Significant Dates in Creating Canadian History Early French & British struggle for a continent SEPT 5,1697 Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville's French naval force(near Fort York on Hudson's Bay)destroys 2 British ships:Hampshire & Hudson’s Bay See PICS LINK thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/b...

Significant Dates... 3SEPT 1918 Actions by Walter Rayfield,7th Battalion,CEF at Drocourt-Quéant Line(Arras) earn him the Victoria Cross "His indomitable courage,cool foresight & daring reconnaissance"GAZETTE Solo&under fire he shot&bayonetted enemy 30 prisoners LINK www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Significant Dates in Canada's First WW 2 SEPT 1918 The Magnificent Seven-The day 7 Victoria Crosses were awarded for fighting to breach the Drocourt-Quéant Line German fortified defence line The Victoria Cross,the highest military honour awarded for valour in the face of the enemy See LINK below

Significant Dates in Canada's First WW 2 SEPT 1918 Stretcher bearer Pte.John Young,87th Bn,CEF,saved many lives under heavy enemy fire at the Drocourt-Quéant Line, near Dury,FR He earned the Victoria Cross for valour 7 Canadian VCs awarded on this day! CLICK PICS More www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

Significant Dates in Canada's Second World War 1 SEPT.1939 Germany invades Poland 3 Sept-Britain & France declare war on Germany 10 Sept-Canada declares war PICS Sept'39 1-PM King on German mission 2-Canadian Army-4,500 men 3-RCNavy-3,000sailors & 13 ships 4-RCAir Force-3,050airmen & 270 aircraft

Significant Dates in RCN History AUG 31 1939 All 4 RCN destroyers on West Coast WW2 imminent HMCS Fraser & St. Laurent ordered to Halifax -on 3 hour notice(see TOP PICS) SEPT.1st-Germany invades Poland & WAR NOV 15-RCN destroyers Restigouche & Ottawa dispatched Esquimalt to Halifax(BOTTOM PICS)

Significant Dates in Canada's WW2 AUG 30,1944 Rouen is liberated by the 2nd Canadian Division after suffering heavy casualties PICS ROUEN after RAF bombing Map 18th Armoured Car Regiment (Manitoba Dragoons) enter city Canadian airman & soldier celebrate liberation from 4 years Nazi oppression

Lethal Machine Guns of WW1 Lt.Col.Clark-Kennedy & men of 24th Bn knocked over 3 MG positions & earned the Victoria Cross PICS 1-CEF Vickers Mk.1 water-cooled machine-gun firing .303 cal 2-MG-08,German Army's standard heavy machine-gun 450 rounds/minute 3,4-firing patterns eg: indirect& overlapping

Significant Dates,First World War AUG 27 1918 at beginning of Canada's 100 Days(Battle ofARRAS) Lt.Col.Clark-Kennedy,24th Bn,CEF,at Wancourt,FR, led men forward VS machine gun positions preventing a enemy offensive For his actions,he earned a Victoria Cross PICS Top-Clark-Kennedy Bm-Battle of Arras

Significant Dates,First World War 26AUG 1918 Smooth talker Charles Rutherford,5th Canadian Mounted Rifles at Monchy-le-Preux He persuaded the enemy they were surrounded, and the entire unit of 45 surrendered Rutherford earned the Victoria Cross PICS Lt.Rutherford,VC veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...

Significant Dates 15-25 AUG 1917 Battle of Hill 70 ends with Canadian Corps(CC) victory BUT with many casualties Lt.Currie fought the battle his way He accurately predicted 16,000 casualties Captured positions held vs 21 German counterattacks CC inflicted 25,000 German losses PICS HILL 70 VC Winners

Significant Dates,First World War AUG 21-24,1917 At Hill 70,Sgt.Maj.Rbt Hanna,29th Bn,CEF, bayoneted 3 enemy& rifle-clubbed a 4th,to help capture that position & its machine gun. For actions here,Hanna earned a Victoria Cross PICS 1,2,3-CSM Sgt.Maj.Rbt Hanna,V.C. 4-Canada's Hill 70 Memorial,Lens,FR

Significant Dates in the British Conquest of Canada Aug23-25,1760 A British force under Gen.Amherst attacks Ft.Lévis(St Lawrence R. at Prescott) last French holdouts after Quebec(1759) Ft.surrenders-Aug25 British move on to Montreal it surrenders without a shot VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ULI...

Significant Dates in RCN History 4 Refits for HMCS Caribou 23AUG,1953 HMCS Caribou commissioned as Naval Reserve Division in Cornerbrook,NFLD PICS 1st-HMCS Caribou,S12/Z25Armed Yacht 2nd-HMCS Caribou,RCN,Orca-class Patrol Training Vessel 3rd-Naval Reserve Div,NFLD 4th-Badge of HMCS Caribou See LINK

Significant Dates in RCN History AUG21,1944 RCN corvette HMCS Alberni is torpedoed&sunk by German sub U-480 in the English Channel hit engine room & sank in 1 minute 59 crew drowned 31 rescued PICS 1-Alberni Oerlikons,July44 by Marc MaGee 2-Crew,43 3-Alberni Underway 4-Boat U-480,StNazaire

Significant Dates in our WW2 History 19-20-AUG,1942 Dieppe Raid-Operation JUBILEE turns into great military debacle & heavy Canadian casualties outstanding fighting courage A.20th- Germans clean-up,take prisoners & interrogate prisoners Both sides ask 'Why? Why was this massacre this necessary?'

