Canadian

[Magpie]

Juno Beach

Canadians, location unknown

Juno Beach

Explaining D-Day - Canada's History

Canadian War Museum historian John Maker answers questions about the invasion that liberated Europe during the Second World War.

www.canadashistory.ca

 

[Nort]

 

[Louis]

Born the love? Canadian gunner chats to a French girl in Normandy, July 1944.

 

[Louis]

Somewhere in Italy, a Commander of the 8th Princess Louise’s (New Brunswick) Hussars looking into his Sherman tank’s access. 2 March 1944.
Nice Bren gun is installed next to the hatch!!

 

[Louis]

The ammunition has welcome to a unit of a 25th Tank Brigade Churchill supporting the 1st Canadian Divi., 17 May 1944.

 

[Louis]

Almost, almost a selfie: personnel of the Canadian Women's Army Corps, Training Centre Kitchener, Ontario - April 1944.

 

[Louis]

Manning a Six-pounder anti-tank gun, Nieuport, Belgium, Sept 1944.

 

[Louis]

Mention on 2020 of Private Gordon Clifford McCutcheon (and others), who died on April 17, 1945, during the Battle of Otterlo (fought in the Netherlands on 16-17 April 1945),

 

[Gunner]

What a proper thing to do.
Well done.

 

[Cargol]

Juno Beach, Graye-Sur-Mer, Normandy.
This Churchill MK IV AVRE belonged to the 26th Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers which on D-Day was supporting the 7th Canadian Infantry Brigade.
During D-Day, while negotiating an obstacle,100 meters South (the monument is facing Southwards) of its current position, it slipped and fell into a water-filled crater. The crew bailed out, but while doing so was cut down by German MG and rifle fire. Four out of six crew members were KIA.

 

[Rico]

944, Italy. A despatch rider checking his route with a Canadian military policeman.

 

[Gunner]

I like that leather jacket.

 

[Louis]

I like that leather jacket.

Do you think it's leather?

 

[Gunner]

I do.
Serious buttons.

 

[Louis]

Crews of No. 400 Squadron RCAF run to their Westland Lysander aircraft during an exercise at RAF Odiham, England, 1941.

 

[Gunner]

Haven't heard of the Westland Lysander I did some looking up....

"The Westland Lysander is a British army co-operation and liaison aircraft produced by Westland Aircraft that was used immediately before and during the Second World War.

After becoming obsolete in the army co-operation role, the aircraft's short-field performance enabled clandestine missions using small, improvised airstrips behind enemy lines to place or recover agents, particularly in occupied France with the help of the French Resistance. Royal Air Force army co-operation aircraft were named after mythical or historical military leaders; in this case the Spartan admiral Lysander was chosen."
- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Westland Lysander - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Louis]

Previous moment to attack, Ortona, Italy Dec 1943.

 

[Gunner]

Ortona was a hard fought battle and you can see it in all their faces.

 

[Rico]

The above is a cropped image -- I think this is close to the original photo.

 

[Louis]

War effort in the Rosemont district of Montreal. The boys were collecting all spare rubber products for the War effort. Here possing for the photo. April 1942.