Three military battles in which thousands of Canadians were killed or wounded will be remembered Sunday.
Belleville Veterans Council will hold its annual commemoration of the battles of Vimy Ridge and the Atlantic, along with VE (Victory in Europe) Day.
Vimy Ridge is in northern France and in April of 1917, during the First World War, the Canadian Corps fought the Germans there. The Canadians won but more than 10,000 were killed or wounded.
The Battle of the Atlantic, from 1939 to 1945, was the longest continuous battle of the Second World War as the Allies struggled to control the North Atlantic. Around 4,400 Canadian seamen, merchant mariners and airmen lost their lives in those years.
VE Day was celebrated on May 8, 1945 as the official end of fighting in Europe during the Second World War.
The ceremony will begin at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Cenotaph in Belleville.
