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Corvette Stamp - Public domain banknote scan

Corvette Stamp - Public domain banknote scan

en:Royal Canadian Navy Tribal class destroyer as depicted on a en:1944 stamp.

Canadian Forces in Italy 1944 NA11253

Canadian Forces in Italy 1944 NA11253

Canadian Forces in Italy 1944 Sgt Walter Lowe of the West Nova Scotia Regiment is shaved by an Italian youth, January 1944.

The Royal Canadian Air Force in Holland, 1944 CL1598

The Royal Canadian Air Force in Holland, 1944 CL1598

The Royal Canadian Air Force in Holland, 1944 Two armourers of No 440 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, trudge through the mud of an airfield near Eindhoven to re-arm a Hawker Typhoon fighter-bomber.

12SSHJPOW - Canada in World War Two

12SSHJPOW - Canada in World War Two

A captured Panzergrenadier of the Hitlerjugend taken by a Canadian Intelligence Unit during the fighting for Caen. The official Public Archives of Canada caption for this photo taken a month after the activitie... More

2ndcanadianinscheldt - Canada in World War Two

2ndcanadianinscheldt - Canada in World War Two

Forces of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, part of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division, move towards South Beveland during the Battle of the Scheldt Nederlands: Strijdkrachten van de Royal Hamilton Ligt Infant... More

3rd Canadian Division vehicles advancing during Operation Tractable August 1944

3rd Canadian Division vehicles advancing during Operation Tractable Au...

Vehicles of the 3rd Canadian Division advancing on Bretteville-le Rabet, France, towards Falaise as part of Operation Tractable

4th Canadian Armoured Division flamethrower demonstration across canal Balgerhoeke Belgium October 1944

4th Canadian Armoured Division flamethrower demonstration across canal...

en:4th Canadian (Armoured) Division demonstrating the use of Lifebuoy en:flame throwers across a canal, Balgerhoeke, October en:1944.

Acrossthescheldt - Canada in World War Two

Acrossthescheldt - Canada in World War Two

'Buffalo' amphibious vehicles taking troops of the Canadian First Army across the Scheldt in Holland, September, 1944. Nederlands: 'Buffalo' amfibie voertuigen brengen de troepen van de Canadian First Army over... More

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada during WWII

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada during WWII

Français : Fantassins de la compagnie B des Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada dans un camion allemand capturé avec des prisonniers allemands à Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives en France le 19 août 1944. Englis... More

Athabaskan ships company 1944 - Canada in World War Two

Athabaskan ships company 1944 - Canada in World War Two

Ship's Company of the destroyer H.M.C.S. Athabaskan, Plymouth, England, April 1944.

Belgian res - Canada in World War Two

Belgian res - Canada in World War Two

Lance-Corporal N.G. Rosborough of the Canadian Provost Corps talking to members of the Belgian Resistance in Bruges during the Battle of the Scheldt; September 1944. Deutsch: Ein Mitglied der kanadischen Mili... More

Canadian 8th infantry ranville 1944

Canadian 8th infantry ranville 1944

Members of the Luftwaffe taken prisoner by the 8th Canadian Infantry Brigade during an attack on a factory in Ranville. Français : Membres de la Luftwaffe faits prisonniers par la 8e Brigade d'infanterie canadi... More

Canadian forces Liri Valley May 1944

Canadian forces Liri Valley May 1944

Canadian forces advancing from the Gustav Line to the Hitler Line.

Canadian signaller with 5.5 inch shells 1944 LAC a131380-v6

Canadian signaller with 5.5 inch shells 1944 LAC a131380-v6

LAC caption : Unidentified signaller receiving the order to fire a 5.5-inch gun of a Medium Regiment of the Royal Canadian Artillery (R.C.A.) south of Vaucelles, France. Comment : The photograph also shows a s... More

Canadians BOP1944, World War II photo

Canadians BOP1944, World War II photo

Sherman tanks of the South Alberta Regiment, Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, 29 October 1944. October 29, 1944.

