Operation Musk Ox: Canadian Army Winter Exercise conducted in Manitoba and the Northwest Territories, Feb to May 1946
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