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The Waffen SS Soldier Who Started the Malmedy Massacre youtu.be/nGU7uyak-JQ

This #MappingMonday we are visiting Rue Royal Canadian Air Force in Ars-Laquenexy, France. This road is located just outside Metz. This location was home to the Royal Canadian Air Force's 1 Air Division from between 1953 and 1967. #coldwar #history #aviation

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Apparently defending Europe means invading most of it and killing millions in the process. The delusion of some people.

Another OTD Military History special. A Canadian para unit serving with the British Army. These men took some of the first Canadian casualties on D-Day. And accomplished the first objectives.

Automatic artillery certainly would have been something to see in the 1940s! Source: Highland Light Infantry August 1944 War Diary

The Highland Light Infantry throwing shade at the German defenders of Boulogne. Seems the HLI were not very impressed by their performance.

All this because the tough guy here doesn’t like the PIAT. You’d think they’d get their friend’s name right.