For many outside the battle zones of Europe, the Second World War is a matter of textbooks and faded black-and-white photographs. But for those whose
The end of the Second World War in Europe led to celebrations in Allied cities the world over, but for many Europeans devastated by tragedy
The First World War is known for stagnancy and stalemate—trench-bound days of misery and boredom punctuated by periodic terror and wholesale slaughter. Soldiers from both
Months before it entered the Second World War in December 1941, the United States invested heavily in the Allied cause by instituting the US$50.1-billion Lend-Lease
Pierre Gauthier landed on D-Day with his Régiment de la Chaudière and fought through France, Belgium and into the Netherlands before a second wound ended
British prime minister Winston Churchill called the 1940 evacuation of British and Allied troops from the French port at Dunkirk “a colossal military disaster.” He
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
