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The Milkman

During the opening years of World War II Britain was all that was left against Hitler’s military Juggernaut. France had already surrendered and continental Europe was under Germany’s control. Hitler, through a massive bombing campaign, hoped to either knock the UK out of the war or destroy its air force in preparation for invasion. The
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Churchill and the Tommy Gun

With France and its other European Allies out of the war UK and its Empire stood by itself against a triumphant Hitler. A defiant Churchill instead of bowing down to Germany famously promised during his June 4, 1940 speech to the house of commons, “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the
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Wait for me, Daddy

Canada had been at war for over a year and still the men of the The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Own Rifles) waited to be called up for service. Finally in 1940 the order came down and the men marched through New West Minister to a waiting train to take them overseas. As
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