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 of May began the period…
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 Ortona due to the wet…
The January 2024 article covered a comparison of the two commanding officers of the 116 th Battalion – Lieutenant Colonel Samuel S. Sharpe and Lieutenant Colonel George R. Pearkes. Some…
The war in Italy had slowed down considerably by January 1944. It would have been a welcome relief for the Canadians after the heavy fighting in December. The weather, combined…
The 116 th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (raised in Ontario County and perpetuated by the Ontario Regiment) had two commanding officers in its existence: Lieutenant Colonel Samuel S. Sharpe and…
