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Title: Panzerturm on the Hitler Line, by war artist Charles Fraser Comfort
 
Type: Image
Description: An electronic reproduction of the watercolour on paper artwork, "Panzerturm on the Hitler Line," created by Charles Fraser Comfort.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Fortress Europe - German Coastal Defences and the Canadian Role in Lib...
 
Type: Document
Description: By 1942, fearing an Allied invasion in the west while embroiled in war with the Soviet Union in the east, Hitler endeavoured to create the "Atlantic Wall", or "Fortress Europe", by encrusting the Atlantic seacoast with concrete and steel defences. This article describes these German fortifications and how the First Canadian Army participated in capturing these defensive positions. Includes reading list.
Site: Canadian War Museum
 
Title: Canadian anti-aircraft gun
 
Type: Image
Online Reference Books
Description: This anti-aircraft gun is set up above Juno Beach, Normandy, in June 1944. The star was used to mark Allied equipment, particularly for recognition from the air. (Canadian Department of National Defence, ZK-1082)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian Operations in Italy September - December 1943 - Preliminary R...
 
Type: Document
Description: A summary of the operations of the Canadian component of the Eighth Army during the campaign in Italy from the time of the landings on the mainland on September 3, 1943 up to and including the capture of Ortona on December 28, 1943.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Operation "NEPTUNE" and Its Sequel - Canadian Participation in the Ope...
 
Type: Document
Description: A preliminary outline of the early operations of the Canadian forces which, along with Allied Forces, began landing in Normandy in the early hours of June 6, 1944. In an eleven-month campaign they helped to free western Europe from German domination.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian M4A3E8 Sherman tanks, Korea, 1951
 
Type: Image
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Description: Sherman tanks of 'C' Squadron, Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) (2nd Armoured Regiment) in Korea, 1951. (Canadian Department of National Defence, ZK-2011)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Operations of the 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade in Italy, May 1944 to ...
 
Type: Document
Description: This report gives an account of 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade's part in the Gothic Line operations in Italy during the autumn and early winter of 1944, and outlines the story of the Brigade's transfer from Italy to the North-West European theatre in February 1945.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian Operations in Italy, October - November 1943
 
Type: Document
Description: A detailed account of the operations of 1 Cdn Inf Div and 1 Cdn Army Tk Bde (later 1 Cdn Armd Bde) in Southern Italy during 1943.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian M113 armoured personnel carriers, U.N. Protection Force in ex...
 
Type: Image
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Description: These Canadian APCs seen at the Sarajevo airport are serving with the United Nations in Bosnia during the 1993 siege of the city. (Canadian Department of National Defence, 93-5381)
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Operation "PLUNDER" - The Canadian Participation in the Assault Across...
 
Type: Document
Description: One of a series of reports dealing with the operations of the First Canadian Army in North-West Europe. It describes the part played by the Canadians in the assault across the Rhine.
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Site: National Defence
 
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