Down there, they will throw bombs at us,” Archduke Franz Ferdinand joked as he set out from Vienna, Austria, to the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo. As
Passchendaele is a lovely name—whether in Flemish or French, it rolls lyrically off the tongue, conjuring images of a sylvan glade, lush with greenery and
Twenty-five men were executed during the First World War. Twenty-two men faced the firing squad for the crime of desertion, two for murder and one
Strong, secure, engaged. The title of the newly released white paper by the Department of National Defence is a reflection of Canada itself. The new
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
