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#WW1 #VimyRidge #CanadianCorps #MLU #MapleLeafUp Unknown Canadian fallen at Vimy Ridge, Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, taken during the 100th Anniversary commemorations, April 2017. (at Vimy Ridge)

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#WW1 #VimyRidge #CanadianCorps #MLU #MapleLeafUp Cabaret Rouge Cemetery, Vimy Ridge, during the 100th Anniversary commemorations, April 2017. (at Vimy, France)

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#WW1 #MLU100 - 28 FEB 1915 PPCLI - the First Trench Raid

100 YEARS AGO, in the pre-dawn hours of 28 Feb 1915, about a hundred men from No.4 Company of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) launched a trench raid on the German lines at Shelley Farm near Saint-Eloi in the southern part of the Ypres salient. The first Canadian regiment in France, at this early juncture, was part of British 80th Brigade.

Opposite the PPCLI trenches 20 and 21, the Germans had been digging a sap towards them. By the time the German trench had snaked a mere 15 yards away, the sap posed a serious threat to the troops, and commanders decided to destroy the threat & the Germans occupying it.

From the PPCLI War Diary, dated “28.2.15”: “No 4 Coy together with snipers and bomb throwers (under Lieut. Papineau) attacked and captured German sap opposite trench 21. Lieut Crabbe led the attack. The sap was demolished and the trench parapet knocked in. The coy withdrew at daybreak. Lieut Colquhoun who had previously gone out to make reconnaissance never returned. Casualties 1 officer missing, 2 officers wounded. Other ranks 5 killed, 7 wounded, 2 missing.”

The two wounded officers were Major Andrew Gault, the millionaire founder of the regiment, and Lt Crabbe who led the attack. Lieut Colquhoun was captured in no-man’s-land by a German work party. Lieut. Talbot Papineau was an Oxford-educated practicing lawyer from an influential Quebec City family when he joined the PPCLI. He had deep French-Canadian roots on his father’s side and American roots on his mother’s.

In his notes for the war diary, Lt. Papineau wrote, "I was pretty scared! My stomach seemed hollow. I had a bomb ready in my hand. We lay for a moment exposed and then suddenly we were all up and rushing forward... I set my fuse and hurled my bomb ahead of me. From that moment, all hell broke loose."

The raid captured the attention of General Sir John French, commander of the BEF, who expressed interest in the attack. 28 February 1915 marked the birth of Canadian raiding, something that would become a Canadian specialty. While some argue that this was the first trench raid of the war, that cannot be verified. What is acknowledged is that it WAS the first Canadian offensive action of the war.

