“No withdrawal. No platoons overrun. No panic.” These were the simple yet assertive instructions of Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Dextraze, commander of 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment,
Queen Victoria herself crocheted eight scarves for Boer War veterans—Richard Thompson of The Royal Canadian Regiment was presented one
The hands of Norman Bethune, a Canadian thoracic surgeon born on March 4, 1890, had been saving lives long before he set foot in Spain
Paardeberg had changed everything. Between Feb. 18 and 27, 1900, one of the most famous clashes of the Boer War resulted in a British Empire
The wild story of Japanese balloon bombs floated over North America
May 10, 1940, was a British day of infamy. In mainland Europe, Hitler’s forces had carried out a blitzkrieg whereby France, Belgium, the Netherlands and
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