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Léo Major DCM & Bar (January 23, 1921 – October 12, 2008) was a Canadian soldier who was the only Canadian and one of only three soldiers in the British Commonwealth to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) twice in separate wars.
The Battle of Groningen took place during the penultimate month of World War II in Europe, on 13 to 16 April 1945, [2] in the city of Groningen.The 2nd Canadian Division attacked Groningen (though the whole division was never in combat at any given time), defended by 7,000 German soldiers and Dutch and Belgian SS troops.
In modern German, the endonym Deutsch is used in reference to the German language and people. Before the modern era and especially the unification of Germany, "Germany" and "Germans" were ambiguous terms which could at times encompass peoples and territories not only in the modern state of Germany, but also modern-day Poland, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Austria, France, the Netherlands ...
As of 1999, 25% of people in Metro Detroit stated that they had German heritage. The state of Michigan sent representatives to New York and Germany, including Bavaria, to attract German workers during the middle of the 1800s. [21] Historically in Detroit Germans who were in the trades focused on the brewing industry. [1]
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2 American journalists, 2 British humanitarian workers, and 1 French tourist executed [32] [33] [34] As of February 2016, Canada has discontinued bombing ISIS positions [35] but still has special operations units in Iraq [36] 2: At Least 3: Red Sea crisis (2023–present) Israel United Kingdom United States Canada Australia New Zealand Bahrain ...
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The Germans in Canada (Canadian Historical Association, 1985). Magocsi, Paul, ed. Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples (1999) pp 587–612. Maxwell, Alexander, and Sacha E. Davis. "Germanness beyond Germany: collective identity in German diaspora communities." German Studies Review 39.1 (2016): 1–15. Morton, Desmond (1999). A Military History of ...