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Military History

On this date: February 2022

1 February 1796 The town of York becomes Upper Canada’s second capital; it would be renamed Toronto in 1834.  4 February 1915  Lieutenant William Sharpe is

Our man in Angola

Angola, a country of some 32 million people along the southwest coast of Africa, endured centuries as a colony of Portugal followed by long years

Pilots and partisans

The beginning of January 1945 marked a run of luck—or rather, display of expertise—for Canadian Flying Officer Norman Pearce, serving with No. 73 Squadron, Royal

The birth of the Maple Leaf

On Dec. 15, 1964, the bitter argument over the new Canadian flag came to an end when closure was invoked to shut down the debate

On this date: December 2021

4 December 1944  Canadians capture Ravenna, Italy. 5 December 2001  In return for amnesty, Mullah Mohammad Omar surrenders Kandahar to Hamid Karzai, leader of the

Hirohito’s role

In December 1941, Emperor Hirohito of Japan agreed, by some accounts reluctantly, to go to war against the United States. Although Japan had technically been

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