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Aug 24, 2020 · While many who served in the Second World War were still in their twenties in 1945, and so they often did not define themselves as veterans, they slowly moved to the Legion and other regimental or unit associations over the coming decades.
Jan 23, 2018 · Based on the newly-digitized Veterans Affairs Canada’s First World War pension records, each featured blog post over the next few weeks will speak to the plurality of the Canadian veteran community and its divisions along ethnic, gender, and class lines. They will also draw connections to the present-day challenges of Canadian veterans.
Nov 11, 2013 · Starting as early as 1941, correspondents began reporting and discussing military slang in the pages of American Speech, the journal of the American Dialect Society. Here’s a list of some of the...
- Rebecca Onion
With transport space in short supply after the surrender of Germany and the end of the war in Europe, the military could not bring all the Armed Forces members home at once. Just getting these people back home to Canada was the first hurdle in helping them return to civilian life.
Nov 11, 2014 · To hear TIME tell it in 1946, veterans of the Second World War faced the opposite problem to the one that faced their predecessors: the veterans were so well taken care of that they felt...
During the Second World War, Canadians fought valiantly on battlefronts around the world. More than one million men and women enlisted in the navy, the army and the air force. They were prepared to face any ordeal for the sake of freedom. When the war was over, more than 42,000 had given their lives.
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Jul 15, 2013 · The Second World War was a defining event in Canadian history, transforming a quiet country on the fringes of global affairs into a critical player in the 20th century's most important struggle.
