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The North Shore is a region in the northeastern part of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.
Specifically, it refers to the province's northern shoreline which borders Chaleur Bay, a sub-basin of the Gulf of St. Lawrence as well as the estuary portion of the Restigouche River, including all coastal communities between Tide Head and Lameque Island. The North Shore faces the southern shore of Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula.
The area contains the northwestern coast of the Acadian Peninsula in Gloucester County, a predominately French speaking area, as well as English speaking areas in the cities of Bathurst and Campbellton and the town of Dalhousie.
The North Shore is also the home of the Mi'kmaq Eel River First Nation.
The geographic area of the North Shore is sometimes expanded to include areas along New Brunswick's east coast on the Gulf of St. Lawrence from Lameque Island to Miramichi Bay and sometimes to include the estuarine portions of the Miramichi Valley around the city of Miramichi.

The name "North Shore" will always be remembered in connection with the North Shore Regiment of the Canadian Army which had 70 battle honours in World Wars I and II. It is now part of the Royal New Brunswick Regiment and is known as the 2nd Battalion, RNBR (North Shore). (Wikipedia)

he Women's Land Army (WLA) was a British civilian organisation created during the First and Second World Wars to work in agriculture replacing men called up to the military. Women who worked for the WLA were commonly known as Land Girls. The name Women's Land Army was also used in the United States for an organization formerly called the Woman's Land Army of America.
In effect the Land Army operated to place women with farms that needed workers, the farmers being their employers.

The Board of Agriculture organised the Land Army during the Great War, starting activities in 1915. Towards the end of 1917 there were over 250,000 - 260,000 women working as farm labourers, with 20,000 in the land army itself.
With 6 million men away to fight in the First World War Britain was struggling for labour. The government wanted women to get more involved in the production of food and do their part to support the war effort. This was the beginning of the Women’s Land Army. Many traditional farmers were against this so the board of trade sent agricultural organisers to speak with farmers to encourage them to accept women’s work on the farms.

As the prospect of war became increasingly likely, the government wanted to increase the amount of food grown within Britain. In order to grow more food, more help was needed on the farms and so the government started the Women's Land Army in June 1939.
The majority of the Land Girls already lived in the countryside but more than a third came from London and the industrial cities of the north of England.
In the Second World War, though under the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, it was given an honorary head - Lady Denman. At first it asked for volunteers. This was supplemented by conscription, so that by 1944 it had over 80,000 members. The WLA lasted until its official disbandment on 21 October 1950. (Wikipedia)

The Infantry Branch is the organisation to which all Canadian infantry regiments belong. This was originally named "Canadian Infantry Corps".
Originally formed as the Canadian Infantry Corps on 2 September 1942 to encompass all existing infantry regiments, including regiments of foot guards, in the Canadian Army. The corps was granted its "royal" designation in 1947 and was designated Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 30 April 1947 to be redesignated The Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 22 March 1948 and revert back to Royal Canadian Infantry Corps 17 February 1964.
The badge of the Infantry Branch consists of Argent three maple leaves conjoined on one stem within an annulus Gules fimbriated and inscribed INFANTRY • INFANTERIE in letters Or, the whole ensigned by the Royal Crown proper set above a scroll Or inscribed with the Motto in letters Sable and surmounted by two rifles in saltire Or. The three maple leaves conjoined on one stem, taken from the Royal Arms of Canada, represent service to Canada, and the Crown, service to the Sovereign. The crossed rifles denote infantry and have been used in badges of infantry units as well as of the officer cadet programme. Red and white are Canada's national colours. "INFANTRY" and "INFANTERIE" are a form of the bilingual branch title and "DUCIMUS“ is the motto of the branch.
With integration of the Canadian Forces it became Infantry Branch, Canadian Forces 27 August 1971. Today, the administration and training of both the regular and reserve infantry that form part of the Canadian Army is the responsibility of the Infantry School, which runs officer classification courses as well as NCO and Warrant Officer trades training at CFB Gagetown. (Wikipedia)

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders est un régiment d’infanterie des Forces armées canadiennes qui a pris part au débarquement et à la bataille de Normandie lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

The North Nova Scotia Highlanders fait partie des troupes canadiennes qui débarquent en Normandie et participe à la bataille de Normandie en 1944. Il prend part au sein de la 3e division canadienne à la prise de Caen et aux opérations Atlantic, Spring et Totalize pour la prise de Falaise.
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Gott mit uns (meaning God with us) is a phrase commonly associated with the German military from the German Empire to the end of the Third Reich, although its historical origins are far older, ultimately tracing back to the Hebrew term Immanuel from the Bible. The Russian Empire's motto also translates to this.

During the Second World War Wehrmacht soldiers wore this slogan on their belt buckles, as opposed to members of the Waffen SS, who wore the motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue ('My honour is loyalty').

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Elle a été utilisée comme symbole par Adolf Hitler et le Parti national-socialiste des travailleurs allemands (NSDAP) en raison de son association avec les peuples « aryens » dont ils se réclamaient.
La croix gammée est une représentation dextrogyre (qui tourne à droite) du svastika. Il convient de ne pas confondre les deux, car tandis qu'en Occident, la croix gammée est généralement associée au nazisme, ce n'est pas le cas en Orient ; ainsi, le svastika lévogyre (qui tourne à gauche) est un symbole bouddhique que l'on retrouve sur les statues des bodhisattvas et par référence désigne notamment les temples bouddhiques dans les plans de villes. On retrouve différentes utilisations de ce symbole, dans un sens ou dans l'autre dans différentes cultures autour du monde.
Le svastika dextrogyre noir, emblème du nazisme, a été transformé en l'inclinant à 45° sur un cercle blanc, position moins fréquente pour les svastikas indiens. En terme héraldique, il ne s'agit donc pas à proprement parler d'une « croix », comme le svastika d'origine, mais d'un « sautoir gammé ».
La croix gammée fut adoptée par le NSDAP alors qu'il n'était encore que le Parti des travailleurs allemands (DAP), et devint dès 1920 son emblème officiel. (Wikipedia)