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Characteristics of Canada's fighting regiments in the Italian Campaign

September 10, 2020
  • Customs & Traditions
Lt.-Gen. Guy G. Simonds, commander in Italy, describes his troops for Front Page Challenge.
LDSH Regimental Manual 2015
September 10, 2020
  • Customs & Traditions
Regiments are prolific in the world. Some have numbers to identify them (German Panzer Battalion 393; R22eR; etc.). Others have names from the type of unit and the role played as light or heavy...
Customs and Traditions of the Canadian Military Engineers
September 10, 2020
  • Customs & Traditions
The Canadian Military Engineer Branch is steeped in history and this `Red Book` provides an excellent reference for all military Engineers to ensure that those time-honoured traditions and customs...
Canada ’s First Armoured Unit: Raymond Brutinel and the Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigades of the First World War
January 20, 2012
  • Customs & Traditions
The First World War began for Canada on 4 August 1914, when the British Empire declared war on Germany. Just a week later, on 11 August, Sam Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Militia and Defence, gave...