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How Canada rescued 2,000 Soviets in the Arctic

from Malaysia Sun

How Canada rescued 2,000 Soviets in the Arctic Malaysia Sun Library and Archives Canada, Legion Media If it weren't for help from Canadian forces, the Soviet population of Norway's Spitsbergen would have met certain death — either at the hands of the Nazis, or from starvation at the onset of a long Arctic winter. On August 23, 1941, an entry was made in the military log of Canada's Saskatoon Light Infantry: "The men were saying it was the first time their feet had been cold in August." The Canadians had up until then never participated in military operations in the Arctic. READ MORE

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