Oct 21,1942: Allies claimed that 530 German U-boats had already been sunk.

Oct 22,1942: South African leader Jan Smuts spoke at Westminster, London. His comments were headlines news in Canada.

Oct 22,1942: Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn, a foe of PM Mackenzie King's war policies, resigned.

Oct 23,1942: Montgomery's 8th Army attacked Rommel's forces at El Alamein in Egypt.

Oct 23,1942: Nazi prisoners in Bowmanville, ON fought guards who tried to shackle them.

Oct 24,1942: Canadians participated in bombing raids on Italy.

Oct 26,1942: King George VI awarded medals to 74 Canadians for Dieppe action.

Oct 30,1942: It was reported that under-clothed Nazis were dying in Caucasus blizzards.

Oct 31,1942: New Ontario premier, Gordon Conant, promised that feuding with Ottawa would stop.

Oct 31,1942: Canadian Buzz Beurling's Spitfire squad were the top scorers in the RAF.

Nov 3,1942: Businesses are told they cannot expand without government approval.

Nov 8,1942: Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa began.

Nov 10,1942: Churchill: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning."

Remembering war heroes in historic Dieppe mirr.im/ZBMBNu

Canadian Military History – 14 November, Dr. Geoff Hayes and “Coming Into our Own: Operation Suitcase, October 1944″ canadianmilitaryhistory.ca/fall-2012-spea…

Fighting Words and Canada and the Second World War; therecord.com/whatson/books/…

Nov 17,1919: On this date King George V proclaimed Armistice Day. Later changed to Remembrance Day. Lest We Forget.

Jan 1,1943: No. 6 (RCAF) Bomber Group officially assumed operational status at 0001 hours.

Honoring The Fallen In Forgotten Sicily warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/h…

Canada commemorates 70th anniversary of WWII “Operation Husky” that liberated Sicily warhistoryonline.com/featured-artic…