The first few days of August were quiet for the Ontario Regiment, consisting of static time and some location moves meant to convince the Germans

By the beginning of July 1944 the Germans had withdrawn from the Lake Trasimeno area, but some pockets of enemy resistance remained behind. The British

June 1944 began with the Ontario Regiment in a rest area while they focused on vehicle maintenance. There were also sports meets, shooting competitions and

The period of relative calm, forced by the weather, came to end in early May 1944. The push to liberate Rome was restarted. The month

The war in Italy had ground to a halt by the beginning of 1944. General Bernard Montgomery’s British Eighth Army was bogged down north of

The January 2024 article covered a comparison of the two commanding officers of the 116 th Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel S. Sharpe and Lieutenant