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The Second Boer War Synopsis

by | Jun 20, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized

The South African War (1899-1902) or, as it is also known, the Boer War, marked Canada’s first official dispatch of troops to an overseas war. [The reason we refer to this as the Second Boer War is that for 5 months in 1880-1881, the British and the South...

The Dieppe Raid

by | Jun 19, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized

The Dieppe Raid was an Allied assault on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France on 19 August 1942, during the Second World War. The main assault lasted less than six hours until strong German defences and mounting Allied losses forced its commanders to call a...