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6th Canadian Infantry Division
The 6th Canadian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Canadian Army, formed in 1942 during the Second World War. It was attached to Pacific Command. The division had a brigade sent to the Aleutian Islands Campaign, particularly at Kiska, but never saw action. The 6th Division was to have been part of a proposed Commonwealth Corps, formed for a planned invasion of Japan, but was disbanded on 31 January 1946, after the surrender of Japan in August 1945. History The 6th Canadian Infantry Division was raised as part of a home-defence scheme in Canada, the culmination of various mobilizations throughout 1941 and 1942. The 6th was raised in March 1942 with its headquarters on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Various composite units were stationed at Port Alberni, Vancouver Island and Vernon. Throughout 1943, the division lost its artillery units to coastal defence work, and other battalions were shipped overseas. In June 1943, these units were sent to Kiska only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formation Patch
A formation patch or formation badge is a military insignia that identifies a soldier's Military organization, military formations. History Previous to the 20th Century, tactical control of military units in the field - particularly in the "post-Oliver Cromwell, Cromwell era" - was aided by the use of distinctively coloured uniforms and colours, standards and guidons. World War I During World War I, as armies adopted drab coloured uniforms, the need to identify friendly troops in assaulting formations was made acute by the problems of intensive defensive firepower and the attendant problem of dispersion. The British Army, among others, developed a solution whereby individual Division (military), divisions, brigades, battalions and even Company (military unit), companies were identified by distinctive coloured cloth insignia, either sewn to the uniform jacket (on the sleeves, or the back of the tunic), or painted on the helmet. These marks became common after the Battle of the Somm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Downfall
Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of the Japanese home islands near the end of World War II. The planned operation was canceled when Japan surrendered following the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet declaration of war, and the invasion of Manchuria. The operation had two parts: Operation Olympic and Operation Coronet. Set to begin in November 1945, Operation Olympic was intended to capture the southern third of the southernmost main Japanese island, Kyūshū, with the recently captured island of Okinawa to be used as a staging area. In early 1946 would come Operation Coronet, the planned invasion of the Kantō Plain, near Tokyo, on the main Japanese island of Honshu. Airbases on Kyūshū captured in Operation Olympic would allow land-based air support for Operation Coronet. If Downfall had taken place, it would have been the largest amphibious operation in history, surpassing D-Day. Japan's geography made this inva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
14th Canadian Infantry Brigade
14 (fourteen) is the natural number following 13 and preceding 15. Mathematics Fourteen is the seventh composite number. Properties 14 is the third distinct semiprime, being the third of the form 2 \times q (where q is a higher prime). More specifically, it is the first member of the second cluster of two discrete semiprimes (14, 15); the next such cluster is ( 21, 22), members whose sum is the fourteenth prime number, 43. 14 has an aliquot sum of 10, within an aliquot sequence of two composite numbers (14, 10, 8, 7, 1, 0) in the prime 7-aliquot tree. 14 is the third companion Pell number and the fourth Catalan number. It is the lowest even n for which the Euler totient \varphi(x) = n has no solution, making it the first even nontotient. According to the Shapiro inequality, 14 is the least number n such that there exist x_, x_, x_, where: :\sum_^ \frac < \frac, with and A |
The Edmonton Fusiliers
The Edmonton Fusiliers was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia and later the Canadian Army. First raised in 1908 as part of the 101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers, it became a separate regiment in 1924 when The Edmonton Regiment was split into two separate regiments. In 1946, the regiment was Amalgamated with the 19th Alberta Dragoons. Lineage The Edmonton Fusiliers * Originated on 1 April 1908, in Edmonton, Alberta, as the ''101st Regiment''. * Redesignated on 1 March 1909, as ''101st Regiment Edmonton Fusiliers''. * Redesignated on 15 March 1920, as ''The Edmonton Regiment''. * Reorganized on 15 May 1924, when ''The Edmonton Regiment'' was separated into two separate regiments: ''The Edmonton Fusiliers'' and ''The Edmonton Regiment'' (now The Loyal Edmonton Regiment (4th Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry)). * Amalgamated on 1 April 1936, with A Company of the 13th Machine Gun Battalion, CMGC (now '' The Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brockville Rifles
The Brockville Rifles is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. The unit is a part of the 33 Canadian Brigade Group, 4th Canadian Division. It is fifteenth in the order of precedence of Canadian Army Infantry Regiments. Badge Description A hunting horn is hung from a silver cord in the center of a gules (red) background, all of which is in a silver-bordered black ring with "The Brockville Rifles" inscribed in silver, all centered on a silver-and-black Maltese cross whose upper branch reads "Amiens" and the lower branch reads "Pursuit to Mons," both in silver. Over the cross is a crown. Symbolism The Maltese cross and the bugle are typical among badges of light infantry and rifle regiments. "The Brockville Rifles" is the regimental title, and "Amiens" and "Pursuit to Mons" are battle honors from the First World War. The crown represents service to the Crown. Lineage The Brockville Rifles * Originated on 5 October, 1866, in Brockville, Ontario as the 41s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canadian Scottish Regiment
The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army based on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. The regiment is in Victoria, Nanaimo, and Courtenay, British Columbia. It is part of the 3rd Canadian Division's 39 Canadian Brigade Group, which commands all army reserve units in British Columbia. One of four infantry regiments in British Columbia, the Canadian Scottish is the largest reserve unit in Western Canada. As a light infantry regiment the regiment trains in raids, reconnaissance patrolling, ambushes, amphibious operations and airmobile operations. The unit also trains to meet the realities of the "Three Block War" – warfighting, peacekeeping, and humanitarian support. General The Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's) is actively involved in sending troops to various Canadian missions around the world. As of 2012, all members of the regiment who were serving on combat operations with the Canadian Expeditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
