RapidFireWeb 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1980 to FallEx 1984 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4886171) 2-1/2-ton trucks, 4 CMBG, convoy, near Heilbronn, Germany, Ex Reforger I, winter exercise, Feb 1979. Rob Love noted that there appears to be a 1976 5/4 ton in the foreground, and there also appears … Read more
4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1985 to FallEx 1987 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976261) Fallex 85, Leopards tanks in the Hohenfels training area, Germany, Ex Rebel Saddle, 28 Aug 1985. (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4976254) 4 CMBG Taurus Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV), in the process … Read more
4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in action, from FallEx 1988 to disbandment in 1993 (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4940578) Beaver armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB), being loaded by Cpl Moore onto a train at Parsberg, Germany, en route to Rothenberg for Exercise Certain Challenge, Sep 1988. (Brian D. Watters Photo) M113 TUA, … Read more
42nd Highland Regiment, The Black Watch, New Brunswick (York Sunbury Historical Society, Fredericton Region Museum, Author Photo) Accession No. 1997.28.135. Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada Officers Glengarry Badge (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4235714) Black Watch inspection, Camp Gagetown, New Brunswick, ca 1960s. The 42nd Highland Regiment has a long and … Read more
The 4th Canadian Infantry Division was activated in 1941 and then converted to armour and redesignated as the 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division. Beginning in 1916 the division adopted a distinctive green-coloured formation patch as its insignia. The division proceeded overseas in 1942, with its two main convoys reaching the United Kingdom in August and October. … Read more
The 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division proceeded overseas in one main convoy, arriving in the United Kingdom at the end of November 1941. The 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division spent two years of the war uneventfully in the United Kingdom, before finally transferring to the Mediterranean theatre in November 1943 to join the 1st Canadian Infantry Division … Read more
The defence of a fortified position is older than the Biblical siege of Jericho. This book describes a number of sieges that succeeded, a few that failed, and why.
This book is an informative and detailed synopsis of the carefully preserved and restored tanks and armoured fighting vehicles on display in New Brunswick.
Massachusetts Provincial Soldier Elijah Estabrooks Journal, 1758 and 1760, covering his military service during the French and Indian War. This book expands on the details of the people and events he recorded during the war.
Suppose you could communicate with a visitor who was not from this place, time, space or even this dimension? What would you want to ask them? This book may provide some of those answers.
