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.

Traffic directing

The British and Canadians cooking something up. I had never seen this picture before. Must be in the woods along the Dutch German border.
From L to R:

Major General Chris Vokes, 4th Canadian Armoured Division;
General Harry Crerar, 1st Canadian Army;
Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery, British 21st Army Group.
taken from fb/Scott Downey/Glen Hallick
Lt. General Brian Horrocks, British 30th Corps;
Lt. General Guy Simmonds, 2nd Canadian Corps;
Major General Daniel Spry, 3rd Canadian Infantry Division;
Major General Bruce Matthews, 2nd Canadian Infantry Division.

'A' Mess or 'a  mess ' ?

Member of the Essex Scottish examining a German heavy machine gun (MG o8 )abandoned north of Nieuwpoort, Belgium, 13-15 September 1944.In the background I believe I recognise (from L to R), a Boys AT gun,Lewis gun and a Bren?
taken from fb/Canada's Military History

Abandoned weaponry

A January 1944 picture showing Canadian Private N.L. Shauer (right) of the Devil's Brigade bringing in a German prisoner near Vanafro, Italy.
taken from fb/Canada's military History

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Into captivity

Damage to the Scotia Pier caused by a torpedo fired by the German submarine U-518 on 2 November 1942. Bell Island, Newfoundland, 3 November 1942.
taken from fb*Canada's Military History //https://amzn.to/2Z24cVk

Torpedo damage

4.2-inch mortar of 3rd Division in action during the advance towards the Rhine, 28 February 1945.
taken from fb/Wouter Van Dijken

Canadian mortar crew

, D.S.O., D.S.C., Commanding Officer of the frigate HMCS Swansea, on Swansea's bridge at sea. circa December 1943 to January 1944.

https://amzn.to/2EvWwU6//taken from fb//Canada's War History

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