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All about military history. Run by Brad St.Croix PhD

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Another new post is up for #OTD's Patrons and YouTube channel members! I'm still short of my goal of adding new Patrons by the end of the summer. If you'd like access to these posts, sign up today for just a few dollars a month. Check it out here: www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

"Well may the wheat and sugar-beet grow green and lush upon its gentle slopes, for in that now halfforgotten summer the best blood of Canada was freely poured out upon them." CP Stacey, "Victory Campaign"

New video up for #OTD's Patrons and YouTube Channel Members. The video is an early release and ad free. Check it out: www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

A French boy standing between two members of the Canadian guard of honour at a church service on Bastille Day, Caen, France, 14 July 1944 #BastilleDay2024 #history Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3199429

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Just a few things I've been working on for my appearance today on @ww2tv.bsky.social and for the upcoming Operation Windsor video. Canadians vs the SS at Carpiquet Airport - Operation Windsor, July 1944, Normandy www.youtube.com/live/o1i_kbl...

In anticipation of my appearance tomorrow on @ww2tv.bsky.social, check my first YouTube discussion of the fighting at Carpiquet. The Battle of Carpiquet July 4-5 1944 www.youtube.com/live/bRiHH0L...

The Battle of Carpiquet July 4-5 1944www.youtube.com In the first installment of the OTD Livestream Battle Series, I will be discussing the fight for the town of Carpiquet and its nearby airfield on 4-5 July 19...

Not only is today is the anniversary of the Sicily landings but it’s also this guy’s first birthday. Happy birthday Muggins!

#OTD in 1943, the combined Allied forces of Britain, Canada, and the United States landed on Sicily beginning Operation Husky. This video uses several accounts from those who fought at Sicily to tell the story of the Allied invasion of the island. youtu.be/s_ULvc_90iM

The Allied Invasion of Sicily: Eyewitness Accounts of the Landingsyoutu.be On July 9/10 Allied forces launched Operation Husky, the invasion of Sicily. This video presents accounts from various Allied military personnel who were the...

Another Canada in Normandy related post has just gone up for #OTD's Patrons and YouTube Channel Members. Thank you all for your support of my work in military #history. The posts for OTD's Supporters will now shift to looking at the fighting of south of Caen. www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

I haven’t done this in a while but if you haven’t subscribed to the #OTD Military History YouTube channel, please consider it as it does help the channel be seen by more people. youtube.com/@otdmilitary...

OTD Military Historyyoutube.com At OTD Military History, Dr. Brad St.Croix, who has a PhD in history, is creating many types of videos about military history with a strong emphasis on Canadian military history. I create videos using...

The grave of Corporal Octavius Walllace, of Company “I” 2nd Michigan. He was born in St. Thomas, Ontario. He was killed at the Battle of Williamsburg on May 5 1862. He refused to leave the battlefield after he was wounded. Wallace was buried in St. Thomas.

The Battle of Carpiquet July 4-5 1944 youtube.com/live/bRiHH0L...

The Battle of Carpiquet July 4-5 1944youtube.com In the first installment of the OTD Livestream Battle Series, I will be discussing the fight for the town of Carpiquet and its nearby airfield on 4-5 July 19...

Bloody Buron: Highland Light Infantry vs the 12th SS youtu.be/ErKttzGm5vI

Bloody Buron: Highland Light Infantry vs the 12th SSyoutu.be On July 8, 1944, the Highland Light Infantry of Canada (HLI) attacked and captured the village Buron, west of Caen during Operation Charnwood. The battle was the HLI's first battle in Normandy. The fighting was so difficult with such high casualties that battle became known as Bloody Buron. Support OTD on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHistory OTD's Patron Supporters: Filthy, Rob Misener, Maria Kelly, Andy Beaton, Kevin Underhill, Douglas McKegney, Michael Colborne, Carmelo Madrigrano, David Grebstad, Dermot Rooney, Judith Barkel, Steve Ferguson, David LaVigne, Clayton LP, Iain Anthony, Chris Richardson, Barbara Honig, Richard Steer, Steve Henley, Cate Belbin, Scott Driscoll, Mike Sullivan, Brian Farrell, Kevin Lambie, Patrick Gilliland, Dawne Deeley, Robert Jardine Chris Camfield, Filip De Preter, David Schroeder, Susan Yu, Angela Schwenn, Norma Graham, David Patterson, Scott Deederly Thank you to the OTD's Team Members: Terry Downe, Rob Misener, David Dunlap, Mary Schaefer, Maya H., Kev Bullock, Brodie Shawn, Jay White, David LaVigne, Robert Cail, C Madrigraal, JuleyC aka jaicne, James Murphy, Dan Long, R S, David K, Purple Cat, Jeff Rubinoff, Robert Rerecich, George W Newman, Audio Intelligence, Susan Yu, derf85, Sean Harris, Sheila Hall, Jeff Hubbell, sheldrake6 Sources Bloody Buron: The Battle of Buron : Normandy, 08 July 1944 by J. Allan Snowie Highland Light Infantry of Canada War Diary July 1944 Augie Herchenratter https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/war-hero-augie-herchenratter-hoped-to-make-it-to-the-nhl/article37536495/ Carvil James Ritcey https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mpsb-carvil-james-ritcey-primary-source Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-299-1818-05, Nordfrankreich, englischer Panzer M10 Achilles https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1818-05,_Nordfrankreich,_englischer_Panzer_M10_Achilles.jpg

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 20/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 19/20 #booksky

Newfoundlanders at the Battle of Beaumont Hamel youtube.com/shorts/rj3OY...

Newfoundlanders at the Battle of Beaumont Hamelyoutube.com Footage of the Beaumont Hamel battlefield on the Somme. The Newfoundlanders went over the top on the first bloody day of the Somme during World War I. #short...

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 19/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 18/20 #booksky

Did you know that the 16th Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers of the Canadian Army modified a Universal Carrier to carry and fire 15 PIATs at once? If not, now you do! Test done at Done at Nijmegen, Netherlands in December 1944.

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan has to be one of the most impactful elements, if not the most, of #WorldWar2 on Canada. It's former airfields are everywhere across the country. Now they are the airports you use, the nature paths you walk on, the racetracks you visit, and much more.

In addition to the many benefits currently part of #OTD's Patreon, I've been experimenting with short blog posts. These will be a more in depth than what's on here. The first is already up and looks at my thoughts upon visiting La Cambe German War Cemetery. www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 18/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 17/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 16/20 #booksky

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I've uploaded a new video for #OTD's Patrons that's an early release that is ad free. If you want access to the video, and lots of other perks, sign up today to support my work in military #history www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 16/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 15/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 14/20 #booksky

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Supporting OTD through Patreon will help me to keep making videos about Canadian military #history well into the future. If you'd like to see that, please consider becoming a Patron for a few dollars a month. www.patreon.com/OTDCanMilHis...

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 14/20 #booksky

The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews. Just covers. 13/20 #booksky

Private R.B. Schulz of Le Régiment de la Chaudière cooking roast beef on St. Jean Baptiste Day, Bretteville-le-Rabet, France, 24 June 1944 Library and Archives Canada Item ID number: 3198878

Verrières Ridge: Canada's Defining Battle in Normandy? youtu.be/Lqg4oNYlMn8