Military history of Canada Washington, DC, in September at the Battle of Bladensburg, the British troops burned down the White House and other government buildings, only to be repulsed as they moved north for the Battle of Baltimore, while the forces attacking during the Battle of New Orleans were routed after suffering severe casualties. During the War of 1812, Nova Scotia’s contribution to the war effort was made by communities either purchasing or building various privateer ships to lay siege to American vessels. Three members of the community of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia purchased a privateer schooner and named it "Lunenburg" on August 8, 1814.
British Air Forces in France British Air Forces in France British Air Forces in France was a Royal Air Force (RAF) Command set up on 15 January 1940 under the command of Air Marshal Arthur Barratt to provide unified control of RAF units based in France. It had two subordinate formations with differing tasks. The AASF consisted of RAF light bomber squadrons closer to Germany based around Rheims in France, should the political decision to do so be taken to begin strategic bombing. No decision had been taken before the German offensive in the west began on 10 May 1940 and thereafter the AASF bomber