1 December 1959 Twelve countries sign the Antarctic Treaty, declaring the continent a scientific preserve and banning military activity. 2 December 1942 The first controlled
Bill Boss was the epitome of foreign correspondents. Pierre Berton called him one of the toughest war correspondents he ever knew, a trusted and familiar
After the ferry SS Caribou was sunk by a U-boat in October 1942 with a loss of 137, including many women and children, the navy
As the war on the Western Front ended, the Allies took on the Red Army on its own turf It was all Winston Churchill’s fault. In 1918, he was Minister
The First World War has been over for more than a century, but it still echoes today, even in the language. The thousands of Canadian
Canadians interested in military history will soon have a new—and free—interactive tool for researching the Canadian Army’s Italian Campaign during the Second World War. Several
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
