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Taliban commander in Kandahar dead: NATO http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Taliban+commander+Kandahar+dead+NATO/3112151/story.html KABUL - NATO said Friday that troops had killed the Taliban's top commander for Kandahar city during a gunbattle with insurgents armed with machine-guns and...

Armadillo: the Afghanistan war documentary that shocked Denmark http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jun/03/armadillo-danish-documentary-afghanistan In Denmark, the press and public have been stunned by Armadillo, Janus Metz's documentary about a UK-Danish base in Afghanistan, and the actions of...

This subject came up a few years ago on the old AFV News forum. If I remember correctly those tests were carried out on early lots of ammunition which had being improperly stored. They had become wet and suffered from corrosion which affected the way that the petals of the sabot separated from...

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Starting in Sept. 1944 the number of Fireflies was increased to two per troop in the Armoured regiments, and one per troop in the recce Regiment (South Alberta). At the end of December 1944 1st Canadian Army had 162 Fireflies in six Armoured Regiments and one recce Regt.  Source Appendix C in...

Reuters, yesterday, was reporting that only three rockets hit the base. One hit a helicopter terminal used by foreign troops, wounding four. A second hit a volleyball court in the centre of the main shopping area of the base known as the boardwalk, while the third hit nothing. Source: Reuters...

Norm Christie’s show is on YouTube in five parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqdUafuKEpA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILtL4qeDjFM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deXKmVed-SQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL0H5fnwevM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp2GKAEup5I

Afghan army not ready to lead big raid-U.S. officer 03 May 2010 23:01:26 GMT Source: Reuters http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/SGE6420D6.htm * Commanders wanted Afghans to take charge of air assault * Scrapped just weeks before war's biggest planned offensive * "We're nowhere near...

UN Peacekeeping Brian Stewart Are we really thinking of taking on another mission? Last Updated: Thursday, April 15, 2010 | 7:40 AM ET http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/04/14/f-vp-stewart.html One of the most intriguing aspects of being Canadian is our national reverence for UN...

AP Exclusive: Taliban say buildup under way By KATHY GANNON (AP) – 1 day ago http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jnJdANp2VrvhE9ejRzLsv6PNIpXwD9F5ICLG0 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban are moving fighters into Kandahar, planting bombs and plotting attacks as NATO and Afghan...

Insurgents Kill 4 German Soldiers in Northern Afghanistan http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Insurgents-Kill-4-German-Soldiers-in-Northern-Afghanistan-90950274.html 15 April 2010 Afghan insurgents have killed four German soldiers and wounded five others in an ambush in the northern...

It appears that it will be moved to a new location.

This is what Eisenhower had to say about operations at that time in his book “Crusade in Europe” (p 330 -333) published in 1948.

Looking at the photos on the different news sites, I don’t think that it was vandals. From all the staining on the bottom surface of the cross it looks like it was cracked for a long time and mostly just fell over by itself due to poor maintenance. 

It looks like Cpl Joseph Chretien of the Voltigeurs Canadien is my great great grandfather. I sent an enquiry to Library and Archives Canada using their on line form on 4 July, and received a reply on the 31st.  It read in part: These showed that Joseph was the only Chretien serving in the...

It looks like this would be a difficult task. I would have to find some personal details of J.Chretien of the Voltigeurs, such as his age, date of birth or parents’ names. A search on the Library and Archives Canada web site show that they have some payroll records from the Voltigeurs. I found...

I have being doing some research into my ancestors lately.  Today I was in St. Anicet, Huntingdon, Quebec where part of my family comes from. On the drive back home I stopped at the Battlefield of Chateauguay National Historic Site. In the museum there is a display listing all of the names of...

There is an article about M\Cpl Doyle in Legion Magazine.  :salute: http://www.legionmagazine.com/en/index.php/2009/03/the-life-and-death-of-erin-doyle/

Canadian soldier killed by roadside bomb http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090308/afghanistan_canadian_090308/20090308?hub=TopStories Updated Sun. Mar. 8 2009 4:21 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A Canadian soldier has been killed and four injured when a roadside bomb exploded near...

Cadman biographer threatens to sue Conservatives Updated Fri. Feb. 13 2009 4:08 PM ET The Canadian Press OTTAWA -- Chuck Cadman's biographer says he might sue the Conservative government for smearing his reputation. But facing a Tory party with deep pockets, Tom Zytaruk says he would first need...