The pig that nearly caused a War
How a dead hog once led the U.S. and the British Empire to the brink of battle off the coast of Vancouver Island
Tim Cook
May 29, 2023
How a dead hog once led the U.S. and the British Empire to the brink of battle off the coast of Vancouver Island
More than 20,000 doctors and nurses served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the Great War. With Canadian soldiers struggling in the trenches of
From the first velvety phut of the shell burst to those corpse-like breaths that a man inhaled almost unawares,” wrote Private John Lynch of the Princess
In the final 100 days of the First World War, Canada was called again and again to lead the offensive The Hundred Days campaign was
There is perhaps no place in France where as many men have been killed to the square yard as on this sloping ground,” recounted Lieutenant-Colonel
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