Battle of the Scheldt Estuary

October 1944 – Battle of the Scheldt Estuary: The seldom told story of one of Canada’s greatest and most successful efforts in Europe […]

Smythe’s Sportsman’s Battery

In another Valour Canada article (see this), we discuss Constantine Smythe and the trophy he donated to the NHL. In this article we […]

June 24th 1943: Flight Lieutenant David Hornell flying a Canadian built Canso flying boat (our version of the venerable PBY) attacks and sinks […]

July 24, 1942: HMCS St. Croix sinks the German U-boat U-90, the second U-Boat kill for the RCN during the war. St. Croix […]

The summer of 1974 was a difficult time for the Canadian Armed Forces. Over the course of the summer fifteen Canadian lives were […]

August 15, 1943: The First Special Service Force (FSSF), a unique US-Canadian unit including Sgt. Tommy Prince, lands on Kiska, Alaska. It was […]

June 2, 1917: Billy Bishop earns a Victoria Cross after destroying four German aircraft as they scrambled to engage the Canadian Ace. On […]

September 1st, 1918 marks the beginning of the Last Hundred Days of the First World War. Up until this point the Hindenburg Line […]