My Dear Friend: Letters from Normandy to our Canadian Soldiers Posted on November 7, 2024 4 Version française By Ariane Gauthier As part of my work as a reference archivist at Library and Archives Canada (LAC), I often find myself delving into the many documents in the Second World ...
WW1 Canadian museum – about armour Canadiansoldiers.com Ram Tank (1942) Based on a Canadian built M3 Lee chassis, and although 2000 were built, they served for training, as only Sherman-equipped units were active, partly for standardization reasons. However, all variants, like the Badger, Ka...
Three Black soldiers in a German dug-out captured during the Canadian advance east of Arras Black soldiers, who with others, load Canadian Corps Tramways with ammunition, resting Note that LAC holds many other photos showing Black soldiers, but these cannot be found in a regular search, since ...
November 11 should be a stat holiday. No doubt about it. I take the day off without pay I might add and attend a nearby ceremony at a local park. My father gave 6 years of his life and was wounded twice. We should have time to reflect about soldiers lost past and present. Those o...
1, 1943, Marcel is transferred to the Valcartier base where he joins the Voltigeurs de Québec infantry unit. On July 11, 1943, Marcel embarked on a ship bound for England, where he would train alongside 14,000 other Canadian soldiers in preparation for the Normandy landings. On September 3...
who died in action in the Second World War. Since LAC has digitized all of the files from soldiers killed in action, I foundRichard’s file. I sent all of this information to Tanya, who was thrilled. It felt so satisfying to work with Elizabeth to uncover part of Annie’s mystery. Te...
who died in action in the Second World War. Since LAC has digitized all of the files from soldiers killed in action, I foundRichard’s file. I sent all of this information to Tanya, who was thrilled. It felt so satisfying to work with Elizabeth to uncover part of Annie’s mystery. Te...