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Born | Toronto, Canada | November 14, 1924
Died | March 8, 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 82)
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Sydney Francis Wise OC FRSC is a Canadian historian who became the official historian of the Canadian military in 1966.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and became a pilot. [1] He enrolled in the Royal Military College of Canada. [2] After graduating he became a professor there, Queens College and Carleton University. [1] In 1966, he was called upon and accepted the position of the official historian of the Canadian military. In 1989 he received the Order of Canada. [3]
The destruction of the Canada's Black Watch unit during the Operation Spring of the Normandy invasion was seen as a scandal and there were rumours of a Canadian coverup. These rumours were made worse by Stacy and Sydney F. Wise conspired to "keep the only surviving copy of the preliminary report on Operation Spring from Major Griffin’s relatives." The two had actually saved the surviving copy of the report against orders. [4]
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Sydney F. Wise | |
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Born | Toronto, Canada | November 14, 1924
Died | March 8, 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 82)
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Alma mater | |
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Notable awards | Order of Canada |
Sydney Francis Wise OC FRSC is a Canadian historian who became the official historian of the Canadian military in 1966.
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1942 and became a pilot. [1] He enrolled in the Royal Military College of Canada. [2] After graduating he became a professor there, Queens College and Carleton University. [1] In 1966, he was called upon and accepted the position of the official historian of the Canadian military. In 1989 he received the Order of Canada. [3]
The destruction of the Canada's Black Watch unit during the Operation Spring of the Normandy invasion was seen as a scandal and there were rumours of a Canadian coverup. These rumours were made worse by Stacy and Sydney F. Wise conspired to "keep the only surviving copy of the preliminary report on Operation Spring from Major Griffin’s relatives." The two had actually saved the surviving copy of the report against orders. [4]
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