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Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way, will be honored in(...)
Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way, will be honored in(...)

Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way, will be honored in(...)

Date11/10/1945
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  • Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day, June 6, 1944, as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way, will be honored in(...)
  • Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day; June 6; 1944; as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way; will be honored in Remembrance Day services tomorrow. This was the war-like scene on D-Day as the troops went ashore in the spearhead of the terrific drive as they drove forward to end bitterly fought war
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Original Toronto Star caption: Many Canadian Soldiers who died on the Normandy beaches on D-Day; June 6; 1944; as the victorious invasion of Europe got under way; will be honored in Remembrance Day services tomorrow. This was the war-like scene on D-Day as the troops went ashore in the spearhead of the terrific drive as they drove forward to end bitterly fought war
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0019278F
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      Almost three years after D-Day June 6, 1944, newly-built wooden houses line this street in Caen, France
      Almost three years after D-Day June 6, 1944, newly-built wooden houses line this street in Caen, France
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      5/26/1947
      Two U.S. Soldiers, at right, inspect a robot bomb launching ramp near Delasse in Normandy
      Two U.S. Soldiers, at right, inspect a robot bomb launching ramp near Delasse in Normandy
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/3/1944
      Recovery of bodies of the Canadian soldiers who were killed in the battle of Hong Kong or died subsequently in prison camp has been going on for some time. This is a general view of the cemetery
      Recovery of bodies of the Canadian soldiers who were killed in the battle of Hong Kong or died subsequently in prison camp has been going on for some time. This is a general view of the cemetery
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      7/31/1947
      D-Day remembered. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn, who dropped into France with the First Canadian Parachute Battalion the night before the D-Day invasion(...)
      D-Day remembered. Metro Chairman Dennis Flynn, who dropped into France with the First Canadian Parachute Battalion the night before the D-Day invasion(...)
      Cooper, David
      6/6/1986
      Wings parade: 1944 photo at Camp Borden has young Canadians who got their flying training under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan marching past a Fairey Battle (left) and twin-engine Oxford trainer
      Wings parade: 1944 photo at Camp Borden has young Canadians who got their flying training under the Commonwealth Air Training Plan marching past a Fairey Battle (left) and twin-engine Oxford trainer
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/28/1940
      A man in uniform stands, with bowed head, in front of the cenotaph at Old City hall, which read…
      Brief silence: At 11 a.m. yesterday veterans and soldiers at the old city hall cenotaph observed a minute's silence to recall the fighters who died in the two world wars and the Korean conflict
      Cooper, David
      11 November 1984
      Lying in line off a Normandy beach in this air view are 13 Liberty ships scuttled to form the breakwater of a prefabricated harbor built in England for the invasion
      Lying in line off a Normandy beach in this air view are 13 Liberty ships scuttled to form the breakwater of a prefabricated harbor built in England for the invasion
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      11/2/1944
      Resting in an urn before the communion table of Weston's Presbyterian church are the ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier the padre brought back from Normandy
      Resting in an urn before the communion table of Weston's Presbyterian church are the ashes of an unknown Canadian soldier the padre brought back from Normandy
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      2/2/1946
      Charlie Martin: Mississauga man with Canadian tank helmet he found on beach when he revisited Normandy in 1953 and a picture of himself as a wounded soldier in 1945
      Charlie Martin: Mississauga man with Canadian tank helmet he found on beach when he revisited Normandy in 1953 and a picture of himself as a wounded soldier in 1945
      Bull, Ron
      5/31/1984
      When you're hot, you're hot, Whether it was at the Toronto Dominion Centre, above, or Metro's beaches, many people found the best way to beat the heat(...)
      When you're hot, you're hot, Whether it was at the Toronto Dominion Centre, above, or Metro's beaches, many people found the best way to beat the heat(...)
      Beaty, Keith
      6/7/1984
      Vanessa Tyson, 6, of Beaches Alternative School and 800 other children celebrate Tree Day
      Vanessa Tyson, 6, of Beaches Alternative School and 800 other children celebrate Tree Day
      Beaty, Keith
      4/21/1992
      Preparing for Europe. National Ballet's Karen Kain and Peter Ottman last night performed A Soldier's Tale with the Toronto Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall. Work's included in European tour
      Preparing for Europe. National Ballet's Karen Kain and Peter Ottman last night performed A Soldier's Tale with the Toronto Symphony at Roy Thomson Hall. Work's included in European tour
      Kain, Karen
      8/6/1986