Charles Comfort Painting in Italy

Charles Comfort Painting in Italy

Charles Comfort painting in the area around Ortona, Italy, on duty as a Canadian WWII war artist.

Doris Frost and Greta Huffman at GECO

Doris Frost and Greta Huffman at GECO

Doris Frost, supervisor at General Engineering, demonstrating technique to Greta Huffman, a teacher working at GECO munitions plant during the summer of 1944.

En attente de la fin du tir d'artillerie pour aller à l'assaut Spring 25-7-44
Fleury sur Orne 25-7-44 during World War I

Fleury sur Orne 25-7-44 during World War I

Français : le clair de lune de l'opération Spring

Fusilier de Mont Royal à May sur orne

Fusilier de Mont Royal à May sur orne

Français : Fusilier de l'unité de Mont Royal à May-sur-orne pendant la bataille de Normandie

G Papanreou on the Prince David 1944

G Papanreou on the Prince David 1944

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Governor General's Foot Guards - 1944

Governor General's Foot Guards - 1944

Personnel with a Sherman tank of No.1 Squadron from the Gorvernor General's Foot Guards, Bergen op Zoom in the Netherlands on 6 November 1944 Français : Personnel avec un char Sherman de l'escadron No 1 des Gov... More

H Captain Callum Thompson, a Canadian chaplain, conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, France, 16 July 1944

H Captain Callum Thompson, a Canadian chaplain, conducting a funeral s...

H/Captain Callum Thompson, a Canadian chaplain, conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, France, 16 July 1944.

Hastings County Archives 2017-87-11 (back) (37256046970)

Hastings County Archives 2017-87-11 (back) (37256046970)

Handwritten text reads: "To Mom Me and my Gal May 19/44 My Galfriend is a 20mm Oelikon gun" Part of the https://discover.cabhc.ca/woodhouse-family-photographs" Woodhouse family collection</a>.

Highland Light Infantry of Canada vers l'orne 18-7-44

Highland Light Infantry of Canada vers l'orne 18-7-44

Français : fantassins canadien vers l'orne pendant la bataille de Normandie Public domain photograph of a tank, military armed vehicle, construction vehicle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picr... More

Hilda Reid at the allotment plot of GECO

Hilda Reid at the allotment plot of GECO

Hilda Reid getting a drink at the allottment plot of GECO.

HMCS Haida cutter - A couple of men sitting on top of a boat

HMCS Haida cutter - A couple of men sitting on top of a boat

H.M.C.S. Haida 's motor cutter, which was used to rescue survivors of the sinking of H.M.C.S. Athabaskan on 29 April 1944. (L-R): Stoker William Cummins, Leading Seaman William MacLure, Able Seaman Jack Hannam.

HMCS-Prince-David--LCA-1375 - Canada in World War Two

HMCS-Prince-David--LCA-1375 - Canada in World War Two

[Members of] R[oyal] C[anadian] N[avy during] invasion and liberation of Greece, Oct. 1944 (Copy negative) PA-11633890 Copyright: Expired [1]

Hoffmeister 5th Canadian Armoured Division a201346-v6

Hoffmeister 5th Canadian Armoured Division a201346-v6

Major-General B.M. Hoffmeister, General Officer Commanding 5th Canadian Armoured Division, in the Sherman tank "Vancouver" near Castrocielo, Italy

Infantrie canadienne au sud de Vaucelles Spring 25-7-44

Infantrie canadienne au sud de Vaucelles Spring 25-7-44

infanterie canadienne pendant l'opération Spring

Launchingof1000CanadianVessels. Warship photograph collection

Launchingof1000CanadianVessels. Warship photograph collection

General view of the crowd at the launching of the 1,000th Canadian-built vessel at the opening of Canada's seventh Victory Loan drive. Marking the opening of Canada's seventh Victory Loan, the 1,000th vessel (... More

LGen Charles Foulkes - Canada in World War Two

LGen Charles Foulkes - Canada in World War Two

Major-General Charles Foulkes standing at attention during an inspection of Canadian troops in England, May 12th, 1944.

