The Maple Leaf - Belgian Edition

Publication

Royal Montreal Regiment Museum

Name/Title

The Maple Leaf - Belgian Edition

Entry/Object ID

2018x.32.04

Secondary Title

Bombing Floods Hun Island Fortress

Description

A copy of the Maple Leaf Newspaper published by the Canadian Army for Canadian soldiers in Europe. The paper discusses the breaching of Dutch Dykes, the cutting of vital German lines of communication and the penetration of the German Siegfried Line. In the photograph Corporal Bob Roberts, 5' 6" tall, is patting down German Corporal Jakob Nacken, 7' 8" tall. Before the war, Jakob Nacken was a circus personality who attended the 1939 New York World's Fair.

Publication Details

Publication Type

Newspaper

Volume/Number/Issue

Vol 2, No 16

Date Published

Oct 4, 1944

Research Notes

Notes

The Maple Leaf was a Canadian Army newspaper first printed in January 1944 in Naples, and later in Brussels, which kept soldiers informed on what was happening around the world and back at home while they were serving. The papers were flown to a postal distribution centre near the frontline and delivered to the troops by truck, jeep, lorry, aircraft and mule cart.