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Canadian World War II recipients of the Victoria Cross (1 C, 15 P) Pages in category "Canadian military personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 307 total.
This category includes personnel of the Canadian Army who served in World War II, including Permanent Active Militia and Non-Permanent Active Militia personnel serving from 10 September 1939 to 19 November 1940.
With France defeated and occupied, there was no Second World War equivalent of the First World War's Western Front until the invasion of Normandy occurred in June 1944. While Canada sent 348 troops, the manpower requirements of the North Africa and Mediterranean theatres were comparatively small and readily met by British and other British ...
This list may not reflect recent ... List of last surviving Canadian war veterans; List of Canadian Victoria Cross recipients; W. List of World War I aces from Canada ...
World War I Battle of Hill 70: 20th Battalion, CEF: Queen's York Rangers (1st American Regiment) (RCAC) Lens, France: Ontario [51] Charles Hoey: 1944: World War II Burma campaign, Battle of the Admin Box: 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment: Royal Anglian Regiment: Ngakyedauk Pass, Burma (now Myanmar) British Columbia [52] Edward Holland: 1900
Naval battles of World War II involving Canada (1 C, 85 P) Pages in category "Battles of World War II involving Canada" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
A military decoration of both France and Belgium, also commonly bestowed to foreign military forces allied to France and Belgium. DFC: Distinguished Flying Cross: Awarded to Royal Air Force commissioned officers and Warrant Officers for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying in active operations against the enemy ...
The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion was an airborne infantry battalion of the Canadian Army formed in July 1942 during the Second World War; it served in North West Europe, landing in Normandy during Operation Tonga, in conjunction with the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944 and in the airborne assault crossing of the River Rhine, Operation Varsity, in March 1945.