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Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27915

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27915

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Canadian troops man a 6-pdr anti-tank gun during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943.

Follow-up waves of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade disembarking with bicycles from landing craft onto 'Nan White' sector of Juno Beach at Bernieres-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944. A23938

Follow-up waves of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade disembarking with...

Follow-up waves of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade disembarking with bicycles from landing craft onto 'Nan White' sector of Juno Beach at Bernieres-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944. The British 2nd Army: second-wave troo... More

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

1st Hussars officers with Sherman tank Colomby-sur-Thaon June 1944

1st Hussars officers with Sherman tank Colomby-sur-Thaon June 1944

Major A. D'Arcy Marks and Captain Alfred Brandon Conron of the 1st Hussars with a Sherman tank of "C" Squadron, 1st Hussars Regiment, Colomby-sur-Thaon, France

1st Hussars tank crew with Sherman Vc Firefly Zetten Netherlands January 1945

1st Hussars tank crew with Sherman Vc Firefly Zetten Netherlands Janua...

Tank crew with their Sherman Vc Firefly tank of the 1st Hussars near Zetten, Netherlands, 20 January 1945. (L-R): Trooper Neil McDougall, Sergeant Tony Hornick, Troopers Johnnie Pritchard and Bill Stewart.

48th Highlanders of Canada Lieutenant preparing to give order to infantrymen San Leonardo Ortona December 1943

48th Highlanders of Canada Lieutenant preparing to give order to infan...

Lieutenant I. Macdonald (with binoculars) of The 48th Highlanders of Canada preparing to give the order to attack to infantrymen of his platoon, San Leonardo di Ortona, Italy. Infantrymen L-R: Sergeant J.T. Co... More

Beny-sur-Mer radar switchboard, World War II photo

Beny-sur-Mer radar switchboard, World War II photo

Corporal W. Nichorster of the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals examines the telephone switchboard in the underground bunker of a German radar station at Beny-sur-Mer, France. Although the site was originally int... 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 Gunner in WWII - Canada in World War Two

Canadian Gunner in WWII - Canada in World War Two

Canadian military during World War II

Canadian landings at Juno Beach

Canadian landings at Juno Beach

LCA (Landing Craft Assault) containing Winnipeg Rifles head for the Normandy Juno beach - June 6, 1944. Most are wearing Mk III helmets.

Canadian Perth Regiment sniper in Orsogna January 1944

Canadian Perth Regiment sniper in Orsogna January 1944

Pte. Jack Bailey of the Perth Regiment, sniping at enemy troops, Orsogna, Italy, 29 January 1944. Bailey is using a Pattern 1914 Enfield bolt-action rifle fitted with a telescopic sight. There is a Bren light m... More

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

Canadian troops on their way to Juno Beach

Canadian troops on their way to Juno Beach

Infantrymen in a Landing Craft Assault (LCA) going ashore from H.M.C.S. PRINCE HENRY off the Normandy beachhead, France, 6 June 1944

Char Carpiquet Prisonniers - Canada in World War Two

Char Carpiquet Prisonniers - Canada in World War Two

Français : Des soldats canadiens avec un membre de la Luftwaffe fait prisonnier à l'aéroport de Carpiquet (07/1944)

En attente de la fin du tir d'artillerie pour aller à l'assaut Spring 25-7-44
Firing 6-pounder gun on Kitsilano Beach Vancouver 1943

Firing 6-pounder gun on Kitsilano Beach Vancouver 1943

Soldiers firing a 6-pounder gun on Kitsilano Beach, Vancouver, during military exercise.

First Canadian Army formation patch

First Canadian Army formation patch

The formation signs used by the Canadian Army in WWII would be covered by a Crown Copyright held by the Canadian Department of National Defence. The copyright expired 50 years after the formation sign was crea... More

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

Geallieerde militair bekijkt muurschildering V-1 Kamp Vught

Geallieerde militair bekijkt muurschildering V-1 Kamp Vught

PL-33431 Geallieerde militair bekijkt muurschildering V-1 foto-PL-33431 collectie-Canadian-Forces-Joint-Imagery-Centre

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.

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

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

Kanadische Truppen landen in der Normandie

Kanadische Truppen landen in der Normandie

View looking east along 'Nan White' Beach, showing personnel of the 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade landing from LCI(L) 299 of the 2nd Canadian (262nd RN) Flotilla on D-Day Français : Vue ouest-est de la plage « ... More

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

Moro 48th counterattack, Italy - Canada in World War Two

Moro 48th counterattack, Italy - Canada in World War Two

Riflemen of the 48th Highlanders of Canada take cover during a German counterattack north of San Leonardo di Ortona in the Moro River Campaign. (L-R): Private L.N. Welbanks, Sergeant G.D. Adams and Private L.G. Thompson.