Lochachanalt. Warship photograph collection

Lochachanalt. Warship photograph collection

HMCS Loch Achanalt Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lochalvie. Warship photograph collection

Lochalvie. Warship photograph collection

HMCS Loch Alvie Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lochmorlich. Warship photograph collection

Lochmorlich. Warship photograph collection

HMCS Loch Morlich Public domain photograph of Canadian Navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lotte Walsh and David Leslie of GECO

Lotte Walsh and David Leslie of GECO

Lotte Walsh, working on the fuze manufacturing line at GECO, and David Leslie, fireman at the industrial complex.

Major david currie vc - Canada in World War Two

Major david currie vc - Canada in World War Two

Major David V. Currie (left, with pistol in hand) of The South Alberta Regiment accepting the surrender of German troops at St. Lambert-sur-Dive, France, 19 August 1944. This photo captures the very moment and... More

Margaret Miller at Geco

Margaret Miller at Geco

Margaret Miller, fuze manufacturer at CEGO, posing with a fuze in 1944.

Members of the Royal 22e Regiment in audience with Pope Pius XII

Members of the Royal 22e Regiment in audience with Pope Pius XII

Members of the Royal 22e Regiment in audience with Pope Pius XII. Français : Des membres du Royal 22e Régiment, participant à la libération de l'Italie, en audience avec le pape Pie XII en 1944.

Monty et Simonds during World War I

Monty et Simonds during World War I

Français : réunion d'état-major en Normandie le 20 juillet 44

MunitionsWorkersToronto, Ontario, Canada

MunitionsWorkersToronto, Ontario, Canada

Français : À la fabrique de munitions John Inglis Co., les ouvrières Agnes Apostle de Dauphin (Manitoba) et Joyce Horne de Toronto (Ontario) effectuent un dernier assemblage d'un pistolet semi-automatique de 9 ... More

Neighbours from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, meet in Ghent, Belgium, 8 November 1944

Neighbours from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, meet in Ghent, Belgium, ...

Neighbours from Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, meet in Ghent, Belgium; (L-R): Private James Rielly, Canadian Army Film and Photo Unit; Rifleman J. White, Regina Rifle Regiment.

North Nova Scotia Highlanders le long de l'Orne-Vaucelles

North Nova Scotia Highlanders le long de l'Orne-Vaucelles

infanterie canadienne en Normandie Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portrait of Colonel Stewart - Public domain

Portrait of Colonel Stewart - Public domain

Private F.T.V. Savard shows Lieutenant-Colonel J.D. Stewart, Commanding Officer of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada, a portrait of Colonel Stewart which he is painting, Elshout, Netherlands.

Posing with anti-aircraft gun

Posing with anti-aircraft gun

Miss Bussell and Miss Cumberland posing with a Peterborough-built 3.7inch anti-aircraft gun at GECO in Scarboro.

Royal Canadian Army Private using artificial hand

Royal Canadian Army Private using artificial hand

Private Ed Gerris of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, seen here with Principal Eccles of Shaw Business Schools, is using a specially-designed glove-covered artificial hand to learn penmanship during a ret... More

Royal Regiment of Canada soldiers in Blankenberge September 1944

Royal Regiment of Canada soldiers in Blankenberge September 1944

Soldiers of the Royal Regiment of Canada rest in Blankenberge, September 1944. Français : Soldats du Royal Regiment of Canada en poste à Blankenberge en septembre 1944

Royal Winnipeg Rifles - Spring - Canada in World War Two

Royal Winnipeg Rifles - Spring - Canada in World War Two

Troops of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles near Ifs, France, 25 July 1944. Français : unité du Royal Winnipeg Rifles près Ifs au sud de Caen - opération Spring le 25 juillet 1944

Royal Winnipeg Rifles Spring 25-7-44

Royal Winnipeg Rifles Spring 25-7-44

Français : opération Spring

Régiment de blindés de Fort Garry - Normandie

Régiment de blindés de Fort Garry - Normandie

Tanks concentration of the Fort Garry Horse Français : regroupement de chars du Fort Garry Horse

Scout of the Calgary Highlanders advancing north of Kappellen, October 1944

Scout of the Calgary Highlanders advancing north of Kappellen, October...

