Français  Contact Us  Help  Search  Canada Site Volume 1 (1000–1754) Volume 2 (1755-1871) Volume 3 (1872–2000) CHAPTER 1 A Semi-Autonomous Defence (1871-1898) CHAPTER 2 Threats Internal and External CHAPTER 3 The Issues Crystallize CHAPTER 4 Unending Seige CHAPTER 5 From One World War to Another (1919-43) CHAPTER 6 Turning Point – 1943 The Navy The Air Force The Army Sicily and Italy Normandy and Northwest Europe War in the Pacific Francophone Servicemen and Their Language During the Second World War The Home Front Wartime Balance Sheet CHAPTER 7 From Cold War to Present Day APPENDIX A Weaponry and Wartime Experience APPENDIX B Reference      CHAPTER 6 Turning Point – 1943           The Army Sicily and Italy ( 6 pages )           1 2 3 4 5 6      Reuniting the Canadian Army                There still remained some tough battles to fight along the streams between Rimini and the Savio, then across the Senio and the marshlands of Ravenna.  However, the Canadian Army Corps would not be part of them.  The Canadian government was anxious to see it back with the 1st Canadian Army in northwest Europe.  At Malta in January 1945 the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee agreed to respect this Canadian priority despite the problems raised by the withdrawal of a large military force in full operation.  On 9 February 1945 the 8th Army commander said his goodbyes to his senior Canadian officers, and the move to France began in deepest secrecy.  On 15 March, I Canadian Corps assumed responsibility for the district of Nijmegen in the Netherlands.  Two weeks later the troops of the 5th Armoured Division and the 1st Infantry Division lined up for the last stage of the offensive against Germany in western Netherlands.           1 2 3 4 5 6   Last Updated: 2004-06-20 Important Notices