by brucericketts | Jun 11, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
When the Second World War broke out, the RCN was yet again the first Canadian military force into action, and it formed the mainstay of the Canadian effort for the first two years of the war. Convoy escort work in the North Atlantic commenced immediately. From the...
by brucericketts | Jun 11, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
The war effort of the Royal Canadian Air Force was deeply affected by its management of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan. Great numbers of Canadians served in units of Britain’s Royal Air Force, and the growth of a national Canadian air organization...
by brucericketts | Jun 11, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Cemeteries ***This section is constantly under construction.*** The following list is the cemeteries around the world wherein Canadian soldiers, sailors and aviators are buried or commemorated. We know that this list is incomplete. For instance, there are 44...
by brucericketts | Jun 8, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
The Italian Campaign consisted of the Allied operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to the end of the war in Europe. Joint Allied Forces Headquarters (AFHQ) was operationally responsible for all Allied lands forces in the Mediterranean theatre. It planned and...
by brucericketts | May 30, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Although the Canadian Army had mobilized from Canada for the Second World War in mid-1939, the bulk of its force remained in the UK until 1943. The Americans, who had entered the war in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor, had been advocating for a launch into...