#WW1 #GreatWar #OTD #OnThisDay #Canada #CEF #PPLCI #Ypres #Belgium

#WW1 #The Great War #otd #On this day #canada #Cef #ppcli #belgium

#WW2 #MLU70 - 31 January 1945 Winter on the MAAS, Netherlands In December and early January it had cost the Poles and the Royal Marine Commandos dearly to try to dislodge the German paratroops dug in on a bridgehead across the Maas at Kapelsche Veer, a feather-shaped “island” created by a series of Dutch canals. By mid-January, the task had been assigned to Canadian 4th Armoured Division to extricate this other winter “bulge”. Infantrymen of the Lincoln & Welland Regiment were given the lead role, to be supported by tanks of the South Alberta Regiment. The main attack was to be put in by "A" Company, supported by "C", on the right flank -- from the east, along the shoreline -- including a force in 15 canoes that would paddle down the Maas canal from the east and land at the harbour. “B” would attack on the left flank. Elaborate arrangements were made for smoke cover and flame support. On January 26th the attack launched, almost immediately failing — the cold and ice hampering weapons and canoes, which proved a bad idea as they could be fired upon from the north side of the canal. “A” Company almost made their objective when the German defenders, having held their fire, suddenly opened up on the Canadians. By 10am, all the officers of “A” & “C” companies of the Lincolns had become casualties. (That night, “A” Company of the Lincolns was replaced by “A” company of Hamilton’s Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.) On the left flank, “B” Company was held up short of its objective, but it did hold, with the reinforcements of “D” Company. The only practical approaches to the German defences were along the Winter Dyke, as was much the case fighting in polder country. And at this time of year, the muddy tracks with passed for roads on the island were almost impassable for armour. And so it became an infantry assault with an enormous amount of artillery support, for the next few days, against well-dug in and determined German paratroops. The 15th RCA Regiment alone, fired over 14,000 25-pounder rounds against the position. By January 29th, the shelling had rid the island completely of the thin layer of snow that had covered it; so much so that a platoon commander asked for reinforcements who were not wearing the white camouflage snowsuits that had been used so far. On the evening of the 30th, the doomed Germans pulled off of Kapelsche Veer under cover of darkness, and in the morning of the 31st, the Lincolns approaching from the west made contact with the Argylls coming from the east. The south of the Maas was now clear of all Germans. And First Canadian Army could resume its grand plans for Operation Veritable -- the massive attack into Germany itself. You can see the current map view of the feather-shaped island on Google Maps here: http://bit.ly/1Kh5jPT PHOTO: Private H.L. Smith & Lt J.G. Jackson of the Lincoln and Welland Regiment in a canoe training for the assault on Kapelsche Veer, Netherlands, 26 January 1945. The canoes would prove useless in the attack. Pte. Huron Leonard Smith (B/24613) would be killed shortly after on 8 March 1945, at age 21. He is buried in GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY. (Photo by: Lieut. Gord Aikman, LAC a142421) #WW2 #Kapelsche #Veer #OTD #OnThisDay #Canada #Nederland #1CA #4CAD

#MLU70 - 21-22 Oct 1944 Smokey Smith - VICTORIA CROSS - Savio River, ITALY Of the 16 Canadians who were bestowed the Victoria Cross in WW2, only ONE was a Private soldier. He was Pte. Ernest Alvia “Smokey” Smith, of New Westminster, BC, who served with Vancouver’s Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. (Two of the 16 VC recipients, the other being Major John Mahoney, were from New Westminster. [See 24 May - https://www.facebook.com/mapleleafup/posts/10152441691072558 ]) I could not write a post any better than the actual citation itself, published in the London Gazette on 20 December 1944 for Smokey’s actions in October 1944… “The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the award of the VICTORIA CROSS to - “No. K52880 Private Ernest Alvia Smith, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. In Italy on the night of 21st/22nd October, 1944, a Canadian Infantry Brigade was ordered to establish a bridgehead across the Savio River. The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada were selected as the spearhead of the attack and in weather most unfavourable to the operation they crossed the river and captured their objectives in spite of strong opposition from the enemy. “Torrential rain had caused the Savio River to rise six feet in five hours and as the soft vertical banks made it impossible to bridge the river no tanks or anti-tank guns could be taken across, the raging stream to the support of the rifle companies. As the right forward company was consolidating its objective it was suddenly counter-attacked by a troop of three Mark V Panther tanks supported by two self-propelled guns and about thirty infantry and the situation appeared almost hopeless. “Under heavy fire from the approaching enemy tanks, Private Smith, showing great initiative and inspiring leadership, led his Piat Group of two men across an open field to a position from which the Piat could best be employed. (MLU Note: Usually abbreviated as PIAT, meaning “Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank”, which was a British man-portable anti-tank weapon.) Leaving one man on the weapon, Private Smith crossed the road with a companion, and obtained another Piat. Almost immediately an enemy tank came down the road firing its machine guns along the line of the ditches. Private Smith's comrade was wounded. “At a range of thirty feet and having to expose himself to the full view of the enemy, Private Smith fired the Piat and hit the tank, putting it out of action. Ten German infantry immediately jumped off the back of the tank and charged him with Schmeissers (MLU Note: MP40 sub-machine gun, mistakenly called Schmeissers despite Hugo Schmeisser having no involvement in their development) and grenades. Without hesitation Private Smith moved out onto the road and with his Tommy gun at point blank range, killed four Germans and drove the remainder back. Almost immediately another tank opened fire and more enemy infantry closed in on Smith's position. Obtaining some abandoned Tommy gun magazines from a ditch, he steadfastly held his position, protecting his comrade and fighting the enemy with his Tommy gun until they finally gave up and withdrew in disorder. “One tank and both self-propelled guns had been destroyed by this time, but yet another tank swept the area with fire from a longer range. Private Smith, still showing utter contempt for enemy fire, helped his wounded friend to cover and obtained medical aid for him behind a nearby building. He then returned to his position beside the road to await the possibility of a further enemy attack. No further immediate attack developed, and as a result the battalion was able to consolidate the bridgehead position so vital to the success of the whole operation, which led to the eventual capture of San Giorgio Di Cesena and a further advance to the Ronco River. “Thus, by the dogged determination, outstanding devotion to duty and superb gallantry of this private soldier, his comrades were so inspired that the bridgehead was held firm against all enemy attacks, pending the arrival of tanks and anti-tank guns some hours later.” PHOTO: Colour portrait of Smokey (LAC e010786394, photographer unknown) #WW2 #Italy #OTD #OnThisDay #Cesena #SavioRiver #1CID #SeaforthHighlanders

