Heroes and Villians: Fox vs Rommel
A Canadian fighter pilot ended Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s military career
Mark Zuehlke
August 9, 2024
A Canadian fighter pilot ended Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel’s military career
On Aug. 9, 1945, 27-year-old Lieutenant Robert (Hammy) Hampton Gray of Trail, B.C., piloting a British Royal Navy Corsair above Japanese waters, became Canada’s last
Jim Higgins, a British-Canadian soldier in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion (the “Mac-Paps”), watched in horror as Nationalist bombers pummelled Corbera d’Ebre. The Spanish community, already in
Fulfilling a dying wish to commemorate Canadian soldiers
Each year as summer approaches, my memory takes me back to Aug. 9, 1974. It has taken me 50 years to memorialize this day in
During their lengthy truce supervisory mission in Vietnam, Canadian military personnel played many roles
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