First Troop, Charlie Squadron, Royal Canadian Dragoons
Recollections from the diaries of a Canadian who helped liberate the Netherlands
Charles Wilkins
April 7, 2025
Recollections from the diaries of a Canadian who helped liberate the Netherlands
A unique thank-you note memento of a Canadian Boer War veteran
General Harry Crerar oversaw just one major battle—but the decisive early 1945 advance into Germany’s Rhineland was critical to ending WW II
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During the Second World War, Canadian editorial illustrator Bob Chambers created a series of memorial cards to honour those Allied ships and their crews that didn’t make it home
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.