A Canadian gamble at Kapyong
“Kill the American pigs,” the Chinese officer yelled to his troops during the night of April 24-25, 1951. For most Canadian defenders holding a desolate
“Kill the American pigs,” the Chinese officer yelled to his troops during the night of April 24-25, 1951. For most Canadian defenders holding a desolate
The dim lights of Halifax—no longer in total blackout since the war’s tide had turned in the Allies’ favour—were visible from HMCS Esquimalt in the
“Canada does not propose to be dragged into a war in which she has no interest,” said Prime Minister Mackenzie King in a speech before
‘I’m fed up to the teeth,’ said Sergeant George Harry Mullin as he handed out rum rations to his Canadian comrades on Oct. 29, 1917.
When Wally Floody was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1940, he didn’t realize he was going to earn
During the German-led Operation Michael on March 21, 1918, Lieutenant-Colonel C.G. Cole-Hamilton recognized one man’s “great courage and magnificent fighting at the head of his
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