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PARLIAMENT HILL On Saturday, 27 May 2000, I trembled and wept in Centre Block's Hall of Honour as I paid my unbounded respect and gratitude to Canada's Unknown Soldier. He lay in state after a long - and long-awaited - travel from Vimy, France, where he had spent 83 years in French soil after falling on 9 April 1917 in WW1.

In the Centre Block, the rotunda and Hall of Honour were arrestingly decorated with Victorian-black drapes hanging off elaborately engraved woodwork. At the far end of the hall, away from the rotunda, a majestic silver maple coffin was draped with the current Canadian flag. I was in a long line of equally humbled Canadians awaiting our moment to honour our brother Canadian.

Four sentinels stood at each corner of the coffin, heads bowed. A member of the clergy rested on his knees in front of the coffin in a round-the-clock prayer shift. In my moment before the coffin, I had a mind to whisper my thanks to the sentinels keeping vigil after paying my respects, but my lip was quivering too much to actually speak.

The next day, Sunday, 28 May, the tears restarted as I watched the Unknown Soldier’s noble interment at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square. It had been a long time coming.

Today, I weep for another fallen Canadian, reservist Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, a “known” soldier from the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. He was a proud sentinel today at the National War Memorial in Confederation Square. I am crushed. Bless you Nathan my brother.

The House of Commons is yours, Canadians. Keep it so. We must continue to defeat tyranny, without hysteria, as we have for 100 years.

PHOTO 1: 39 years before the interment of the Unknown Soldier in Confederation Square, John F. Kennedy paid his respects, laying a wreath to Canada’s war dead on Wed, 17 May 1961, during his only visit to Canada as President. (LAC e010783109, photographer unattributed)

PHOTO 2: Confederation Square, featuring the National War Memorial, 39 years before the return of the Unknown Soldier. In this photo John F. Kennedy has just laid a wreath to Canada’s war dead and is returning to the official party on the red carpet. The Chateau Laurier is the French Gothic building on the right. Note the Canadian flag in 1961 is the Canadian red ensign. (LAC e010783100, photographer unattributed)

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#MLU100 #WW1 - 22 AUG 1914 WAR MEASURES ACT Imposed - Feds suspend civil liberties On the evening of 4 August 1914, when Canada found itself at war with Germany and Austria-Hungary, parliament was on summer recess. The House of Commons was recalled early on 18 August 1914. On 19 August, Prime Minister Borden told the Commons his view of things to come: “In the awful dawn of the greatest war the world has ever known, in the hour when peril confronts us such as this empire has not faced for a hundred years, every vain or unnecessary word seems a discord.” “As to our duty, we are all agreed. We stand shoulder to shoulder with Britain and the other British dominions in this quarrel and that duty we shall not fail to fulfil as the honour of Canada demands. Not for the love of battle, not for lust of conquest, not for greed of possession, but for the cause of honour, to maintain solemn pledges, to uphold principles of liberty, to withstand forces that would convert the world into an armed camp.” On 22 August 1914, Canada passed the War Measures Act, providing the government with new, intrusive powers to prosecute the war. The Act allowed the federal government to suspend civil liberties and by-pass parliament with orders-in-council. These sweeping powers included the right to detain and arrest Canadians and the right to take assume control of private property. The government could further determine which private factories should stop manufacturing their current products and start manufacturing whatever munitions the government so determined. Immigrants who had come from what were now enemy countries, like Germany or Austria-Hungary, had their movements controlled and anyone thought to be an “aliens of enemy nationality” could be arrested and held in internment camps without trial. This last provision accounted for the internment of approximately 8600 “aliens” from the Austria-Hungary Empire, 4000 of which were Canadian Ukrainians (Ukraine at the time was part of that Empire). Another 80,000 were basically left at large, but on “parole”, having to report regularly to the police. With a labour shortage in 1916-1917, most of the internees were paroled to local farmers across the country for farm labour. The War Measures Act of WW1 remained in effect until the state of war with Germany was terminated on 10 January 1920. The last internment camp was not closed until February 1920. #WW1 #GreatWar #OTD #OnThisDay #Canada #Ukraine #Ukrainian #Britain #Austria #Hungary #Germany #Centenary