Scouts of the en:Calgary Highlanders advancing north of Kapellen, October, 1944. (L-R): Sergeant H.A. Marshall, Corporal S. Kormendy

Terrein met wrakstukken vliegtuigmateriaal Kamp Vught

Terrein met wrakstukken vliegtuigmateriaal Kamp Vught

Nederlands: PL-33705 Terrein met wrakstukken vliegtuigmateriaal foto-PL-33705 collectie Canadian Forces Joint Imagery Centre

V-1 crater PA-136322 - Canada in World War Two

V-1 crater PA-136322 - Canada in World War Two

Private S.W. Olive of the 2nd Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit, Royal Canadian Army Ordnance Corps (R.C.A.O.C.), looking into a crater caused by a V-1 flying bomb, which also wrecked the unit's vehicles. Fort de Me... More

Verrieres-under-fire couleur, World War II photo

Verrieres-under-fire couleur, World War II photo

Canadian soldiers under fire near Fleury sur-Orne in the early hours of July 25, 1944. Colourized version of File:Verrieres-under-fire.jpg.

Verrieres-under-fire - Canada in World War Two

Verrieres-under-fire - Canada in World War Two

Canadian soldiers under fire near Fleury sur-Orne in the early hours of July 25, 1944 Français : Soldats canadiens sous le feu ennemi près de Fleury-sur-Orne lors des premières heures du 25 juillet 1944

Westland Lysander IIT target tug 1557 of No.3 OTU RCAF, Patricia Bay, BC, February 1944

Westland Lysander IIT target tug 1557 of No.3 OTU RCAF, Patricia Bay, ...

Groundcrew refuelling Westland Lysander IIT target tug aircraft 1557 of No.3 Operational Training Unit (Royal Canadian Airforce Schools and Training Units), Royal Canadian Air Force (R.C.A.F.), Patricia Bay, Br... More

Women with anti-aircraft gun at GECO

Women with anti-aircraft gun at GECO

Workers of GECO (Frances Russell, Audrey McNabb, Sydney Cumberland, Norma Clark and Betty Carroll) with a Peterborough-built 3.7-inch anti-aircraft gun.

World War II Canadian tanks at Falaise in August 1944

World War II Canadian tanks at Falaise in August 1944

Français : Chars de déplaçant en position pour attaquer vers Falaise entre Hubert-Folie et Tilly-la-Campagne English: Tanks move into position for attack toward Falaise, between Hubert-Folie and Tilly-la-Campagne.

1st Special Service Force about to go on evening patrol in Anzio 1944-04

1st Special Service Force about to go on evening patrol in Anzio 1944-...

Forcemen of 5-2, First Special Service Force, preparing to go on an evening patrol in the Anzio beachhead, Operation Shingle, Italy, ca. 20-27 April 1944.

1st Special Service Force at clearing station at Noci 1944-01-02

1st Special Service Force at clearing station at Noci 1944-01-02

Lieutenant J. Kostelec of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and Lieutenant H.C. Wilson of Olympia, Washington, United States, both officers of the First Special Service Force, standing outside a clearing station at Noc... More

1st Special Service Force at clearing station near Venafro 1944-01

1st Special Service Force at clearing station near Venafro 1944-01

Canadians and Americans wear the same uniform in the First Special Service Force. Lieut. J. Kostelec (Calgary, AB) and Lieut. H.C. Wilson (Olympia, WA) resting on the steps of the Force's Clearing Station, near... More

1st Special Service Force members being briefed at Anzio 3396066

1st Special Service Force members being briefed at Anzio 3396066

Personnel of the First Special Service Force being briefed before setting out on a patrol, Anzio beachhead, Italy.

