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2. British Free Corps - Wikipedia

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   The BFC did not have a "commander" per se as it was the intention of the SS to appoint a British commander when a suitable British officer came forward. However, three German Waffen-SS officers acted as the Verbindungsoffizier ("liaison officer") between the SS-Hauptamt Amtsgruppe D/3, which was responsible for the unit and the British volunteers, and in practice they acted as the unit ...

3. Memorials in Canada to Nazis and Nazi collaborators

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   Canada has several monuments and memorials that to varying degrees commemorate people and groups accused of collaboration with Nazi forces.. Monuments and memorials include or have included a statue of Draža Mihailović in Ontario, two monuments in Ontario and Alberta connected with the Waffen-SS, a statue of Roman Shukhevych, streets and parks named after Alexis Carrel and Philipp Lenard, a ...

4. Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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   The Schutzstaffel (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. ' Protection Squadron '; SS; also stylised with Armanen runes as ᛋᛋ) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II.

5. Canadian Red Ensign - Wikipedia

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   The flag is a British Red Ensign, with the Royal Union Flag in the canton, emblazoned with the shield of the coat of arms of Canada. The Canadian Red Ensign emerged as an informal flag to represent Canada as early as the 1870s and was used at sea [ 3 ] and on land "on all public buildings throughout the provinces," [ 4 ] prior to becoming the ...

6. Flag of Vancouver Island - Wikipedia

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   The flag of Vancouver Island is a defaced Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the badge of the colony of Vancouver Island on a white disk on the fly. The design of this flag is based on the rules set out by the Admiralty for colonial flags in 1865, and on elements from the great seal of the colony of Vancouver Island, established in 1849. [1]

7. List of World War II-era fortifications on the British ...

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   Albert Head, 9.2-inch guns, counter bombardment battery during WWII Mary Hill 48°20′42″N 123°32′55″W  /  48.34500°N 123.54861°W  / 48.34500; -123.54861  ( Mary Christopher Point Battery – 1941–44 - 2 × 8-inch M1888 American railway guns

8. Esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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   It was used in SS weddings as well as on the SS-Ehrenring (death's head ring) worn by members of the SS. The rune was also used as division insignia of the 6th SS Mountain Division " Nord " . It is roughly similar to the ᚼ or Haglaz rune of the Younger Futhark, which stood for "hail", but it was modified by von List for his Armanen runes.

9. SS Green Hill Park - Wikipedia

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   The SS Green Hill Park was owned by the Park Steamship Company, which was in turn owned by the Canadian Federal government, [3] which built 400 vessels during World War II. The ship was named after a park in Nova Scotia and built as a merchant steamship , and constructed for Canada ’s Merchant Navy in 1943 during the Second World War as part ...