PHOTO 1: A Toronto notice for "Enemy Aliens" to register at a new office after the War Measures Act was imposed on 22 August 1914. ATTENTION! Every German, Austrian, Hungarian, and Turk is hereby notified to report himself immediately to the Office of the Registrar for Alien Enemies, Toronto. PHOTO 2: Banff Internment Camp - the Cave & Basin site near Castle Mountain, Alberta. "Enemy Aliens", mostly Ukrainians, are detained under the watch of guards. Many of these internees were put to work in the mines around Crowsnest Pass. (Glenbow Archives NC-54-4336)

PHOTO 3: Christmas at an Internment Camp in Canada during the War Measures Act, December 1916. (Library Archives Canada, c014104)

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#WW1 #MLU100 - 19 AUG 1914 VALCARTIER CAMP - Canadian Expeditionary Force On 6 August 1914, the 226 Militia commanding officers across Canada were contacted by Sam Hughes, the Minister of Militia, that the Canadian Expeditionary Force was to be mobilized at camp Valcartier, Quebec. Valcartier had already been selected as a training ground before the war, but little had been done turn it into a mobilization centre for 20,000 men. Within three weeks, however, a mile of rifle ranges, a waterworks system, a telephone system, an electric light system, storehouses, offices, and even a motion picture playhouse had all been built on site. On 19 August 1914, the first Canadian volunteers began arriving at Valcartier Camp. Newspapers suggest 4500 troops arrived there on the 20th of August alone. By the end of the month 30,000 volunteer soldiers from all nine provinces of Canada were in camp. Several regiments, such as the Queen's Own Rifles (Toronto) and the Royal Highland Regiment (Montreal), sent a whole battalion each. Winnipeg’s Fort Garry Horse chartered two trains and travelled to Valcartier without authority. The arrivals were a motley bunch with a scattering of different uniforms -- khaki, black serge, scarlet serge, the lot. At first the camp was mass confusion, and Minister of Militia Sam Hughes’s erratic & stubborn personality did not much help. Commanding officers changed, brigades were formed then “unformed”. But… order DID emerge out of chaos. Drills and uniforms brought uniformity. Training was begun and rifle fire rang across the new ranges. By the middle of September, the Valcartier Camp had established a well organized system. Sam Hughes has often been described as a wingnut and/or a loose cannon, but the one thing that cannot be denied is that he did pull off Valcartier, in very short order. PHOTO: Canadian 1st Battalion at Valcartier in panoramic photograph showing the city of white bell-tents. (Photo by The Panoramic Camera Co., 239 Victoria St, Toronto, CWM 19740416-003) #WW1 #GreatWar #OTD #OnThisDay #Canada #CEF #Valcartier #Quebec #Britain #France #Germany #Centenary

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 19 August 1944 #NORMANDY - Battle of the FALAISE GAP More on Major Currie’s tanks, and the CFPU team in St. Lambert-sur-Dives: Deeper into the village goes B Company infantry of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Hamilton ON) in a bitterly fought battle which would continue for the next two days. They are advancing to the far edge of St. Lambert, south-east on the D13, in the direction of Moissy and Chambois where the 1st Polish Armoured Division of Cdn 2nd Corps is taking a major beating against a desperate German 7th Army trying to break the stranglehold of the Falaise Pocket. The Sherman M4, from the Major Currie’s C Squadron, South Albert Regiment, is protecting itself between buildings. The German Panzer Mk IV on the right, under the electrical pole, is not so lucky. Evidently, as it brewed up, the internal explosion of ammunition blew the turret right off the chassis. See the Jack Stollery film footage of this Lt. Don Grant still on Cdn Army Newsreel #40 on YouTube at 3:07: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQjAi8fNrs&t=3m07s See the Current Google Map view: http://bit.ly/1kPWaXL (Photo by: Lieut. Donald I. Grant, LAC, a131348) #WW2 #Normandy #OTD #OnThisDay #France #SFR #Sherman #tank #VictoriaCross

