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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

SHARE A Canadian Victoria Cross-Sept. SEPT27,1918 Mechanical Engineer captures 185 German soldiers Lieut.Graham Lyall,102 Bn.CEF,captured 185 prisoners,21 machine guns & a field gun at Battle of Bourlon Wood earns the Victoria Cross Canadians forced CANAL DU NORD READ veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The battle of Thiepval Ridge-PT 2 SEPT 26,1916 Canadian commanders of the Canadian Corps units at the battle PICS (from top left clockwise) Maj.Gen.Arthur CurrieADC to Byng BrigGen Huntly Ketchen,6th Can Inf Brig Maj.Gen Archie Cameron Macdonell-1st Can Division MajGen LP Lipsett,3rd Can Division

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Significant Dates in Canada's First World War 26-29 Sept.1916 The battle of Thiepval Ridge begins Mud & Blood 700 Canadians killed part of The Battles of the Somme Canadian attack led by the 1st Division(photo of 15th Bn) under Gen Julian Byng(photo) READ MORE vimyfoundation.ca/battles/thie...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Significant Dates in RCN History SEPT24-25,1940 Destroyers for Bases Pact A deal to give 50 USN warships to RN includes 6 four stacker WW1-era destroyers to RCN HMCS Annapolis,Columbia,Niagara,StClair,StCroix & StFrancis PICS Waiting Commissioned at Halifax St Croix's-gun crew -sunk

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Significant Dates in Canada's WW2 SEPT.22,1944 Canadian capture Boulogne after 6 days Operation WELLHIT PICS 1-Canadians observe 1st stage-bombardment by RCAF Lancasters 2-MAP,progress of 8&9th Can Inf Brigds,Operation WELLHIT 3- Coastal gun,Atlantic Wall,Boulogne 4-German POWs escorted by Canadian

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Significant Dates in RCN History 19September,1941 HMCS Levis(RCN corvette)is torpedoed & sunk,North Atlantic 1st Canadian corvette sunk 18 killed;91 rescued by Mayflower on escort duties off Greenland attacked in early morning by U-74 badly damaged, sunk later that day Commissioned Quebec,May,1941

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

TGIF! Thank God It's Flyday Significant Dates 17-18 Sept.1944 OperationMARKETGARDEN-437 Sqn’s baptism of fire: 437(Dakota)Sqn transports & re-supplies paratroops airborne landings at Eindhoven 437 Sn.RCAF tows gliders & drops supplies W/C Jack Sproule,cmdr READ MORE www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Victoria Cross Significant Dates Sept16-7, 1917 Hill 70(Lens,France) Private Michael O’Rourke of the 7th Bn, CEF,worked unceasingly bringing wounded in,treating injuries & bringing food/water to them. His actions Private O’Rourke earned a Victoria Cross READ MORE www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Significant Dates in Our History Sept 15-16,1993 Fierce firefight-Canadian UN Peacekeepers,Yugoslavia 2 Bn,Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry come under fire from Croat forces in the Medak Pocket,Croatia 1st Canadian fatal combat for Canadians since Korea 27 Croatians killed 4 PPCLI wounded

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Significant Dates in Our First World War 15 Sept.1916 Battle of Flers-Courcelette begins(15-22 Sept) & major Canadian part Intro Innovations 1) 1st employment of tanks in combat Tanks-shock value but ineffective(they broke down) 2)creeping artillery barrage See painting split-second timing needed

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Significant Dates in Our Military History 14 SEPT.1857 "Canadian hero in the British Army-For King & Country" B-Perth,Ont Life-saving actions by Surgeon Herbert Reade while under fire during the Siege of Delhi,earn him a Victoria Cross LINK to Reade's amazing story veterans.gc.ca/en/remembran...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Significant Dates in Our Military History SEP14,1915 The Canadian Corps formed in France,consisting of 1st & 2nd Canadian Divisions plus Corps Troops & Canadian Cavalry Brigade AKA "Shock troops of the British Empire" PICS 1st CEF cmdr-Gen E.Alderson,1915 Canadian Corps & cmdr Gen.Arthur Currie,1916

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Significant Dates in the British Conquest of Canada 13SEPT 1759 Victorious British forces under Gen James Wolfe defeat French forces under Gen Marquis de Montcalm at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham,Quebec Both commanders are mortally wounded/killed Quebec City surrenders Also the French in 1760

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Significant Dates in Canada's Korean War Contribution SEPT 12,1951 In what is a see-saw war for position,25th Canadian Infantry Brigade advances with 1st Commonwealth Div across the Imjin River,Korea PICS 1-Canadian tanks,Imjin River,1951 2-Same,but in 1952 3-Showing captured Chinese 4-Map of Korea

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Significant Dates in RCN History SEPT 11 1942 HMCS Charlottetown (corvette) is torpedoed and sunk in the St. Lawrence LINK HMCS Charlottetown (1st of the name) (K244) uboat.net/allies/merch...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Significant Dates in Canadian Military History SEPT 10,1939 Canada declares war on Germany It was 10 days after Britain to show Canada's independence from the Mother Country Our Canadian Army(Permanent Force) had only 4,261 men LINK Armed Forces in SEPT.1939 cmcf.canadian-forum.com/t2554-royal-...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Significant Dates in RCAF AUG2 toSEPT.19,1943 Between these dates,RCAF aircraft destroy 3 U-boats in the Atlantic Date Sunk RCAF Sqn AUG2 U-706 415/ Hampden AUG4 U-489 423/ Sunderland SEPT19 U-341 10/ Liberator

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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)

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

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?'

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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/

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

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

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Significant Dates in our Military History AUG11,1914 Authorized:formation of the Automobile Machine Gun Brigade No.1 under command of Gen.RayBrutinel 1st motorized armoured unit formed by any country in First World War PICS top-Aug1914-Autocars on display for VIPs,near Ottawa bm-1917/ Brutinel team

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Significant Dates in our Military History AUG11,1914 Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is organized for service with the British Expeditionary Force a Canadian unit,not part of CEF privately funded elite veteran soldiers PICS top-Aug1914 bm -WW1, badge LINK valourcanada.ca/military-his...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Significant Dates in our Military History 8-11 AUG 1918 Battle of Amiens & Victoria Cross Actions by Lt.James Tait,78thBn.CEF,at Amiens earn him Amiens,FR earn him a Victoria cross(posthumous) PICS 1,2,3-Tait 4-Amiens,Aug1918 by war artist Will Longstaff Artillery advance while German POWs sent back

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