The "General" Art of War at CVMM PIC General Officers of World War I by John Singer Sargent,oil/canvas Canadian Lt.Gen Arthur Currie stands 3rd from right KEY to ID commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:19... Soldiers hated most generals But not Canadian Lt.Gen.Currie parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/bc/f...

Significant Dates in Canadian Military History 19 AUG 1941 The first female medical officer for the RCAF Dr Jean Davey is appointed to coordinate health services to the newly-formed RCAF Womens Division LINK thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/j...

Significant Dates in Canada's First World War 18AUG 1917 at Hill 70 For their actions at Hill 70,Pte Michael O’Rourke(l)& Pte Harry Brown(r),both of 7th Bn,CEF,earn themselves the Victoria Cross LINKS 1-https://hill70.ca/portfolio/michael-james-orourke/ 2-https://hill70.ca/portfolio/harry-brown/

Significant Dates in War of 1812 AUG16,1812 Gen.Brock's British/Canadian smaller forces & Native allies (under Tecumseh) force the surrender of the American garrison (2000 under Gen.Hull) Without a shot fired PICS Brock takes surrender & US garrison Brock & Tecumseh Threat of massacre scared Hull

History to Scale Post re: scale model build at CVMM PICS This kit is: AIRFIX 1/72 Lancaster B.I /FE(Far East) This modified Lancaster was the long-distance heavy bomber Picked by RCAF for TIGER FORCE (battle of Japan) BUT Japan surrendered 1st See history & build modelingmadness.com/review/allie...

Significant Dates in WW2 History AUG 16,1945 Plans to deploy Tiger Force,RCAF sqns assigned to attack Japan in Far East are scrapped since Japan surrendered on Aug15th PICS 1-Long-range heavy bomber with extra gas tanks(Lancs) 2-RCAF Lanc-10s leave UK for Far East 3,4-RCAF sqns selected,Tiger Force

Significant Dates in Our Military History AUG 15,1917 Battle of Hill 70 begins;Aug 15-25 Canadian forces capture a strategic position north of Lens & secure the western sector Gen.Arthur Currie was ordered to do the impossible & take Hill 70 His battle plan succeeded,but with a minimum of casualties

SHARE Significant Dates in Canadian Military History 15 AUG1945 Japan offers its unconditional surrender 1941-1945-over 10,000 Canadians served in the Pacific at least 560 soldiers were killed(at Hong Kong alone) PICS 1,2,3-VJ DAY across Canada 4-Canadian prisoners in Hong Kong,waiting liberation

Significant Dates in our Military History AUG 14,1945 Japan announces acceptance of Allied terms-it's unconditional surrender. Then,overnight the Emperor Hirohito makes a radio announcement(see pics) See Pics 2 RCN warships with British Pacific Fleet L-HMCS Prince Roberts,AA cruiser R-HMCS Uganda

SHARE Significant Dates- our Military History AUG 13,1941 The Canadian Women's Army Corps is authorized as auxiliary The army recognized that women could be placed in non-combatant roles to release more men to fight overseas In 1942,officially part of Canadian Army www.warmuseum.ca/articles/the...

Significant Dates in The War of 1812 Aug13,1814 Cannonade by British troops led by General Drummond opens Siege of Fort Erie,Niagara region 4,800 British VS 2,800 US READ MORE www.battlefields.org/learn/war-18... PICS TP-Repulsion of the British/Magazine explodes during attack,Aug 15 BM-read text

Date with Valour 12-13 AUG 1918 Sgt.Robt Spall, Princess Patricia’s Light Infantry(Manitoba) sacrificed his life to extricate his platoon from mortal danger Battle of Amiens at Parvillers His brave action during a counterattack saved all his men But killed in action Aug 13 Awarded a Victoria Cross

Date with Valour 12AUG1918 Ptv Thomas Dineson(a Dane)42nd Bn,CEF awarded Victoria Cross,battle near Amiens for 10 hrs,he led the capture of 2 kms of strongly-held German trenches at Parvillers And,engaged in hand-to-hand fighting he rushed forward alone 5xs & put machine guns out of action killed 12

Share CVMM Posts CVMM tells Canada's neglected history of War on the Home Front WW2 EDMONTON's Blatchford Field:Base for Northwest Staging Route to Russia by air (Alaska Hwy by land) 1942-5 over 8000 warplanes delivered to Soviets PICS US P-47,USSR star Map Blathchford Field,Edmonton Hangers 11,14