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 19 August 1944 #NORMANDY - Battle of the FALAISE GAP Today is the 175 Anniversary of Photography. Pioneers had been working on photographic processes for years, but it’s “official” today because, on 19 August 1839, Louis Daguerre actually patented the first photographic process at the Institut de France (in Paris). And so it’s only fitting we commemorate photography through the photographers and cinematographers of the Canadian Film and Photo Unit in WW2. On 19 August 1944, the day photography was (only) 105 years old, the CFPU was getting ever closer to Paris. Canadian historian C.P. Stacey described this photo attached as the closest "we are ever likely to come to a photograph of a man winning the Victoria Cross." Major David V. Currie (at left, pistol in hand) of The South Alberta Regiment (an armoured reconnaissance regiment of 4th Cdn Armoured Division) is seen here overseeing the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dives, France, 19 August 1944. Currie is in command of securing this village and its two bridges over the River Dives against the impending German breakout of the Falaise Pocket. His personnel for this mission include his C Squadron armour and B Company infantry of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada. This story is fascinating and too vast to encapsulate here, but Currie’s VC was really won on the next two days of this brutal battle. See his full citation here: http://bit.ly/1rWenl2 This photo is taken by Lt. Donald Grant, CFPU section leader, who’s unit consisted of Sgt Jack Stollery (cinematographer), Lloyd Millon (cinematographer), and drivers Tpr McKay and Pte. Zentner. (Grant already had a Military Cross from D-Day. Stollery had a Military Medal from Ortona.) In Lt Grant’s photo, you can see Sgt Stollery at extreme frame left, peering through the viewfinder of his Bell & Howell 35mm Eyemo camera. Stollery is usually cropped out of many versions of this photo. On the extreme right, underneath the electrical pole are two jeeps, both of which probably belong to this CFPU team. Some of Stollery’s footage is shot behind the left bumper of the lead jeep, as can be seen here at 3:27 on Canadian Army Newsreel #40: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQjAi8fNrs&t=3m27s Stollery then moves behind the other jeep to shoot footage (scroll to 3:53; note Stollery’s tripod in the passenger seat) as the German motorcycle sidecar and Horch vehicles approach. Both men on the motorcycle can be seen in Grant’s still photo -- the motorcycle rider with goggles and his hands in air looks at Currie, while his passenger passes Currie, possibly with an Allied safe-passage paper in his hand. The motorcycle is behind them. The German army officer with hands in air followed behind them in the Horch. David Currie may also be seen on Cdn Army Newsreel #40 at 4:06... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XQjAi8fNrs&t=4m06s In this footage, a German hands an object to a Canadian officer who holds a pistol on the upper right of frame. Then the officer can be seen walking behind the PoWs with the object in his hand. This is Major Currie. (The narrator at the time is talking about McCallister whose footage follows) You can see the current location on Google Maps: http://bit.ly/1oYf2iC (Photo by: Lieut. Donald I. Grant, LAC, a111565) #WW2 #Normandy #OTD #OnThisDay #France #SFR #Sherman #tank #VictoriaCross

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 17 August 1944 #NORMANDY - FALAISE Falls to Canadians PHOTO: Gunner A. Mallais of Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal helps an old woman to carry her possessions through the rubble of her Falaise neighbourhood near Place Saint-Gervais. On the right of the photo is a 6-pounder anti-tank gun, probably from the Anti-Tank Platoon, Support Company, Fusiliers Mont-Royal Regiment. And perhaps Gunner Mallais is from that gun crew. (Photo by Lt. Don Grant, LAC, a162003)

