
	Where results make sense

Topic: Canadian 1st Army

Related Topics

British Army

Red Army

US Army

Irish Republican Army

Continental Army

Afghan National Army

Red Army Faction

Salvation Army

Provisional Irish Republican Army

Home Army

Territorial Army

In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

EXECUTIVE POWER

Iran

ANALYSIS

Pakistan

Family compact

	3rd Canadian Infantry Division Gallantry Decorations 1945
		The 3rd Canadian Infantry Division in the Rhineland
		The Canadian First Army was to play a decisive role in the final offensive by the northern Army Group to clear the west bank of the Rhine before the final thrust on Berlin could begin.
		During this period, Canadian soldiers of the 3rd Division were awarded 77 gallantry awards for courage in battle.
	www.ncf.ca /~em575/rhine.htm (513 words)

	Major Alonzo Wentworth Bishop, Royal Canadian Engineers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Canadian Army Troops, R.C.E. and its subordinate units took part in Exercises "Kate" and "Fabius" in preparation for the assault crossing of the lower Seine that was planned near Jumièges for D-Day + 90 after the landings at Normandy.
		Canadian Army Troops, R.C.E. were ashore in France at Colombiers-sur-Seule under the command of the C.R.E., Lieutenant Colonel N.I. Fraser, R.C.E. By 14 July the Headquarters was located in the Cairon-Lasson-Rosel triangle where the field companies began working on the clearance of Caen on a two-shift, dawn-to-dusk basis.
		Canadian Army Troops, R.C.E. until the German surrender and beyond and was appointed Adjutant of the Headquarters on 19 June 1945.
	hometown.aol.com /reubique/Bishop.htm (3464 words)

MILITARY LINKS
		It was not surprising that many members of the 1st Division married in the United Kingdom and afterwards brought their wives and families to Canada.
		Fortunately, Allied pressure on its flanks compelled the enemy to abandon this position and, on the 18th, the 1st Division was probing the outer defences of the Hitler Line.
		It consisted of 4 Canadian Mechanized Brigade in Lahr, 5e Brigade du Canada in Canada and supporting elements from across Canada, of which the principal was 1st Canadian Division Headquarters and Signals Regiment.
	members.tripod.com /~DreamMaker_3/milhis.html (3471 words)

	[No title]
		The US 1st Army, released to attack, were attempting to move north to meet the Canadians, but meeting very stiff resistance.
		All of the Allied armies in France are in headlong advances, chasing the shattered remnants of the German army across France.
		Fuel reserves to the US 3rd Army are becoming critical, but Patton orders his armored spearheads to continue the advance east and when they run out of gas, they are to abandon their tanks and continue the attack on foot.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4408.htm (3176 words)

	Canada at War - Page » WWII: The Falaise Gap
		Canadian units of the 28th Armoured Regiment, 4th Armoured Division were stopped near Hill 140 on the second day of attack.
		The 1st Canadian Army, commanded by General Harry Crerar, was a uniquely international formation that variously included, in addition to Canadians, British, Polish, Dutch, Belgian, and Czech formations.
		While the Canadians achieved some of their tactical aims, by 9 August, they were still far to the north of Falaise.
	wwii.ca /page23.html (1716 words)

	First Canadian Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canadian formations in the UK consisted of, by the end of 1943, three infantry divisions, two armoured divisions, and two independent armoured brigades.
		In 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade, and 5th Canadian (Armoured) Division were detached from the Army for participation in the Italian Campaign.
		II Canadian Corps became operational in Normandy in early July 1944, as the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division landed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Canadian_Army (567 words)

	[No title]
		Elements of the British 8th Army completes the seizure of the Gemmano Rigde with the capture of Zollara and continues to advance toward the Marano River.
		The 1st Polish Para Brigade is landed 2 miles south of the Rhine in a vain attempt to reinforce the British paratroops.
		The Canadian 3rd Infantry Division (Canadian 1st Army) opens a large-scale attack on surrounded German garrison at Calais.
	www.bartcop.com /arc4409.htm (3172 words)

	Canada: 1st Canadian Army in Italy August 19, 1944
		Canadian Army remained in the United Kingdom. The politics of breaking up the army to send troops to Italy were predicated on two factors.
		Conversely, the Canadians believed they needed to give their units battle experience before the planned invasion of Northwest Europe in 1944, and Italy was the logical theatre for them to get this.
		Canadian Army remained concerned with all aspects of its subordinate corps.
	orbat.com /site/history/historical/canada/italy1944.html (252 words)

	AHQ Reports - Online Resources - History and Archives - Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion in France 6 Jun - 6 Sep 44.
		Army Participation in Measures taken by the Three Services for the Security of the Gulf of St Lawrence and the Lower River during the Period of German Submarine Activity, 1942-45.
		Canadian Participation in the Operations in North-west Europe, 1944 - Part I: The Assault and Subsequent Operations of 3 Cdn Inf Div and 2nd Cdn Armd Bde 16-39 Jun 44.
	www.dnd.ca /hr/dhh/history_archives/engraph/ahq_e.asp?cat=1 (1139 words)

