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Returned ensign

It flew on a surrendered U-boat, then was taken as a trophy A ship’s ensign indicates the vessel’s national identity. It also embodies its crew’s

Robert Shankland and the Victoria Cross

Robert Shankland was a Canadian hero who served in both world wars and earned the Victoria Cross. Shankland was born in Scotland but emigrated to

A century of Disarmament, part 2

Thinkers, scientists and negotiators: arms control after the Second World War There is a single principle that, to one degree or another, underlies virtually all

On this date: January 2022

2 January 1929 Canada and the United States sign a joint agreement to protect and beautify Niagara Falls. 3 January 1947 Mackenzie King becomes Canada’s

Battle over the fiords of Norway

In Boyndie, a town on Scotland’s northeast coast a few kilometres inland from the North Sea, stands a granite obelisk. Fourteen names are inscribed on

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