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As 3rd Canadian Infantry Division tightens the noose on the Breskens Pocket, the battle on the left flank turned into a brutal, close-quarters fight. With the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade landing behind German lines and the 8th Brigade reinforcing the push, the 7th Canadian

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As 3rd Canadian Infantry Division tightens the noose on the Breskens Pocket, the battle on the left flank turned into a brutal, close-quarters fight. With the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade landing behind German lines and the 8th Brigade reinforcing the push, the 7th Canadian

43rd Wessex Division passing through Xanten Germany, 11 March 1945

Incredible footage of the sinking of the USS Lexington. On May 8, 1942, the USS Lexington (CV-2) was lost during the pivotal Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft. After sustaining heavy damage from Japanese air attacks, massive internal

Incredible footage of the sinking of the USS Lexington. On May 8, 1942, the USS Lexington (CV-2) was lost during the pivotal Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle fought entirely by aircraft. After sustaining heavy damage from Japanese air attacks, massive internal

Battle of Peleliu Marine Private First Class Douglas Lightheart (right) cradles a 30-caliber machine gun in his lap, while he and his buddy Private First Class Gerald Churchby take time out for a cigarette, while mopping up the enemy on Peleliu Islands. The Battle of Peleliu

Schweinfurt. Famous for ball bearings. The war would come to a screeching halt without them. #WWII

More allies supplies landed in Normandy. U.S. soldiers watch trucks roll down the ramps of American landing craft unloading on a beach in Normandy. Allied traffic fills the English Channel as supplies pout into France to back the advance against Nazi forces in Normandy.

I love the P47! An absolute beast of an aircraft. Just check out this chart comparing the P47 to other aircraft:

Any idea what famous battle this video shows? This video is some test footage I took from our development server where we are rebuilding Project '44 from the ground up. The icons are just placeholders and placed very generically. Mostly testing out some new icon designs and

Exhausted men stumbled down the dykes, comrades carrying their wounded through mud and waterlogged fields toward the waiting “alligators” that ferried them back from the front.  The Scheldt pocket was a place where every advance was paid for in sweat, blood, and shattered

Exhausted men stumbled down the dykes, comrades carrying their wounded through mud and waterlogged fields toward the waiting “alligators” that ferried them back from the front.  The Scheldt pocket was a place where every advance was paid for in sweat, blood, and shattered

Look, I love Band of Brothers, and I think what Captain Winters did was exceptional. But this idea that he was the only legendary soldier on the Allied side has got to stop. If you want to learn about a legend who didn’t serve with Easy Company, look no further than this man:

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On October 13, 1944, the Black Watch marched toward Woensdrecht—and into one of the darkest days in Canadian military history. By the next morning, the battalion had been shattered, its ranks thinned by relentless German fire in a battle that would be remembered as Black Friday.

A bulldozer pushes aside part of the Nazi defense wall erected at Port-en-Pessin in Normandy. American repair crews aided by French civilians are clearing away the huge masses of cement and barbed wire.

On 12 October 1943, Ontario Regiment tanks were hauled east on Diamond-T transporters, beginning a long separation between crews and machines. After the invasion of mainland Italy during Operation Baytown, the Ontario Regiment found itself on the western side of Italy, opposite

Sergeant Hugh H. McCaughey of the Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit filming the advance of The North Shore Regiment as they advance to the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division bridghead behind the German Lines during Operation Switchback.

Most people know that Canada landed on Juno Beach during DDay. But how many of you know that Canadian Minesweepers were ahead of the invasion flotilla clearing lanes for Omaha Beach?