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Defining Moments Canada
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The Stories of Resilience

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  • May 1940 - April 1945: Occupation & Resistance
  • 1944: Anthony Law becomes Commander of 29th Flotilla
  • May 19 - 20 1944: Philip Pochailo is shot down
  • June 6, 1944: Earl Olmsted lands on Juno Beach
  • August 4, 1944: Moe Hurwitz awarded Military Medal (MM)
  • September 1944: Race to Antwerp
  • September 12, 1944: Moe Hurwitz earned Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
  • October - November 1944: The Battle of the Scheldt
  • January 1945: Charles Byce earns his Military Medal (MM)
  • February - March 1945: The Rhineland Campaign
  • March 2, 1945: Charles Byce earns his Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM)
  • April 1945: Philip Pochailo reconnects with Canadian troops
  • April 14, 1945: Léo Major liberates Zwolle
  • April 15, 1945: Don White assists in the Liberation of Leeuwarden
  • April, 1945: Mona Parsons reconnects with Canadian troops
  • April - May 1945: The Liberation of the Netherlands
  • April 1945 - Present: Remembrance
  • May 5, 1945 - May 31, 1946: The aftermath of liberation
  • Antwerp
  • The city of Scheldt & Scheldt Estuary
  • Leeuwarden
  • Zwolle
  • Ostend
  • Arnhem
  • Leeuwarden
  • Breskens
  • Bergen-op-Zoom
  • Nijmegen
  • Laren
  • Vlagtwedde
  • Island of Voorne
  • Oostvoorne
  • Rotterdam
  • The Maas River
  • Hochwald Gap

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