1st Special Service Force sergeant at Anzio 1944-04-20

1st Special Service Force sergeant at Anzio 1944-04-20

Unidentified sergeant of the First Special Service Force, wearing the distinctive USA-CANADA spearhead shoulder title, Anzio beachhead, Italy.

Canadian QF 6-pounder AT Gun2 - Canada in World War Two

Canadian QF 6-pounder AT Gun2 - Canada in World War Two

Français : Ces soldats canadiens nettoient ce canon antichar avant de continuer à combattre.Türkçe: Birleşik Krallık ve Commonwealth ordularının standart tanksavar toplarından Ordnance QF 6 pounder'ın bakımını ... More

Canadianmortarteam - Canada in World War Two

Canadianmortarteam - Canada in World War Two

Canadian mortar team in action in France

Canadiannaziflag1944, World War II photo

Canadiannaziflag1944, World War II photo

These two Canadian soldiers raise a Nazi flag which they captured in a quarry south of Hautmesnil, France (per caption of closely related photo [1])

Queen's Own Rifles Dug In Near Carpiquet

Queen's Own Rifles Dug In Near Carpiquet

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

ShirleyTempleMackenzieKing1 - A black and white photo of a man and woman standing in front of a building

ShirleyTempleMackenzieKing1 - A black and white photo of a man and wom...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Second World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Canadian QF 6-pounder AT Gun

Canadian QF 6-pounder AT Gun

Français : Ces soldats canadiens nettoient ce canon antichar avant de continuer à combattre.

Crew of a Sherman-tank south of Vaucelles

Crew of a Sherman-tank south of Vaucelles

Canadian crew of a Sherman-tank, south of Vaucelles near Caen (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France), during the battle of Normandy in June 1944. Français : Équipage canadien d’un char Sherman, au sud de Vaucell... More

Canadian soldiers, Walcheren Island (11874461925)

Canadian soldiers, Walcheren Island (11874461925)

Canadian soldiers on Walcheren Island during the Battle of the Scheldt, 1944. From the Donald Carson fonds, PR2011.0001/13.

Canadian soliders, Walcheren Island (11874708553)

Canadian soliders, Walcheren Island (11874708553)

On the landing beach, Battle of the Scheldt, 1944. From the Donald Carson fonds, PR2011.0001/13.

Christmas, 1944 (12002057025), Alberta, Canada

Christmas, 1944 (12002057025), Alberta, Canada

Christmas celebration, Herentals, Belgium 1944. From the Donald Carson fonds, PR2011.0001/16.

Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte

Armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte

Canadian Daimler and Humber armoured cars in the Belgian-Dutch border town of Putte, during the Anglo-Canadian drive to cut off the German 15th Army on the islands of the Scheldt Estuary. Nederlands: Canadese... More

12th SS Prisoners

12th SS Prisoners

Soldiers of the German 12th SS Panzer Division in a temporary prisoner of war case in Normandy. Two Canadian Provost Corps soldiers of the Highland Light Infantry stand guard, ca. 7-8 July 1944

Ssashbypark 1944 - A crowd of people standing around a large ship

Ssashbypark 1944 - A crowd of people standing around a large ship

Originally taken in Pictou, Nova Scotia Canada in 1944 of the launching of the ship S.S. Ashby Park

Monty and Simonds - Canada in World War Two

Monty and Simonds - Canada in World War Two

"General Sir Bernard Montgomery (eighth from left) talking with Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds (ninth from left) and other senior officers of the 2nd Canadian Corps at Corps Headquarters in the Normandy bridgeh... More

Canadian Medical Willys MB Caen

Canadian Medical Willys MB Caen

Français : Un aumônier aide un infirmier canadien à évacuer un soldat blessé à bord d'une Jeep.English: The car is Ford GPW

Canadian soldiers at Falaise town entrance

Canadian soldiers at Falaise town entrance

Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description