Historian Mark Zuehlke was no older than 13 when he watched the Canadians march onto the big screen in 1968’s The Devil’s Brigade. He remembers
Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Dextraze, having travelled more than three kilometres behind enemy lines, parked his Bren Gun Carrier outside the German headquarters in Groningen, Netherlands. He
Recalling a little-known Second World War service band that brought its music to Canadian and Allied troops wherever they were, including the front lines.
On May 4, 1910, the Naval Service Bill received royal assent. Canada now had a navy, but troubled waters lay behind and ahead of the
1 May 2002 HMCS St. John’s joins the Canadian Naval Task Group, part of the multinational anti-terrorism campaign in the Persian Gulf. 2 May 1915
Nearly 80 years later, a Canadian soldier’s family is reunited with his Second World War treasures
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
