Royal Marines and Canadians Bond in Duty Across WWII
A historical review traces growing cooperation between Canadian units and Royal Marines from 1841 to WWII. From a Christmas action in Hong Kong to August 1942 at Tweppe, to Sicily landings, Normandy beachhead advance, and inland operations with armor support, culminating in the capture of Rosel and Rots with a Tiger tank destroyed.
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Hong Kong
Tweppe
Royal Marines
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry
Sicily
Pachino Peninsula
Royal Marine Commandos
Normandy
Hitler
West Wall
Royal Marine
Rosel
Rots
Mue
General Sir Harold Alexander’s strategic retreats in WWII
The article credits General Harold Alexander with directing a bold retreat in Burma in 1942 saving his army from encirclement. He destroyed oil wells and withdrew north to India, then planned Middle East operations that moved the British army from Egypt to Tunisia and influenced El Alamein and the pursuit to Tripoli.
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Sir Harold Alexander
Burma
Irrawaddy
India
Middle East
Egypt
Tunisia
Montgomery
Sth
el Alamein
Tripoli
Alexander
A Word For Poland Its Fight Against Nazi Germany
A historical editorial praising Poland's early resistance to Hitler and the enduring valor of Polish forces in World War II. It highlights Polish airmen in the RAF and ground troops in Africa and Italy, noting a noble chapter in Polish history and the unyielding spirit of the Polish people.
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Poland
R.af
Britain
Africa
Italy
Buffalo Courier-Express
First Atlantic Flight remembered by Vimy builders
The article recalls Alcock and Brown who made the first nonstop Atlantic flight in a Vickers Vimy from Newfoundland to Ireland. Alcock received a knighthood but joked he could hardly afford it. They earned £10,000. Alcock’s £5,000 share supported workers and a Weybridge home. The piece notes 15,000 Atlantic crossings since.
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Jack Alcock
Jack
Arthur Whitten-Brown
Alcock
Whitten-Brown
Newfoundland
Ireland
London
Paris
France
Brown
Weybridge
Brooklands
Alcock-Brown
London Daily Sketch
Butler Warns Youth Must Lead Postwar Reconstruction
Nicholas Murray Butler asserts the world’s rebuilding after the war will be difficult and long. He emphasizes today’s youth must take the leading role in this far-reaching effort and that liberal education guiding toward knowledge and understanding is vital.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
At Home In Air Swallows Do Things That Other Birds Would Not Attempt
A New York Times passage extols swallows bank cliff and cave varieties. The piece notes their aerial prowess over streams at dawn or dusk, their food in flight, the twelve tail feathers, and invites lay readers to observe the poetic motion and migration timing. It ends with a segue to wire making as an ancient craft.
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Nature
New York Times
Jamaica aims to plant two million trees this year
The forest department of Jamaica plans 2,060,000 trees for planting by year end. Last year 250,000 trees were set out across 12 afforestation projects focusing on quick-growing construction timbers.
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Forest Department of
Jamaica
Spies and Saboteurs Banned in South America
J Edgar Hoover discloses in The American Magazine that over 7000 Axis operatives and sympathizers have been expelled interned or relocated in safe inland areas. More than 250 enemy agents have been neutralized and twenty nine clandestine radio stations dismantled. FBI began cooperation with South American republics from July 1940 to uncover Nazi and Japanese agents.
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South America
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
United States
Germany
FBI
South American
Pearl Harbor
Axis
Dakar
Africa
Brazil
St. Catharines
Refugee animal influx at RCAF base stirs smiles and chaos
War time dispatch notes Canadian airmen adopting many pets at a Normandy front field. goats, dogs, a duck, a rabbit, a tail-less hamster and a saddle horse roam the tents while pilots discuss feeding and coffee with a milk-giving nanny goat.
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Air Seld
Normandy
Wings Abroad
R.C.A.F
William Hutchinson
Toronto
Chuck
P. A
Paddy
Hayes
Skibbereen
Cork
Cecil Langille
Wolfville
N.S
FO. Hutchinson
Butch
Rubber Maps Aid Invasion Force Landings
Rubber contour maps of enemy country and fortifications were studied by invasion forces just before H hour. Herbert E. Smith of United States Rubber Co. said maps guided Gen. Mark Clark’s divisions at Salerno and were updated by aerial photography.
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Herbert E. Smith
United States Rubber Co
Mark Clark
Salerno
Smith
The V C Wedal Medal From Crimean War Gun
The V C medal continues to be cast from the last gun captured by the British in the Crimean War. Fifty pounds of the metal remain, enough to mint 800 medals. A separate note recounts medieval Persian games where losers wagered fingers and cauterized wounds.
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V.C
Airplane Hangars Erected Fast With Canvas Roofing
Canvas covered hangars built over a steel framework can be erected in 12 to 18 hours, offering rapid shelter for aircraft at airfields and military facilities.
History Of Warsaw Through Wars And Occupation
Warsaw endured forty wars and numerous occupations from Russian, French, Austrian and Prussian powers to German rule. The city faced revolutions, executions, and deportations as rulers shifted, with Polish autonomy briefly restored after 1918 until the 1939 Nazi invasion. The piece ends with a planetary Venus observation.
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Warsaw
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Napoleon
Duchy of
Siberia
Poland
Kaiser
Germany
Wehrmacht
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R.C.A.F. Air Field
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