D-Day Juno Beach
As I continued on my Normandy Tour, I took a one-day Canadian Beaches and inland tour. I had been to Juno beach before but felt since the...
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Oct 109 min read
Battle of the Scheldt - North
The exploration of the Battle of the Scheldt continued, looking at the Action on the Northern Bank. Fortunately, I did not have to sleep...
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Oct 89 min read
Battle of the Scheldt - Southern Bank
Thanks to a teacher girls’ weekend in Milan, Rachel’s car and I got to spend some time exploring the Battle of the Scheldt, a major...
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Sep 267 min read
Operation Market Garden
As part of the 80th Anniversary of Operation Market Garden there was a demonstration of the parachute drop at Eerde, just north of...
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Sep 256 min read
Liberation of the Netherlands
I was fortunate to arrive back in the Netherlands in time for celebrations of the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Limburg...
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Apr 134 min read
Fortress Thyboron
Adjacent to the Sea War Museum was the Thyboron Fortress, a portion of Germany’s World War Two Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic Wall contains...
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Oct 31, 20237 min read
Fort Eben-Emael Gateway to Dunkirk
After a week off to explore some of the cultural aspects of Europe, Rachel and I visited the Belgian Fort Eben-Emael, just 10 km from...
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Oct 19, 20234 min read
Pilot Officer Leslie McKenna
Leslie William Joseph McKenna was born on 28 Dec 1924 in Stonecliffe, ON son of William McKenna and Margret Ellen Conway. They lived in...
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Oct 19, 20235 min read
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Steve McKenna has been a buddy of mine since grade nine. We went through high school together, signed up for RMC together, and spent most...
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Sep 29, 20234 min read
Canada Poland Museum
The Canada Museum was founded in 1994, and the Polish section was opened in 2004 by Gilbert Van Landschoot as a tribute to the Canadian...
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Sep 28, 20233 min read
For Freedom Museum
During my trip to the Atlantic Wall, I was recommended twice to visit the Private Museum For Freedom in Knokke–Heist, the final region to...
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Sep 27, 20234 min read
Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau
Private Joseph Christopher Raymond Cadeau B/119256 I recently visited Christopher Cadeau at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, and this is...
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Sep 25, 20231 min read
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery
Adegem Canadian War Cemetery Adegem Cemetery I visited the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery between Bruges and Gent to pay respects to Joseph...
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Sep 23, 20232 min read
Storming the Atlantic Wall
With Rachel in Dublin on a girl's trip, her car and I decided to storm the Atlantic Wall. The Atlantic wall park is at ATLANTIC WALL...
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Sep 19, 20239 min read
Uncle George Johnston
George is in the 3rd row, second from the right. Early Years George David Johnston was born in Essex Ontario, on August 9, 1908, to Sam...
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Sep 19, 20233 min read
Liberation - The Final Chapter
Operation Market Garden was Gen Montgomery's bold plan to take the bridge across the Rhine at Arnhem, by dropping the British 1st Para...
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Sep 18, 20235 min read
Battle of the Scheldt
The Canadians were given the task of clearing the Scheldt Estuary, so that the liberated port of Antwerp could be used to supply the...
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Sep 13, 20234 min read
Disaster at Dieppe
In 1942 the Allies were under pressure to open up a second front against the Germans. They did not have the resources for a full scale...
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Sep 12, 20232 min read
Mulberry Harbour
There were 2 man-made harbours code named Mulberry Harbours, one on the US sector at Omaha Beach, and on in the British Sector at Gold...
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Sep 11, 20235 min read
Lance Sgt Thomas Easton
Early Years Thomas Leonard Easton was born on February 17, 1915, in Sudbury to Harry James Easton and Florence Elizabeth Adcock. Harry...
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