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Celebrating the return of Queen Wilhelmina, Canadian troops and Dutch groups parade past the Royal Palace and Dam Square in Amsterdam on June 28, 1945. B.J. Gloster/DND/LAC/PA-166390 Author Andrew Iarocci says YES. Author J.L. Granatstein says NO. Iarocci is an assistant professor of history at Western University in London, Ont., and is... -
The story of how Canadian soldiers captured Vimy Ridge in April 1917 has become almost mythological in Canada’s public consciousness. Should this victory hold the place it does in the annals of the Canadian... -
Did the government make the right decision in 1941? Author Carl Vincent of Stittsville, Ont., says NO. Author J.L. Granatstein of Toronto says... -
Military medals are bought and sold regularly in Canada and elsewhere and there are no rules against it. Is this practice... -
The United States dropped two atomic bombs—nicknamed Fat Man and Little Boy—on Japan in August 1945, resulting in the deaths and injury of more than 200,000 people. Was that action justified to bring the war to an end? Policy analyst John Siebert of Waterloo,... -
The Battle of the Somme was one of the most horrific battles of the First World War. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost between July and November 1916. Was it worth it? Author Jonathan Vance says NO. Author Andrew Iarocci says YES. Vance...
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FACE TO FACE: Should robots replace soldiers in war?
Historian Matthew White estimates that 123 million people died in wars in the 20th century, and just 37 million of them were military. The rest were collateral civilian deaths (27 million), genocide and other mass murder (41 million) and consequential famines (18 million). Surely if there must be war at all in the 21st...
