by brucericketts | Jun 15, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Deception was a standard strategy during the war. And none worked better than Operation Mincemeat in the lead-up to Operation Husky. In April 1943, a decomposing corpse was discovered floating off the coast of Huelva, in southern Spain. Personal documents identified...
by brucericketts | Jun 15, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
One of the most unique combat units in Italy was the First Special Service Force, a bi-national group consisting of elite Canadian and American fighters. The Canadian component was originally the 2nd Canadian Parachute Battalion, then renamed the 1st Canadian Special...
by brucericketts | Jun 14, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Who Won the War of 1812? The War of 1812, although it was officially declared in 1812, actually began in 1776. That was when the Americans declared their independence from Britain. The war of independence which led up to the declaration split the American colonists...
by brucericketts | Jun 14, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
How Politics Sunk the Americans The geographic makeup of Canada should have favoured the Americans during the War of 1812. Except for the areas in and around its major cities, Canada was a rough wilderness of forest and rock with a single major river running through...
by brucericketts | Jun 14, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Chronology of the Action The key to understanding war of any kind is to recognize that no action in war is isolated from another. For example, success in Normandy (D-Day) was not an isolated event, purely the result of planning and executing the attack. It was, in...
by brucericketts | Jun 14, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
Emergence of Sir Isaac Brock Isaac Brock was born 6 October 1769 on the Isle of Guernsey, the son of a navy midshipman. He excelled in school, including studying French, and in many sports. As he matured his ideas turned to the military and in 1785 he joined the 8th...
