The UN’s cultural body, UNESCO, registered Masada in its list of world heritage sites in 2001, citing its “majestic beauty” and its importance as a “symbol of the ancient kingdom of Israel, its violent destruction and the last stand of Jewish patriots in the face of the Roman army.”

As Russia’s military capabilities seem to flutter in the wake of their ongoing invasion of Ukraine, and China’s grows, officials say they are still the biggest and gravest threat to North America.

U-111 opened up with her 20mm machine gun, hitting Lady Shirley’s gunlayer in the stomach with an explosive bullet, killing him instantly. A sub-lieutenant took over his position and the British gun, said the report, “never faltered in its fire.”

The bureaucratic source, who played a key role in implementing the changes more than a decade ago, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wants “badly” to eclipse his father’s legacy and eventually eliminate the military’s British trappings once and for all—the VC included.

Lieutenant-Colonel Carl Gauthier told Legion Magazine that hard-and-fast time limits prevent Private Jess Larochelle from becoming the first soldier to receive the Canadian VC since it was created in 1993.