PHOTOS: © LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—E000990870; E000990869; E001096688; E000990869; E000756918 Clockwise from top left: Expo’s symbol, representing people with outstretched arms; Expo 67 and some
PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA105509 S.S. Royalite (right) and various navy ships alongside the jetty in Halifax, August 1941. The outbreak of a general European
PHOTO: CANADIAN FORCES—PL34287; KEN BELL, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA145497 Top: All five of these airmen were able to evade capture in World War II; a
PHOTO: TERRY F. ROWE, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA-152839 Canadian soldiers eat Christmas dinner in Ortona, Italy, in December 1943. Most Canadians know very little about
Clockwise from top: A Halifax bomber crew poses for a photo during the late stages of the war; a Halifax B. Mk. I of 405
PHOTOS: CHRIS ATTRELL; JON DIRKS An old railway car and grain elevators offer a glimpse of the past at Rowley, Alta.; time and weather have
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