	The Canadian Kangaroos
		The Canadian Armoured Corps, which provided most of the personnel for the Kangaroos as well as the basis for their administration and employment, was itself a relatively new service, having only been constituted just a few short years before.
		...By authority of the GOC 1st Canadian Army, 19 October 1944, the 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron ceased to exist as a separate entity and became a squadron of the newly-created 1st Canadian Armoured Personnel Carrier Regiment.
		Accordingly, the Canadians of 1CACR were authorized the wearing of the 79th 'Bullshead' flash, and the same was painted on their vehicles, along with the unit designation "157" in white on a green-and-blue square.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-armour/allied/kangaroos.htm (1608 words)

	Canadian Armor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Not another tracked unit was available to the small Canadian army until twelve Carden-Loyd Mk VIB were purchased in 1930 for a handful of mobile machine gun platoons.
		In 1936, due to the deteriorating international situation, the Canadian Defense Department decided to form an armored force with the intent to train a small group of men in tank warfare in the event of war.
		The Canadian built Ford 3 ton truck was re-assembled at the Ford subsidiary plant in Victoria State in Australia.
	mailer.fsu.edu /~akirk/tanks/can/Canada.htm (3365 words)

	US MILITARY LEADERSHIP - Official Recommendations
		The structure of the US Army was constitutionally established as the Regular Army, the units of the State Militias when called to federal service, and units of Volunteers that were established for the duration of the emergency.
		The Army of the United States was re-established for the Korean War and Vietnam War and was demobilized upon the suspension of the draft.
		The 1st was merged with other regiments and redesignated the 3d, and the old 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th were likewise lost in the remains of disbanded regiments.
	www.hitechcj.com /afrl/army_history.html (4622 words)

	Army Awards Bronze Star to Canadian 'Devil's Brigade' Vets
		Washington D.C. - The Army has authorized award of the Bronze Star Medal for Service to the living Canadian veterans of the 1st Special Services Force for their service to the U.S. Army during World War II.
		The unit was known as “the Devil’s Brigade” during the war and was one of the first U.S. special operations forces units in the war.
		Under Army policies, only Combat Infantryman Badges and Combat Medic Badges awarded during World War II may be converted to the Bronze Star Medal for Service.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,110724,00.html?ESRC=armynews.RSS (426 words)

	United States Army: 1939-45
		After the German Army invaded Poland in September 1939, General George Marshall, the new Chief of Staff, embarked on an attempt to rapidly improve the ability of the army to wage war.
		The Japanese Army, under General Tomoyuki Yamashita, fought a vigorous rearguard action and progress was steady but slow during 1945.
		The US Army managed to capture Mount Suribachi in three days but strong resistance from the Japanese meant that the second airstrip at Motoyama was not won until 28th February, 1945.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWusaA.htm (1806 words)

	WarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War - Glossary
		A Canadian infantry battalion included four rifle companies and a support company, which was equipped with heavier weapons; the total strength was approximately 850 personnel.
		The Canadian Army had both infantry and armoured (ie., tank) brigades.
		The Canadian Army had both infantry and armoured (ie, tank) divisions.
	www.civilization.ca /cwm/newspapers/glossary_e.html (826 words)

	Canadian Vietnam War Veterans
		As a Canadian citizen living in California, Les Brown was a world away from the horror on the other side of the Pacific.
		A gripping, unforgettable memoir from a Canadian who, in 1969, was drafted into the U.S. Army and fought in the jungles of Vietnam.
		Personal accounts of Canadian citizens who were drafted or enlisted to fight in the Vietnam war.
	www.angelfire.com /ca5/canadianvietnamvets/index.html (581 words)

	BVMA - Member Units: 1st Canadian (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Although the name, Canadian Regiment, appears to sound as if it was a British Loyalist endeavor, it was actually authorized by the Congress on November 19, 1775 into the Continental Army as the "Canadian Regiment" and assigned to the New York Department.
		All the Canadians in this regiment were assigned to the 2nd Canadian; all the New Englanders were assigned to a New England Brigade; all the New Yorkers were assigned to form the 1st Company of the 2nd New York Regiment.
		The recreated 1st Canadian Regiment is under the direction of Noel Levee and attend events both nationally and internationally.
	www.bvma.org /members/1stCanadian.cfm (505 words)

	1945
		The US 1st and 9th Army would spring forward from their beachheads to the Elbe and meet together to circle the German Army Group B. The 2000 square mile region that had long been a target of Allied bombing runs was now a target for the 7 Allied Armies with their 85 divisions.
		Zhukov was 50 miles east of Berlin on the 1st Belorussian front and planned to open the attack with 10,000 guns then blind the Germans with 140 searchlights as he threw 750,000 men (including 2 tank armies) at Hitler.
		Koniev was 75 miles southeast of Berlin on the 1st Ukrainian front and wanted to open with 7500 guns then use a smokescreen to put his 500,000 men (also including 2 tank armies) through German defenses.
	www.angelfire.com /ct/ww2europe/1945.html (4468 words)

