Engineer Heritage Moments
During the First World War, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps set out to accelerate the training of Commonwealth pilots in Canada to meet the growing air…
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During the First World War, there was an “underground war” fought below the trenches all along the Western Front. This was very much an Engineer War fought in the tunnels of both…
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The Second World War Allied campaign in Italy is often called “an Engineer’s War” because of the terrain and obstacles the enemy created that had to be overcome. In December 1943…
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Un monument à Driel aux Pays-Bas commémore les sapeurs britanniques et canadiens dans une opération peu connue de la Seconde Guerre mondiale appelée Opération BERLIN. Cette…
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Events like the Korean War and the deepening Cold War in Europe in the early 1950s resulted in a major change in the government's plans for National Defence. The decision to…
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Des événements comme la guerre de Corée et l'aggravation de la guerre froide en Europe au début des années 1950 ont entraîné un changement majeur dans les plans du gouvernement en…
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Avant le déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le gouvernement britannique avait déterminé qu'il avait besoin d'installations en dehors du Royaume-Uni pour la formation d'…
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The following Canadian Military Engineers lost their lives in Afghanistan during the Afghanistan War. You can read the Last Post entry for each soldier by clicking in their name…
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In January 2016, Canada Post honoured No. 2 Construction Battalion of the First World War Canadian Expeditionary Force to pay tribute to the pride, determination, and sacrifice of…
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With the arrival of British governance in 1763 in what was to become Canada, the British Royal Engineers assumed great responsibility for the construction of defensive works as…
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Avec l'arrivée de la gouvernance britannique en 1763 dans ce qui allait devenir le Canada, les Royal Engineers britanniques assument une grande responsabilité dans la construction…
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Like the Royal Engineers, their predecessors in Canada during the colonial period, the Canadian Military Engineers have made major contributions to the development of the nation…
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The first Canadian “School of Military Engineering” was authorized in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in July 1907 and included such components as a Construction School, Electrical School,…
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Une analyse du raid sur Dieppe en août 1941 a identifié la nécessité de protéger les équipes de démolition du génie qui franchissent les obstacles. Il a été décidé que les…
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En 1953, l'Armée canadienne a présenté un plan visant à offrir une carrière militaire aux jeunes hommes âgés de 16 à 17 ans. Ce « programme d’apprenti soldat » visait à relever…
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En 1999, le Timor oriental a voté pour son indépendance de l'Indonésie. Cependant, après un mois de violence et de destruction suivant le référendum, les Nations Unies ont…
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In October 1950, a significant engineering challenge arose at the Canada Cement plant in Exshaw, Alberta. A steel truss bridge spanning the Kananaskis River had collapsed,…
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During conflict, a poor water supply can cause even more casualties than the enemy and there are examples where soldiers have died in the thousands due to unsanitary camp…
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A memorial at Driel in the Netherlands commemorates the British and Canadian sappers in a little-known Second World War operation called Operation BERLIN. That operation was the…
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Peacekeeping activities for the Royal Canadian Engineers began in earnest when the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) was authorized on 4 November 1956 for deployment in Egypt…
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Le 15 octobre 1954, l'ouragan HAZEL a inondé la région de Toronto de 21 cm de pluie. Il y a eu des dommages importants et de nombreux ponts ont été emportés, dont deux sur la…
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