 2nd Stationary Hospital who have received the Mons star. February, 1918.
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5 July 1942 -Ian Fleming attends a security course at the Special 25 training school for spies at STS 103 (Special Training School 103), better known as Camp X; Fleming was later a member of MI5, creator of the James Bond novels. Port Hope, Ontario.
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Canadian soldiers landing on Juno Beach, Courseulles-sur-Mer, France, 6 June 1944.
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Some of the first troops to enter Caen pose with local inhabitants outside wrecked shops, 9 July 1944.
#OperationCharnwood1944
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Pte. Stephen Wallace, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (P.P.C.L.I.), rests north of Valguarnera, Italy, July 1943.
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Private L.P. McDonald and Lance-Corporals W. Stevens and R. Dais, all of the Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), manning a six-pounder anti-tank gun, Nieuport, Belgium, 9 September 1944.
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Canadian armoured cars going into action at the Battle of Amiens. August 9, 1918.
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Tending a wounded German on the battlefield. Vimy Ridge. April, 1917
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Doctor Campbell Mellis Douglas, VC
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Mine-clearing team of the Royal Canadian Engineers during the Korean War, September 7, 1951.
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Aug 25, 1884- Frederick Denison received notice from the gov't asking that he & some Cdns go on a military expedition to Egypt. The British military force led by Sir Garnet Wolseley, they were to help rescue Charles Gordon and others under siege from Sudanese rebels in Khartoum.
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Canadian soldiers in a captured German machine-gun emplacement, Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 1917.
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Architect & designer Walter Allward stands next to blocks ready to be carved into the reclining female mourner on the reverse side of the monument. Commissioned in 1921, the monument would consume 15 years of Allward's life.
#CanadianNationalVimyMemorial
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"Stop, Enemy Ahead" sign being erected by personnel of No. 4 Provost Company, Bretteville-le-Rabet, France, 23 June 1944.
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Privates J.R. Ratelle, F. Gignac and G. Bergeron, all of the Régiment de Maisonneuve, looking at snapshots from home while sitting on a knocked-out German 105mm self-propelled gun, Zuid-Beveland, Netherlands, 1 November 1944.
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment No.1 Platoon, Section 2, 1915
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Private K.O. Earl of The Perth Regiment resting in the forest north of Arnhem, Netherlands, 15 April 1945.
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Survivors of the minesweeper HMCS Clayoquot, which was torpedoed by the German submarine U-806, being rescued by the corvette HMCS Fennel off Halifax.
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Private H.E. Goddard of The Perth Regiment, carrying a Bren gun while advancing through a forest north of Arnhem, Netherlands. April 1945.
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The Medical Officer of No 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant H J F Joncas, having a haircut while seated on a five-gallon can.
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Personnel of the Westminster Regiment, 5th Canadian Armoured Brigade, examining a self-propelled field Howitzer "Nashorn" knocked out by PIAT gun, near Pontecorvo, Italy, 26 May 1944.
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“Princess Louise”, the mascot of the 8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars, who was found badly wounded after the battle of Coriano and nursed back to health by members of the regiment. Italy, 1944.
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Canadian troops head to the rear after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, April 1917.
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Major William Ewing saluting at the funeral of 55 members of “A” Company, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada, Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 26 October 1944.
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Unveiling of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial on Vimy Ridge on 26 July 1936
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Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vbs of No. 417 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, flying in loose formation over the Tunisian desert on a bomber escort operation, 1943.
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Paratroopers of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in front of the Lockheed Lodestar aircraft 560 "The Gremlin Castle" of No.165 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), Rivers, Manitoba, Canada, 11 August 1943.
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Infantrymen of The Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in a Universal Carrier advancing on Nissoria, Italy, July 1943.
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Signalman J.T. Prime of 1st Canadian Army Signals, Royal Canadian Corps of Signals (R.C.C.S.), operating a local radio receiver and remote unit, Zeddam, Netherlands, 4 April 1945.
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LCI(L) 135 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla carrying personnel of the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Highland Light Infantry of Canada en route to France on D-Day. June 6, 1944.
#CanadaDDay1944
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Private P. Harter of The Canadian Scottish Regiment; Private L. Hutchenson of The Essex Scottish Regiment; and Corporal P. Tedball of The Algonquin Regiment - former prisoners of war who were liberated at Leeuwarden, Netherlands, 16 April 1945
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View over the crest of Vimy Ridge showing the village of Vimy; which was captured by Canadian troops. April 1917
#VimyRidge1917
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A Sherman tank of "A" Squadron, Ontario Regiment, crossing a stream near Colle d'Anchise, Italy, 26 October 1943.
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Canadian personnel celebrating the liberation of Caen, France, 10 July 1944.
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Fallex 84. Hohenfels West Germany. A soldier from PPCLI wearing Miles equipment and a Leopard tank of 4 CMBG defend each other during NATO manoeuvres on the range in Hohenfels. August 1984
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