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...
by brucericketts | May 30, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
During the 1930s Adolf Hitler came to power in a politically fragmented and bankrupt Germany. During the following years it became apparent that Hitler was rebuilding Germany following the First World War and had military ambitions which made the country a threat to...
by brucericketts | May 30, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
One of the great falicies about World War II is that no Axis powere ever occupied any part of the continental United States. In fact, the Japanese had occupied two of he Aleutian Islands, part of Alaska, early in the war. The islands of Attu and Kiska fell into...
by brucericketts | May 30, 2018 | Operations, Uncategorized
