Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae’s views of conflict had changed. A veteran of the 1899-1902 Boer War, the Guelph, Ont., physician shipped out to South Africa with
Looking back on Prime Minister Mackenzie King as Canada’s wartime leader.
On Nov. 28, 1944, dignitaries gathered at the docks of Antwerp. The ceremonial guests, attempting to ignore the foul weather, stared out toward the Scheldt
“No withdrawal. No platoons overrun. No panic.” These were the simple yet assertive instructions of Lieutenant-Colonel Jacques Dextraze, commander of 2nd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment,
Canadian Captain Dennis Healy, a peacetime university prof, played a pivotal role alongside locals in the liberation of the Italian city of Ravenna
Queen Victoria herself crocheted eight scarves for Boer War veterans—Richard Thompson of The Royal Canadian Regiment was presented one
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
