Gunners on ice
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
J.L. Granatstein
November 20, 2020
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 Canadian-American defence alliance was born in menacing times After the German invasion of Scandinavia, the Low Countries and France in April, May and
Following the German conquest of Poland in September 1939, the war against Hitler entered a period of inactivity. The Phoney War, the press called it,
Two days after Germany invaded Poland on Sept. 1, 1939, Britain and France declared war on the Nazi regime. On the evening of Sept. 3, a
Three-quarters of a century have passed since American, British and Canadian forces landed on the Normandy coast on June 6, 1944, in the greatest seaborne
The Second World War put 750,000 Canadians into khaki uniforms. Men from all parts of the country suddenly found themselves living in barracks and learning
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.