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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Significant Dates in RCAF History Night of 6-7 OCT.1944 No.6 (RCAF Group,Bomber Command,deploys its largest sortie of the war-523 aircraft involved VS Dortmund,Germany 2 aircraft shot down-a remarkable achievement when casualty rates were ranged from 5-10% of planes. Lancaster & Halifax bombers sent

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Significant Dates in the RCAF 6 OCT 1944 No.401 Sqn,RCAF pilots destroy a German Me-262,near Nijmegen Becomes 1st jet-propelled aircraft shot down by either the RAF or RCAF 5 Canadian pilots shared the victory PICS Crash site of ME-262 Spitfires vs ME-262 jet READ MORE x.com/VoicesofWW2/...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Significant Dates-War of 1812 OCT 5 1813 At the Battle of the Thames (P1)American forces defeat British/Natives (P2)Warrior/Leader Tecumseh is killed (P3)Maj.Gen Proctor's blunders (P4)& bad tactics caused his own defeat major British loss & retreat(SW Ontario) www.canadashistory.ca/explore/mili...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Significant Dates in Canada's RCN 4-5 OCT.1944 HMCS CHEBOGUE(frigate)hit by acoustic torpedo from U-1227 blew off stern killed 7 sailors It's 1000 kms w. of U.K. but is still able to reach port -a total right-off U-1227 a long range IXC/40 type LINK to MORE www.canada.ca/en/navy/serv...

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yes, Canadian WW1 vet Charles Yale Harrison wrote a harsh but true book, Generals Die In Bed.

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Canadian Virtual Military Museum (formerly on Facebook) @canvmilitarymuseum.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Significant Dates in Canada's First World War 4 OCT.1918 (2-8 OCT) Canadians fight on to seize the city in the Battle of Cambrai during Canada's 100 Days (last months of WW1) Haig (pic)uses Canadians as his "Shock Troops" Can they save city from German demolition? LINK www.canada.ca/en/departmen...

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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 · 18/09/2026

Thank you for liking our page.Here's a sincere question. Your team are citizens of which country?

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

Please answer the following reasonable questions. Who owns Hopeful News ? Tell us the individual and the corporation? Who is the editor? Where else do you publish?

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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

Canadian Army in 1945-750,000 personnel Canadian Navy in 1945-4th largest in world Canadian Air Force in 1945-100 squadrons, 6th largest in the world Canada -12 million population

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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

You might be interested in this. Hitler sent photographers and artists to record & expand the propaganda value of the Allied defeat at Dieppe. scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcont...

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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 · 22/08/2026

Canada's tragic introduction to its first battle on the continent. Leadership let the soldiers down-not courage.Canadians have debated if it was worth it ever since.

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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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