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 17 August 1944 #NORMANDY - FALAISE PHOTO: Another section of infantry from Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal take cover behind a Sherman tank of the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment on rue des Prémontrés near the corner of rue Saint-Jean, Falaise. They are cleaning up pockets of resistance by Waffen-SS troops and regular army elements. The shots are coming from l'Ecole Supérieure de Jeunes Filles, on the right, where a few dozen panzer grenadiers from 12th SS Hitler Youth Division had been cut off. (Photo by Lt. Don Grant, LAC, a132719) Notice the WW2 Canadian maple leaf on the Sherman’s left rear fender. #WW2 #Normandy #OTD #OnThisDay #France #SFR #Sherman #tank #FMR

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 17 August 1944 #NORMANDY - FALAISE Operation Tractable was designed to capture the town of Falaise, Normandy using Canadian 2nd Corps commanded by Cdn General Guy Simonds. By now 2nd Corps comprised of 2nd & 3rd Canadian Infantry Divisions, 4th Cdn Armoured Division, 2nd Cdn Armoured Brigade, and 1st Polish Armoured Division. On August 16th-17th, regiments from Cdn 2nd Infantry Division and Sherman tanks of the Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment had breached Falaise and were cleaning up pockets of resistance by Waffen-SS troops and regular army elements. The attack here is towards l'Ecole Supérieure de Jeunes Filles where a few dozen panzer grenadiers from 12th SS Hitler Youth Division had been cut off. PHOTO: On 17 August, a section of infantry from Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal follow behind a Sherman tank of the Sherbrookes in front of 1 Rue des Ursulines, Falaise, looking for snipers. (Photo by Lt. Don Grant, LAC, a115568) Notice the WW2 Canadian maple leaf on the Sherman’s rear fender. See the current location here: http://bit.ly/1oRVs7y #WW2 #Normandy #France #SFR #Sherman #tank #FMR

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#MLU70 #WW2 - 8 August 1944 #NORMANDY - Operation TOTALIZE In preparation for First Canadian Army’s first major operation of the war - indeed in its existence - this was the first and only bottle of beer issued to Trooper George Skinner of C Squadron, Sherbrooke Fusilier Regiment. Tank driver Roly Pilon naps beside the Sherman. Another Sherman crew prepares in the deep background. In a few hours, after midnight on August 8th, this crew will be part of the massive Canadian offensive towards Falaise, Normandy. (PHOTO: Maple Leaf Up collection, James Gethyn Jones photographer.) #WW2 #Normandy #France #SFR #Sherman #tank

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#MLU70 - 27 July 1944 ITALY - Cdn 1st Armd Brigade Sherman tanks of the Calgary Regiment & the Three Rivers Regiment are advancing towards the Arno River as the Allies are set to liberate Florence. The Canadian armour is supporting the infantry of 8th Indian Division. In late July 1944 they advance through the village of Montespertoli on the German “Olga” defensive line where both the TTRs and C Sqn of the Calgaries were involved. PHOTO: A tank crew of the Three Rivers Regt surveys maps as infantrymen of the 21st Indian Infantry Brigade advance near Montespertoli, Italy, ca. 27 July 1944. (LAC a177530, photographer unknown) #WW2 #Italy #OTD #OnThisDay #Florence #Arno

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July 22, 1944, was a milestone in production for Higgins Industries. Seventy years ago today, Higgins Industries held an enormous celebration upon the delivery of the 10,000th boat to the Navy. The 10,000th boat, an LCM, was completed a day earlier and transported on a platform to the site of the celebration, New Orleans Lakefront. Not even two months following the D-Day landings at Normandy, Higgins staged a reenactment of those landings at New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain. A ship anchored in the lake unloaded troops onto landing craft which invaded the seawall of Lake Pontchartrain where thousands watched the display. PT boats also played a role in the show, patrolling the shores, and aircraft flew as if in defense against enemy aircraft. The ceremony was attended by Bureau of Ships chief Rear Admiral E.L. Cochrane, who in his address to the crowd called Andrew Jackson Higgins “a pioneer” in the field of landing craft. He praised the work and achievements of the men and women of Higgins Industries.

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Belgian children greet a Canadian Army soldier of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons armored regiment atop his General Motors Staghound T17E armored car. Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium. 11 September 1944.

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