Letters From Bill – May 23, 1943.
Dear Mum, Dad and Jack: Well here I am in England and it sure feels strange, in fact I hardly believe it and no
Jason Duprau
August 30, 2011
Dear Mum, Dad and Jack: Well here I am in England and it sure feels strange, in fact I hardly believe it and no
Health and medical news seems to fly at us from every direction these days—rising disease rates; new tests or treatments; new risks; medical breakthroughs; the state of our health care system; a seemingly unending series of reports on new research and health trends. Health care today is like a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle—many interconnected pieces need to link up to build the complete picture.
Air forces have long since relied on boats of one sort or another. They have been used to pluck downed aircrew from the sea, tow
The expansion of the war in 1942 pulled Canada’s small ship navy in several directions simultaneously, stretching it thin and leading—ultimately—to the greatest crisis in
Operation Charnwood, the July 8-9, 1944, attack on Caen, Normandy, by I British Corps, was a multi-phase advance. The first part, intended to collapse the city’s outer defensive perimeter, required Canada’s 9th (Highland) Infantry Brigade to capture Buron, Gruchy, and Authie, three villages that the 12th SS had fortified during the month-long pause in the Caen sector.
Over the last 95 years, more than 200 artists have been charged with capturing the military history of our nation. With their brush strokes they
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.