13th Canadian Infantry Brigade
The 13th Canadian Infantry Brigade was a formation of the Canadian Army that served in both World Wars. During World War I, the brigade formed part of the 5th Canadian Division. However, the 13th Brigade never saw combat as the brigade along with the 5th Canadian Division was broken up to provide reinforcements to the 4 other divisions of the Canadian Corps. During the Second World War, the brigade formed part of the 6th Canadian Infantry Division serving on the west coast in the home defence role and in June 1943, the brigade took part in Operation Cottage on Kiska during the Aleutian Islands campaign. Order of Battle World War I * 128th (Moose Jaw) Battalion, CEF. February 1917 – May 1917. Absorbed by the 15th Canadian Reserve Battalion; * 134th Battalion (48th Highlanders), CEF The 134th (48th Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the Great War. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the unit began recruiting in late 1915 in tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canadian Fusiliers (City Of London Regiment)
__FORCETOC__ The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was an infantry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian Army). In 1954, the regiment was amalgamated with the Oxford Rifles to form the London and Oxford Fusiliers (now the reserve battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment). Lineage The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) * Originated on 27 April 1866, in London, Canada West, as the ''7th Battalion Infantry (Prince Arthur's Own).'' * Redesignated on 1 May 1866 as the ''7th Battalion Infantry''. * Redesignated on 15 February 1867 as the ''7th Battalion London Light Infantry''. * Redesignated on 16 January 1880 as the ''7th Battalion Fusiliers''. * Redesignated on 8 May 1900 as the ''7th Regiment Fusiliers''. * Redesignated on 29 March 1920 ''The Western Ontario Regiment''. * Redesignated on 1 August 1924 as ''The Canadian Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)''. * Amalgamated on 15 December 1936 with the Headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorne Scots
The Lorne Scots (Peel, Dufferin and Halton Regiment) is a Primary Reserve infantry regiment of the Canadian Army. It is part of the 4th Canadian Division's 32 Canadian Brigade Group. Organization The sub-units of the Lorne Scots are in the following armouries: * Regimental Headquarters (RHQ): Brampton, Ontario * Dufferin Company (Admin Coy): Brampton and Georgetown, Ontario * Campbell Company: Brampton, Oakville and Georgetown, Ontario * Pipes and Drums (Dufferin Company): Georgetown The regiment's commanding officer is Lieutenant-Colonel Adam MacInnis. The regimental sergeant major is Chief Warrant Officer Matthew Colbeck. The Lorne Scots deployed a great number of units in World War II as headquarters defence and employment platoons, and since 1945 have had many soldiers deploy as individual augmentees to overseas missions tasked with peacemaking operations in the Middle East, Golan Heights, Namibia, Cambodia, Cyprus, the Former Yugoslavia and Afghanistan. Lineage File:Lor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Canadian Infantry Division
The 1st Canadian Division (French: ) is a joint operational command and control formation based at CFB Kingston, and falls under Canadian Joint Operations Command. It is a high-readiness unit, able to move on very short notice, and is staffed and equipped to meet Canada's military objectives to counter any potential threat. Formed during the First World War in August 1914, the 1st Canadian Division was a formation of the Canadian Expeditionary Force. The division contained a cavalry squadron and a cyclist company, three infantry brigades (the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Canadian Infantry Brigades, each of four battalions), representing all parts of Canada, three field artillery brigades (roughly equivalent to modern regiments) armed with 18-pounders and engineers, together with elements of the Army Service Corps and the Army Medical Corps. The total war establishment of the division was 17,873 all ranks, with 4,943 horses. During its service in the First World War, the division fought a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7th Canadian Infantry Division
The 7th Canadian Infantry Division was an infantry division of the Canadian Army, mobilized in the spring of 1942 and assigned for home defence within Atlantic Command, during World War II. At the time it was assumed it would consist of volunteers and proceed overseas. By the summer of 1942 it became obvious that there would not be enough volunteers, so National Resources Mobilization Act (NRMA) conscripts were assigned to the regiments of the Division to bring their numbers up to war establishment strength. This meant that the Division could only be used for home defence, unless the Parliament of Canada The Parliament of Canada () is the Canadian federalism, federal legislature of Canada. The Monarchy of Canada, Crown, along with two chambers: the Senate of Canada, Senate and the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons, form the Bicameral ... ruled that conscripted men could be sent overseas. Two brigades were assembled in the early fall of 1942 in Camp Debert in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon, British Columbia
Vernon is a city in the Okanagan region of the British Columbia Interior, Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Named after Forbes George Vernon, a former Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA of British Columbia who helped establish the Coldstream Ranch in nearby Coldstream, British Columbia, Coldstream, the City of Vernon was incorporated on 30 December 1892. The City of Vernon has a population of 44,519 (2021), while its metropolitan region, Greater Vernon, has a population of 67,086 as of the 2021 Canadian census. With this population, Vernon is the largest city in the Regional District of North Okanagan, North Okanagan Regional District. A resident of Vernon is called a "Vernonite". History The site of the city was discovered by the Okanagan people, a tribe of the Interior Salish people, who initially named the community Nintle Moos Chin, meaning "jumping over place where the creek narrows". This name refers to a section of the Swan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
