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did-you-kno: “ did-you-kno: Doohan served with the Canadian Army, and lost the middle finger of his right hand when he was shot at Normandy. He did his best to conceal the missing finger during his acting career, but sometimes tribbles. Star Wars, Star Trek Tos, Weird Facts, Fun Facts, Star Trek Quotes, United Federation Of Planets, Star Trek Characters, Canadian Army, Star Trek Original Series

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Doohan served with the Canadian Army, and lost the middle finger of his right hand when he was shot at Normandy. He did his best to conceal the missing finger during his acting career, but sometimes tribbles happen. Although technically he was not a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, he was once labelled the “craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force” due to things like slaloming a plane between mountainside telegraph poles just to prove it could be done (which earned him…

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A Canadian Lancaster plane heads back home after appearing at events across the UK with its RAF counterpart. Lancaster Plane, Lancaster Bomber, Ww2 Aircraft, Military Aircraft, Stealth Aircraft, Aircraft Carrier, V Force, Flying Together, Engin

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Two Lancasters fly together for the last time

A Canadian Lancaster plane heads back home after appearing at events across the UK with its RAF counterpart.

James L. Hill (right), Commander of the Parachute Brigade, briefs officers of the Canadian Parachute Battalion. Canadian Army, Canadian History, Canadian Soldiers, British Army Uniform, British Soldier, Battle Of Normandy, Ww2 Pictures, Paratrooper, D Day

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How 500 Canadian Parachutists Helped Secure Victory On D-Day

On the evening of June 5th 1944, slightly over 540 Canadians boarded planes on the Southern English coast. These men were about to become part of D-Day

Personnel of the Canadian Parachute Battalion, about to leave for the D-Day transit camp, England, May 1944 Canadian Soldiers, Canadian Army, Canadian History, British Soldier, British Army, Ride Of The Valkyries, D Day Normandy, Royal Canadian Navy, British Armed Forces

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Personnel of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, about to leave for the D-Day transit camp, England, May 1944 / Soldats du 1er bataillon canadien de parachutistes prêts à partir pour le camp de transit jusqu’au Jour J, Angleterre, mai 1944

Title / Titre : Personnel of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, about to leave for the D-Day transit camp, England, May 1944 / Soldats du 1er bataillon canadien de parachutistes prêts à partir pour le camp de transit jusqu’au Jour J, Angleterre, mai 1944 Creator(s) / Créateur(s) : Unknown / Inconnu Date(s) : May 1944 / mai 1944 Reference No. / Numéro de référence : MIKAN 3612617 collectionscanada.gc.ca/ourl/res.php?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&... Location / Lieu : Bulford, United Kingdom…

Sappers of the Field Co, RCE. Cdn ID) in possesion of a former German bunker near Carpiquet airfield. This airfield was a D Day objective, but was not taken until the of July during Operation Windsor. Normandy Ww2, D Day Normandy, Normandy Beach, Normandy Invasion, Canadian Soldiers, Canadian Army, Canadian History, British Army, Bunker Hill Monument

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July 12, 1944: Canadian troops in a German bunker at the Carpiquet Airport.

9 August Canadian infantry attack into the bocage - ''Operation Totalise'' using a PIAT anti tank weapon Canadian Soldiers, Canadian Army, Military Photos, Military History, Battle Of Normandy, British Army Uniform, British Armed Forces, Ww2 Photos, D Day

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Canadian infantry attack into the bocage – World War II Today

We covered about a mile and a bit and stopped around eight hundred yards from the woods. We knew they were in there — you could see the activity, although the targets were well hidden by the heavy trees and bush. Each company, left of the road and right of the road, had a real challenge. Both areas were divided into fields, marked by typical hedgerows of stone and dirt two to three feet high, with growth on top of that of another seven feet or so.

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Those men in their flying machines

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Black Canadian soldier’s life and D-Day exploits remembered

Lester Brown, a black Canadian veteran who fought in D-Day kept nightmares from the war from his family. They pressed him to open up and he did.

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Canada readies for 70th anniversary of D-Day

Europe will pause Friday to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

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Coloured photographs from Invasion of Normandy shows Allied forces

These coloured photographs uncovered in the National Archives of Canada show the daily struggles of the Invasion of Normandy, which launched on 6 June, 1944 also known as D-Day.

PIAT anti-tank gunners of The Regina Rifle Regiment who knocked out a German PzKpfW V Panther tank thirty yards from Battalion Headquarters, Bretteville-l’Orgeuilleuse, France, 8 June Canadian Soldiers, Canadian Army, D Day Normandy, Normandy France, Ww2 Tanks, Military Weapons, German Army, War Machine, Military History

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