At this event I met Sarah Worthman, a queer researcher and anti-fascist organizer from New Brunswick, and listened to her presentation entitled “2SLGBTQ+ Persecution and the First World War: The Untold History of the Canadian Expeditionary Force.”

Source: https://thesheaf.com/2023/10/23/usask-community-on-2slgbtqia-history-month/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usask-community-on-2slgbtqia-history-month

In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force deployed to France during World War I landed in St. Nazaire.

Source: https://wtop.com/back-in-the-day/2023/06/today-in-history-june-26-first-harry-potter-book-published-2/

Mr Churcher was sent to a railhead outside Dunkirk where the German Blitzkrieg forced the British Expeditionary Force troops back to the beaches.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12401967/Last-Royal-Navy-veteran-Dunkirk-dies-aged-Tributes-pour-great-grandfather-signed-sailor-birthday-one-year-WW2-broke-out.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490