CanadasMilitaryHistory

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Corporal M.W. Musgrove and Sergeant E.O. Hanna, both of the Canadian Provost Corps, Falaise, France, 17 August 1944.

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Engineers of the 7th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.), clearing a road of mines, Bergues, France, 16 September 1944.

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Gunner G.D. Bracken, 4th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.), holding Skippy, the unit's mascot, Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 23 October 1944

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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 E. Castle of The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada at the grave of his brother, who was a member of The Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. Ossendrecht, Netherlands, 26 October 1944.

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Brigade Sergeant-Major R.M. Cooper of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, who rides a Norton WD16H motorcycle, Carpiquet, France, 12 July 1944.

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Captain Ralph Sketch of the 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars riding a captured German horse, Vaucelles, France, 20 July 1944.

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Privates R.T. Crawford and W.M. Stairs sitting on an unused German 500-pound bomb, Carpiquet, France, 12 July 1944.

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Private R. Pankaski waiting for the end of a medium artillery barrage before moving forward during Operation Spring near Ifs, France, 25 July 1944.

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Germans bringing in Canadian wounded over No Man's Land. October, 1917.

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German and Canadian wounded receive hot coffee and biscuits from Y.M.C.A. Hut near the front line. October, 1917.

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Horatio Lloyd Gates (July 26, 1727 – April 10, 1806) was a British soldier who fought at the Battle of Chignecto (1750) and would later serve as an American General during the American Revolutionary War. He took credit for the American victory in the Battles of Saratoga (1777).

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Three members of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps are having a cup of tea upon arriving at Arromanches, Normandy, north-western France; July 23, 1944.

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Sapper Joe Iaci, 6th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.) coming out of his dugout, Normandy, France, 3 July 1944.

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Sapper L.C. St. Denis of the 2nd Field Park Company, Royal Canadian Engineers (R.C.E.), exercising his wounded legs at No.1 Convalescent Depot, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps (R.C.A.M.C.), Salerno, Italy, ca.1-2 May 1944.

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The Battle of the Belly River

The Battle of the Belly River was the last major conflict between the Cree (the Iron Confederacy) and the Blackfoot Confederacy, and the last major battle between First Nations on Canadian soil.

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Cadets of the First Intake into the Royal Naval College of Canada in 1911.Four RCN midshipmen from this class died in the Battle of Coronel, which took place on November 1, 1914 off the coast of central Chile near the city of Coronel.

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Canadian troops playing with their dog mascots behind the lines during WW1.

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Pte. F. Madore with Nursing Sister M.F. Giles waiting for an air-evacuation from an R.C.A.F. Spitfire base, Normandy, France, 16 June 1944.

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Pte. Gus McKinnon of the Highland Light Infantry of Canada advancing toward Caen, France, 9 July 1944.

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