Moed en vertrouwe
It means courage and confidence in Dutch. Mona Parsons, the only Canadian woman to be imprisoned by the German army during the Second World War, embodied the phrase.
Alex Bowers
April 10, 2025
It means courage and confidence in Dutch. Mona Parsons, the only Canadian woman to be imprisoned by the German army during the Second World War, embodied the phrase.
Dubbed Canada’s “fightingest ship,” HMCS Haida is the last Tribal-class destroyer found anywhere around the globe. Twenty-seven of its kind were constructed during the Second
On April 1, 1939—almost exactly 86 years ago—Spanish general-turned-dictator Francisco Franco, bolstered by his nationalist forces and those of fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, prevailed
A unique thank-you note memento of a Canadian Boer War veteran
How researchers in Ontario are contextualizing the homeless experience of female veterans
The story of the Dec. 6, 1917, Halifax disaster has been told in print and on-screen innumerable times, usually detailing the same, or at least
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
