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Which actor does your favourite WW2 character?
For me it is Michael Caine in his iconic Irish Guards uniform as he portrays Lieutenant-Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur in the movie 'A Bridge Too Far'.
Of course he is stacked up amongst some true greats including Edward Fox as XXX Corps…
Wolfgang Likwornik was a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Austria to join the British Army’s Gordon Highlanders.
Landing in Normandy in 1944, he fought through fierce battles, interrogated POWs, and survived the war, only to erase his past by defacing his own name years later:
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Infantry coming ashore during Operation Baytown.
On 3 September 1943, British and Canadian infantry came ashore in Calabria during Operation Baytown, the first Allied landing on the Italian mainland.
What is everyone reading today? I picked this up at my last camp trip, and I am going to start it today.
Has anyone else read it before? I have just watched the movie
On 10 July 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division landed in southeastern Sicily as part of Operation Husky - the Allied invasion of Europe’s “soft underbelly.” The division's assault was split across two main beaches: “Roger” Beach to the east and “Sugar” Beach to the west of…
Just in case anyone has forgotten what Canadian soldiers faced when we were in Afghanistan, this is a heat map of all the IED's in Kandahar from 2005-2009.
Feel free to share it with anyone who forgets what we dealt with, and wonders if we were putting it on the line as much as…
The 6th of June 1944, the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade landed on Juno Beach.
The 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade attacked at Bernières-sur-Mer, while the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade landed near Courseulles-sur-Mer.
The Canadian assault…
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