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Cape Breton Highlanders

Newspaper Clippings - Second World War Era - Dispatches and Articles from the War Zones

This section contains one newspaper clipping dispatch dated April 23, 1945, by Canadian press war correspondent Bill Boss. It pertains to the transfer of all Canadian troops from Italy to Northwest Europe in March, 1945. This included the Cape Breton Highlanders who were a part of the 5th Canadian Armoured Division, 1st Canadian Corps. 

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