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Léo Major – A Quebec Military Hero
Military legend Léo Major is best known for single-handedly liberating the Dutch city of Zwolle. The multiple retellings of his story have portrayed him as a true hero.
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Bicycles and the Normandy landings
While almost everyone knows how to ride a bicycle, not everyone knows that these machines were also deployed during the infamous Normandy landings. In this short article, Julien Lehoux describes the Canadian Army’s wartime use of these two-wheeled machines.
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Two Brothers, Part I: Lorne Tozer
On June 6th,1944, Operation Overlord, the largest sea-borne invasion in human history took place on the beaches of Normandy. The operation to open the western front of Europe took the form of an assault on the Nazis’ Atlantic Wall at five beaches: Gold, Juno, Sword, Omaha…
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Canada House
Do you know the Maison des Canadiens? In addition to its exceptional appearance, it was also the first point reached by Canadian troops landing in Normandy on June 6, 1944.
