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Bloody Battles Canadian Military History - Politics, Business, Civil, History - Posted: 8th Aug, 2006 - 11:32am
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Remembering the past...Post Date: 2nd Jul, 2006 - 5:36pm / Post ID: #
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Bloody Battles In Canadian Military History
Bloody Battles in Canadian Military History
FIRST WORLD WAR BATTLE REMEMBERED
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean attended a ceremony in Ottawa on Saturday marking the 90th anniversary of one of the bloodiest battles in Canadian military history.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/20...a-ceremony.html
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Post Date: 8th Aug, 2006 - 11:32am / Post ID: #
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More than 700 men from the 1st Newfoundland Regiment were killed or wounded in a matter of minutes as the Somme offensive got underway in France on July 1, 1916 - a 90-per-cent casualty rate. The next day, only 68 men from the regiment were able to answer the roll call. |
Thats a battle that should never be forgotten. A death toll like that only gets absorbed when it is for a cause you truly believe in. Soldiers willing to make that kind of sacrifice deserve to have both them and their cause remembered.
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