RapidFireWeb The Carleton and York Regiment, Operation Husky: Invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943 Map, Operation Husky, invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943. US Liberty ship Robert Rowan explodes after being hit by a German bomber off Gela on 11 July 1943. On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada of 2,590 vessels launched … Read more
Dieppe Raid, Operation Jubiliee, 19 August 1942 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3194300) Infantrymen of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada going ashore during Operation JUBILEE, the raid on Dieppe, France, 19 August 1942. Operation Jubilee or the Dieppe Raid (19 August 1942) was an Allied amphibious attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in northern France, during … Read more
Queen Elizabeth II My sword with her cypher. ”On June 14, 1986, under a sky draped in the gold and crimson pageantry of a London summer, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II rode into history one final time — and almost nobody watching from the Mall that day knew they were witnessing a goodbye. Burmese, the … Read more
Operation Musk Ox, Feb to May 1946 Operation Musk Ox was an 81-day military exercise organized by the Canadian Army between Feb and May 1946. It involved the 48 members of the Army driving 11 4½-ton Canadian-designed snowmobiles (“Penguins”). They were joined by three American observers in a smaller American-made snowmobile called a “Weasel” as … Read more
Operation Tunnel and Operation Neptune: RCN and Allied naval operations off the coast of Normandy in 1944 Operation Tunnel was a naval operation executed by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Allied forces in the English Channel during the spring and summer of 1944. Its primary goal was to protect the D-Day landings by neutralizing … Read more
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3396064) Mortars of I Canadian Corps firing at night in Italy, 6 April 1944. Order of Battle for First Canadian Army during the Second World War During the Second World War, the Canadian Army had two components at the outbreak of the war in 1939, the Home Army (for … Read more
Canadian Armed Forces order of precedence All units of the Canadian Armed Forces have an order of precedence that determines seniority; it often decides such matters as which unit forms up to the right (senior side) of other units on a ceremonial parade, or the order in which marches or calls are played at a … Read more
Canadian Forces Intelligence Branch, the first 36 years Major (Retired) Harold A. Skaarup, CD2 Former Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel for 3 Intelligence Company (Halifax) When the Anniversary of the Intelligence Branch is celebrated on 29 October each year, there is always much to be proud … Read more
Passenger Ships that took Canadian Forces families to Europe during the Cold War era Author’s note: on Wednesday 10 June 1959, our family left Montreal’s Pier 42 after boarding the Greek Lines ship “Arkadia,” and, along with many other RCAF families, sailed for Le Havre, France, where we arrived on 17 Jun 1959. On 18 … Read more
Arizona Warplanes, Tucson, Pima Air & Space Museum, 6000 E. Valencia Road, 85706. Aircraft by manufacturer, A to W (Andrew Rollinger Photo) (Frank Kovalchek Photo) (Eric Salard Photo) Aerospace Lines 377SG Super Guppy 201 (Serial No. 52-2693), Reg. No. N940NS. Aerospatiale Gazelle helicopter (Serial No. AH.1XX384). Aeronca L-3B Grasshopper (Serial No. 43-27206), Reg. No. N46067. … Read more