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

Personnel of Le Royal 22e Régiment getting ready for disembarkation

Personnel of Le Royal 22e Régiment getting ready for disembarkation

Personnel of Le Royal 22e Régiment getting ready for disembarkation, Villapiana, Italy, 16 September 1943. Français : Soldats du Royal 22e Régiment prêts pour le débarquement en Italie. (Villapiana, Italie)

PIAT - Canada in World War Two

PIAT - Canada in World War Two

Private L.H. Johnson and Sergeant D.R. Fairborn of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion with a PIAT anti-tank weapon, Lembeck, Germany, 29 March 1945.

Potsdamer Platz 1945 - A black and white photo of a city street

Potsdamer Platz 1945 - A black and white photo of a city street

Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 1945. On the left the Columbushaus, on the right the ruin of Hotel Fürstenhof. Canadian soldiers in the jeep. Deutsch: Der Potsdamer Platz 1945. Links das Columbushaus, rechts die Ruin... More

Pte. L. V. Hughes, Canadian Military, WW2

Pte. L. V. Hughes, Canadian Military, WW2

Canadian military during World War II

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

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada sniper Foiano Italy October 1943

Seaforth Highlanders of Canada sniper Foiano Italy October 1943

Private J.E. McPhee of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, who is armed with a sniper rifle, under German mortar fire, Foiano, Italy.

Starving concentration camp prisoner liberated by Canadian 3rd division

Starving concentration camp prisoner liberated by Canadian 3rd divisio...

Prisoners in advanced state of starvation in a concentration camp liberated by the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division, Sergeant Lucien Lapierre of the New Brunswick North Shore Regiment. Published in Weimar, Germa... More

T17e1 staghound elbeuf, World War II photo

T17e1 staghound elbeuf, World War II photo

A General Motors Staghound T-17E1 armoured car of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons crossing a Bailey bridge, Elbeuf, France, 28 August 1944. Soldiers are offloading railway ties to reinforce or smooth out the road surface.

T17e1 staghound hochwald trio - Canada in World War Two

T17e1 staghound hochwald trio - Canada in World War Two

General Motors Staghound T-17E1 armoured cars of "A" Squadron, 12th Manitoba Dragoons, in the Hochwald, Germany, 2 March 1945. The first car has tire chains on all four wheels.

T17e1 staghound seine - Canada in World War Two

T17e1 staghound seine - Canada in World War Two

General Motors 'Staghound' T17E1 armoured cars of the 18th Armoured Car Regiment (12th Manitoba Dragoons) crossing the Seine River in Elbeuf.

Universal Carrier A189892-v6, Italy

Universal Carrier A189892-v6, Italy

LAC caption : Unidentified personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) in a Universal Carrier equipped with a Vickers machine gun, Italy

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

Infantry of the Regiment de Maisonneuve moving through Holten to Rijssen, both towns in the Netherlands. 9 April... - NARA - 541913

Infantry of the Regiment de Maisonneuve moving through Holten to Rijss...

General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1081 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image. This image is part of the New York Times Paris Bureau Collection.

Kinderen in klederdracht op een Canadese pantserwagen, Bestanddeelnr 900-2853

Kinderen in klederdracht op een Canadese pantserwagen, Bestanddeelnr 9...

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Bevrijdingsvreugd: Amersfoort Beschrijving : Kinderen in klederdracht op een Canadese pantserwagen Datum : 7 mei 1945 Locatie : Amersfoo... More

Arrivée du Royal 22e Régiment à Québec

Arrivée du Royal 22e Régiment à Québec

Arrival of the Royal 22e Régiment in Quebec City. Français : Arrivée du Royal 22e Régiment à Québec.

Feature. 17th Hussars BAnQ P48S1P05241

Feature. 17th Hussars BAnQ P48S1P05241

For documentary purposes the original description provided by BAnQ has been retained. Additional descriptive text may be added by Wikimedians with the wiki description = parameter, but please do not modify the ... More

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

Dieppe pebble beach - Canada in World War Two

Dieppe pebble beach - Canada in World War Two

Dieppe's pebble beach and cliff immediately following the raid on August 19th, 1942. A scout car has been abandoned.

Group of prisoners who surrendered to Canadians in Courseulles

Group of prisoners who surrendered to Canadians in Courseulles

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

Gun-tractor skidded off the road

Gun-tractor skidded off the road

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

Light Infantry carriers move through Krabbendijke on the Beveland Causeway

Light Infantry carriers move through Krabbendijke on the Beveland Caus...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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.

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.

Canadian soldiers on Juno Beach

Canadian soldiers on Juno Beach

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

Canadians in Bernières-sur-Mer

Canadians in Bernières-sur-Mer

This Canadian soldier controls the traffic on the streets of Bernières-sur-Mer. The church has been hit by several grenade rounds. The steeple features two grenade impacts and the side roof was damaged. Juno Be... More

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

1941-10-27 Royal Rifles of Canada and Gander the dog en route to Hong Kong from Vancouver

1941-10-27 Royal Rifles of Canada and Gander the dog en route to Hong ...

