3 Canadian military training exercises that ended in tragedy
Not all military deaths occur on foreign soil. Here are three examples of Canadian military training exercises gone awry.
Not all military deaths occur on foreign soil. Here are three examples of Canadian military training exercises gone awry.
When Canada declared war on Germany in September 1939, the most immediate threat to the country was an attack on its shipping. That fear was
Canada went to war in 1950 because North Korea’s invasion of South Korea was a clear affront to the principles of the still-fledgling United Nations
The Boer War started the year John McCrae graduated from the University of Toronto’s medical school. He had served as an officer in the military
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