Bring out the big guns
Getting at an entrenched enemy is a problem as old as warfare, and one that grew more complex as the great and powerful retreated behind
Sharon Adams
September 16, 2016
Getting at an entrenched enemy is a problem as old as warfare, and one that grew more complex as the great and powerful retreated behind
On Aug. 1, the United States opened up a new front in the war against ISIS when it began a bombing campaign in Libya. Now,
From the Department of High-Stakes Charades Twenty-five years ago, Richard Austin served in the Persian Gulf War aboard HMCS Athabaskan. One of few people in
Lunchtime in the trenches, June 1916. PHOTO: LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA000157
Enjoying a smoke in a trench opposite Vimy Ridge. PHOTO: LEGION MAGAZINE ARCHIVES
A soldier scrambles down a communications trench as a shell bursts only a few feet away, August 1916. PHOTO: HENRY KNOBEL, LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA—PA000742
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An informative primer on Canada’s crucial role in the Normandy landing, June 6, 1944.