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HMCS IROQUOIS Exploits After VE Day

January 23, 2018 by Roger Litwiller 3 Comments

HMCS IROQUOIS Exploits After VE Day

Great detail has been recorded of the Royal Canadian Navy’s ships during the Second World War, including the Battle of the Atlantic, Operations in the Arctic, Mediterranean and many other ocean battlefronts.  Sadly very little has been written about what happened to our ships after VE Day? Recently I have received a large collection of […]

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German POW’s -Cherbourg, FR.

January 18, 2018 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

German POW’s -Cherbourg, FR.

HMCS TRENTONIAN had escorted several convoys to Cherbourg France, starting shortly after the port was liberated.  On one of early trips, her skipper, Wm Harrison, gave his crew four hours of leave in the city in October 1944.  The crew was instructed to stay in large groups of 10 or more.  Reason being, German soldiers […]

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Shoreleave Cherbourg, FR

October 3, 2017 by Roger Litwiller Leave a Comment

Shoreleave Cherbourg, FR

Sailors from HMCS TRENTONIAN pose in front of one of the many boarded up business while on shoreleave in Cherbourg, France in October 1944. The strategic, French port city had just been liberated and the sailors were instructed to remain in large groups as German soldiers were still be found in the city. Roger Litwiller […]

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