Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae’s views of conflict had changed. A veteran of the 1899-1902 Boer War, the Guelph, Ont., physician shipped out to South Africa with
On Nov. 28, 1944, dignitaries gathered at the docks of Antwerp. The ceremonial guests, attempting to ignore the foul weather, stared out toward the Scheldt
“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
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
