As soon as war was declared in 1914, thousands of volunteers descended on a tent city for some very basic training Britain declared war on the Kaiser’s Germany
The unveiling of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial in France on July 26, 1936, was witnessed by 3,000 veterans of the battle On July 26,
London hosted a formal — and boisterous—celebration on the first anniversary of the end of the Second World War A year after the Second World
As the Korean winter gave way to an early spring and UN forces pushed slowly but steadily north, the PPCLI were sorely tested.
Robert Shankland Date of Deed: October 26, 1917 Location: Passchendaele, Belgium
Cecil Kinross Date of Deed: October 30, 1917 Location: Passchendaele, Belgium Portrait by Sharif Tarabay
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During the War of 1812, the inland seas of North America—the Great Lakes—were the setting for major maritime operations. Both Britain and the United States devoted tremendous energy and resources to creating naval forces on the lakes as water provided the best means of transporting and supplying land forces. Naval bases sprung up almost overnight and ship construction was maintained at a dizzying pace. At the outbreak of war, the U.S. had exactly one warship on the Great Lakes, a 16-gun vessel on Lake Ontario. By 1814, it had 28 major warships, the largest mounting 58 guns. The Royal Navy expanded in a similar proportion. In 1814 the U.S. Navy constructed and commissioned a warship on Lake Champlain in the amazing time of 33 days, while Britain built a battleship, HMS St. Lawrence, on Lake Ontario that was larger than HMS Victory, Nelson’s flagship at Trafalgar.
The challenges of battlefield medicine are about to change for Western allied nations, now that the focus of threats has migrated to China, Russia, Iran and North
Their ancestors fought beside the British in the Seven Years’ War, the American Revolution and the War of 1812. In 1885, they navigated Africa’s Nile
With U.S. forces out and Taliban insurgents advancing across much of Afghanistan, Sean Maloney’s post on the Canadian Afghanistan War Veterans Association Facebook page was
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.
