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| WWII: Abroad: 1944 | |||
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CWAC Members of the Canadian Women's Army Corp (CWAC)
stationed at a Canadian Army headquarters in England. ID #20195 |
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Haidi Rescue The R.C.N. Haida picking up German survivors,
after sinking an enemy submarine off France in June, 1944. The Haida is now a permanent
sea-war memorial in the Toronto harbour. ID #20947 |
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U-Boat surrender Seaman from H.M.C.S. Chilliwack boarding a
badly damaged German U744 U-Boat. ID #20946 |
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Netherlands Advance Troops crossing a temporary bridge built
by Canadian engineers over the Beveland Canal, in Walcheren Island fighting, during the
advance into the Netherlands, October, 1944. ID #20942 |
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Canadians at Caen Canadian troops entering a destroyed Caen,
France, July 10, 1944. ID #20941 |
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D-Day Action Canadian troops landing on Normandy beaches
during the D-Day invasion, June 6, 1944. ID #20939 |
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Naval Escorts Canadian troops with naval escorts off the English
coast, World War II, making practice landings in preparation for the invasion of
France. ID #20196 |
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Advance Into Italy Canadian tanks and troop carriers moving up
the Liri Valley after overcoming German opposition, May, 1944, as they advance up Italy to the
Adolph Hitler Line. ID #20938 |
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French Bombing Bombing the French coast with the R.A.F. in
the Second World War. ID #20935 |
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Canadian Armour Canadian armour moving inland into
Normandy, France, 1944. ID #20566 |
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Essex Scottish Soldiers Ontario regiment Essex Scottish and its
pipe band entering Dieppe, France in 1944 with the forward-sweeping Canadian
Army. ID #20198 |
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