	194504
		In the Netherlands, the Wehrmacht's Army Group H is cut off when the Canadian 2nd Army reaches the Zuider Zee.
		Eisenhower has ordered the 1st and 9th Armies to halt along the Elbe and Mulde rivers and let the Red Army overrun areas that will be part of the postwar Soviet occupation zone.
		His armies have lost most of their tanks and guns during a chaotic retreat across the Po.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /tenison/297/wwii/194504.htm (3676 words)

	Second World War Books Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In fact, although some writers have blamed the American bombing for the Canadian and Polish problems in advancing to their objectives, Reid demonstrates that the units suffering from friendly fire were actually toward the rear around Caen and that none of the attacking units at the front were seriously damaged or disrupted.
		Eventually a troop of Canadian tanks managed to move forward through a gap and hit a German position apparently just as the guns there were in the process of being withdrawn, resulting in the quick destruction of four 88s plus other guns and vehicles.
		To the west and south of the 2nd Canadian Corps area, the threat created by TOTALIZE had forced the Germans to withdraw Kampfgruppe Wunsche from the Grimbosq area and order its return to the area of the Route Nationale, conceding that bridgehead to the British.
	www.sonic.net /~bstone/archives/050619.shtml (5645 words)

	bulge.html
		Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, commanding 12th Army Group, of which 1st Army was a part, assumed at first that he was facing a small spoiling attack, but nevertheless began to move armoured divisions from the north and south of VIII Corps.
		Using the two days bought by their front-line troops, the Americans, although they had no clear picture of what was happening, secured the crucial road junctions at Saint Vith in the north and Bastogne in the south against the German advance.
		The only formation of 6th Panzerarmee making progress was 'Kampfgruppe peiper', a force of a hundred tanks and 4,000 infantry belonging to 1st SS Panzerdivision, which had broken through the Losheim Gap and was driving on unsupported towards the Meuse, unaware that the rest of the Division had failed to follow it.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Quarters/5433/bulge.html (909 words)

	Canadian Army
		This order of battle is my latest attempt to provide an up-to-date picture of the status and disposition of the Canadian Army.
		The information used in this order of battle is taken from several sources, including the Canadian Army website's Army Units section and T.F. Mill's Regiments and Corps of the Canadian Army.
		This is primarily due to the Canadian military's British roots.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/9059/CanArmy.html (1664 words)

	Wikinfo \| Army
		Most (but not all) armed forces make considerable organizational distinction between the land-based warfare of an army, the sea-based warfare of a navy, and the air-based warfare of an air force - often splitting the three components into mostly independent forces.
		United States Air Force was the United States Army Air Corps.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Army (255 words)

	America's Army - Community - Clan Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		America's Army squad recruiting team oriented players with a good attitude and who knows what good sportsmanship is all about.
		We are a small Canadian based clan with members in both Canada and U.S. We follow a strict no cheating rule and most of all play the game for fun.
		Department of the Army or the Department of Defense.
	www.americasarmy.com /community/clansites.php (4681 words)

	Canadian Expeditionary Force
		Lieutenant-General William Anderson and the 1st Canadian Division arrived on the Western Front in February 1915 and immediately saw action at Ypres.
		Commanded by the General Julian Byng, the Canadian Corps successfully took the strategically important Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
		Byng was replaced by the Canadian officer, General Arthur Currie in June 1917 and he led the Canadians through the Amiens Offensive, the Canal du Nord and the other victories on the Western Front during the later stages of the war.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWcanada.htm (313 words)

	British Army of the Rhine and 21st Army Group [UK]
		NATO's Northern Army Group (NORTHAG) formed with BAOR as its main element and C-in-C BAOR always as its C-in-C; BAOR ceased to by an occupation force and became responsible for the northern front from Hamburg to Kassel in the event of a Soviet invasion
		Two gold crusaders' swords in saltire on a blue cross on a red shield combined the red patch of the 1st Canadian Army and the sign of the British 2nd Army.
		British Army of the Rhine, by Pete Feeney.
	www.regiments.org /formations/uk-cmdarmy/os-baor.htm (540 words)

	THE ROYAL CANADIAN ENGINEERS ANDTHE CANADIAN MILITARY ENGINEERS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Headquarters, 1st Canadian Army Troops, R.C.E. [Entitled to the 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, Canadian Volumter Service Medal and Canadian Forces Decoration].
		Later served as a 7126 (C-9367) Corporal, Royal Canadian Artillery, as a Private in the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps and as a Sapper in the Royal Canadian Engineers.
		Served in the 1st Tunnelling Company, 1st Field Squadron and 10th Field Squadron.
	hometown.aol.com /reubique/rce.htm (850 words)

	Royal Canadian Army Service Corps
		Royal Canadian Army Service Corps, by Conrad Hof.
		A brief history of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps by W.E. Campbell.
		Royal Canadian Army Service Corps Association, by Conrad Hof.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/na-canada/corps/RCASC.htm (112 words)

	3PPCLI - Canadian Army Unit
		Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) is the only light infantry battalion in western Canada.
		As an infantry battalion, our role is to close with and destroy the enemy.
		We will maximize junior leadership development and conduct low level collective training focusing on light infantry tactics and urban operations.
	www.army.dnd.ca /3PPCLI (229 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)