We are the dead. Short days ago we lived. Felt dawn. Saw sunset glow.....

The Wilmot Boys Gave All

The 23 year old farmer, from Wilmot County, Ontario took part in the daring raid, behind German lines at Miglionico and the assault on the Adolf Hitler Line prior to making the ultimate sacrifice on the banks of the Canale Naviglio shortly before the war's end. A street, in Baden, Ontario is named for him.

War Time Grave: Sergeant HL Ditner, 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

Killed in Action 05 January, 1945 while leading a counterattack at Canale Naviglio, Italy

Sergeant HL Ditner - 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards

Pte. C.J. Fessler beside his jeep in the Netherlands March 1945. Fessler was the driver for Major E. 'Davie' Fulton, DAAG for 1 Canadian Infantry Division and responsible for moving 1 CID from Italy to the Netherlands in the spring of 1945.

Officers' caravan - Operation Goldflake

Major E. 'Davie' Fulton was DAAG for 1st Canadian Infantry Division, and later Minister of Justice in Diefenbaker Government, and responsible for coordinating the move of 1CID from Italian theatre to Northwestern Europe theatre in the spring of 1945. On his left is Pte. C.J. (Bud) Fessler, his driver. The third soldier is J. Marshall. All three were members of the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Following the war, Fulton would bring Fessler to work with him in Ottawa. 

Operation Goldflake

Troops and armor of the Canadian First Army cautiously enter a French town on February 28, 1945. The Germans had previously evacuated the area, but they later stood and fought the Canadians viciously. 

Canadians in a ruined town

With the capture of the town of Goch, Germany, near the Dutch border and the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division holding the Goch-Calcar road, Operation Veritable came to an end having only reached the Second Phase of the operation. First Canadian Army would regroup and prepare for the launch of Operation Blockbuster and the continuation of Phase Three of Veritable.

Canadian Forces massing on a forest road

A slightly expanded photo of the one already posted:
Soldiers belonging to the Royal Canadian Navy Commandos, landing on the Mike sector of Juno Beach, Normandy, France;  June 6, 1944.

Canadians coming ashore

The town of Caen, France, after being taken by Allied forces, July 17, 1944.


Beautiful church survived

Canadian soldiers on the move at the town of Westervoort, just east of Arnhem. In the background  the destroyed bridge over the IJssel river, the tributary of the Rhine and an LVT amphibian can be seen; Netherlands, March, 1945.

Canadians in the Netherlands

Canadian artillerymen from the 10th Battery of the 2nd Field Artillery Regiment fire a 25-pounder cannon (Ordnance QF 25 pounder; 87.6 mm) in the Torella region of Italy; October 30, 1944.

Canadian gunners in action

Canadian gunners prepare a captured German gun for battle in the coastal city of Dunkirk area; Northern France, September 1944.

To be used against the former owners

Sherman tanks from the Canadian Governor General's Horse Guards Armoured Regiment advancing in the city of Arnhem, Netherlands during its liberation on 15 April 1945.

Canadian tanks moving in

His Majesty King George VI inspecting the 2nd Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.); Italy, 31 July, 1944.

Royal visit to the Italian Front

Canadian Sexton 25-pounder (tracked) self-propelled guns from the 5th Armored Division fire a salute in honor of the victory in Groningen, north-Netherlands; May 22, 1945.

Victory Salute

St Luke road barracks

Monteith

Ww2 Canadian forces

Soldiers of the Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal Canadian regiment behind an M4 Sherman tank of the Les Fusiliers des Sherbrooke regiment on the street of the French town of Falaise, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south-east of Caen; August 17, 1944.

Advancing behind a tank

Large number of German officers, captured in Boulogne, northern France, near Calais are herded by British and Canadian troops on Sept 19, 1944. 
  Their fate is all but dark: comfortable POW camp in England, the US, and Canada with privileges unknown to those captured by the Germans.


Survived the war

Canadian soldiers on an LVT amphibious vehicle in the flooded Dutch village of Leuth, 10 kilometers east of Nijmegen. The standing soldier is armed with a captured StG 44 assault rifle; February 10, 1945.

LVT in a flooded village

Soldiers from the Regina Rifles Regiment of Canada clear a building during the battle for Caen, Normandy, France; July 10, 1944.

House to house search for enemy

A female worker spray paints the landing gear of a De Havilland Mosquito airplane. Downsview,Ontario. 1944
taken from fb/Canada's War History

Paint job

Lance-Corporal Bill Cooksey, Canadian Provost Corps, directing traffic near Nijmegen, Netherlands; 9 January 1945.

Canadian Forces

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