Infantrymen of C Company, the Royal Rifles of Canada, and their mascot Gander the dog en route to Hong Kong. The photo was taken in Vancouver, British Columbia, circa 27 October 1941. In the Battle of Hong Kon... More

Canadese legervoertuigen locatie Kampen, Bestanddeelnr 900-2722

Canadese legervoertuigen locatie Kampen, Bestanddeelnr 900-2722

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Canadese legervoertuigen [locatie Kampen?] Datum : april 1945 Trefwoorden : militairen, tanks, tweede werel... More

Intocht van het Canadese 1e Leger in de provincie Utrecht, Bestanddeelnr 900-2771

Intocht van het Canadese 1e Leger in de provincie Utrecht, Bestanddeel...

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : Bevrijdingsvreugd: Wageningen - Amersfoort Beschrijving : Intocht van het Canadese 1e Leger in de provincie Utrecht Annotatie : Betreft... More

Big Waves on the Atlantic 1945

Big Waves on the Atlantic 1945

Canadian troops leaving Europe, December 1945, Sailing home on board the RMS Queen Elizabeth

Leaving Europe

Leaving Europe

Canadian troops leaving Europe, December 1945, Sailing home on board the RMS Queen Elizabeth

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.

Canadese bevrijders doorzoeken binnenstad van Deventer - Canadian liberators search Deventer city centre (4502667218)

Canadese bevrijders doorzoeken binnenstad van Deventer - Canadian libe...

Nationaal Archief Beschrijving: Fotoserie uit Deventer (front n.o.-nederland) Canadese militairen doorzoeken panden in de Deventer binnenstad. Datum:11 april 1945 Vervaardiger: Anefo / Poll, Willem van de. Bes... More

'Nan White' Beach, JUNO Area at Bernieres-sur-Mer

'Nan White' Beach, JUNO Area at Bernieres-sur-Mer

The British 2nd Army: Second wave troops of 9th Canadian Infantry Brigade, probably Highland Light Infantry of Canada, disembarking with bicycles from LCI(L)s (Landing Craft Infantry Large) onto 'Nan White' Be... More

Canadiansdestroyer Dieppe - A group of men standing next to each other on a boat

Canadiansdestroyer Dieppe - A group of men standing next to each other...

Public domain photograph of military personnel, army, militia, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Churchill tank of 1st Canadian Armoured Division

Churchill tank of 1st Canadian Armoured Division

Canadian Army during the Italian Campaign of World War II. Churchill tank of 1st Canadian Armoured Division advancing towards the Gothic Line, 26 August 1944.

Plaque Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders Bernières Calvados, France

Plaque Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders Bernières Calvados, Franc...

Plaque to the Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Canadian Highlanders, Bernières, Calvados, Normandy, FranceFrançais : Plaque en hommage aux Highlanders canadiens, Bernières, Calvados.

Queen's own rifles of Canada 2 Juno Beach Calvados, France

Queen's own rifles of Canada 2 Juno Beach Calvados, France

Detail of the monument to the 2nd Canadian Queen's Own Rifles, Juno Beach, Calvados, Normandy, France.Français : Détail du monument aux 2nd Canadian Queen's Own Rifles, Juno Beach, Calvados

Regiment de la Chaudière monument Juno Beach

Regiment de la Chaudière monument Juno Beach

Monument to Regiment de la Chaudière, Juno Beach, Calvados, Normandy, FranceFrançais : Monument aux morts du Régiment de la Chaudière, Juno Beach, Bernières-sur-Mer, Calvados.

Canadian Private MacDonald gives first aid

Canadian Private MacDonald gives first aid

Canadian Private MacDonald gives first aid to a child - 1944. Photo by Ken Bell

Carleton and York Regiment cap badge

Carleton and York Regiment cap badge

Cap badge of the Canadian Carleton and York Regiment

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

Canadiansmeet Russians 1945

Canadiansmeet Russians 1945

Canadian paratroopers meet Russian soldiers on the east side of Wismar, Germany, May 1945.

Canadians Advance in Normandy, Normandy, France

Canadians Advance in Normandy, Normandy, France

Français : Des soldats canadiens appartenant au Royal Winnipeg Rifles marchant en formation dans un champ près de Ifs.

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

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4692

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4692

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd Datum : 16 februari 1946 Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Ane... More

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4695

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4695

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd Datum : 16 februari 1946 Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Ane... More

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4693

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4693

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd Datum : 16 februari 1946 Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Ane... More

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4694

Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd, Bestanddeelnr 901-4694

Nederlands: Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Canadezen weer thuis. The National Film Bourd Datum : 16 februari 1946 Fotograaf : Fotograaf Onbekend / Ane... More

Canadian soldiers training in the hills on Hong Kong Island

Canadian soldiers training in the hills on Hong Kong Island

Canadian soldiers on exercise in the hills on Hong Kong Island before the Japanese invasion.