Suffield Experimental Station: Operation Snowball
The Second World War saw many technological advancements, especially when it came to the capabilities of explosives. The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and […]
SS Athenia Sunk
In the first days of September 1939 Canada marked its first human losses of the Second World War. This timeline may come as […]
MCPL Jody Mitic
On January 11, 2007, Master-Corporal (MCpl) Jody Mitic was only a month away from finishing his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. Shortly […]
Luftwaffe POW Escapes in Ontario
On January 24, 1941, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Baron Franz von Werra was aboard a train that was transporting him to a newly constructed Prisoner […]
V-E Day (Ross Munro’s Bet)
On April 3, 1945, thirteen Canadian war correspondents met in 1st Canadian Army Headquarters to try to predict when the war would end. […]
Rwanda: Peacekeeping
When the UN decided to send a contingent to Rwanda in 1993, they thought that it would be a straightforward peacekeeping mission. They […]
Preparing the RCN for the 21st Century
As of 2024, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) consists of 12 Halifax-class frigates, 3 Iroquois-class destroyers (to be replaced by 15 River-class destroyers), as […]
Leo Major Liberates Zwolle
On the evening of April 13, 1945, two French-Canadian snipers silently advanced on the Dutch city of Zwolle. They had been ordered to […]