Operation Spring (1944)
The Canadian assault on Verrières Ridge, code-named Operation Spring, is one of the most controversial operations in Canadian military history. On July 25, […]
Pearson Proposes UN Emergency Force (UNEF), 1956
On November 4, 1956 Lester B. Pearson proposed the creation of what would become the first large-scale United Nations Peacekeeping force to resolve […]
Women of the “Bombes”
With the release of the 2014 Hollywood Blockbuster The Imitation Game, the complex German coding system from the Second World War was introduced […]
Mouse Holes in Italy
After the liberation of Sicily and the downfall of Mussolini’s fascist government in the autumn of 1943 the Canadian troops stationed in Italy […]
Peacekeeping in Cyprus
When the first Canadian peacekeeping contingent was posted to Cyprus in 1964 they expected that their mission would only last 90 days. In […]
Call of Duty WWII Video Game
During the week of November 3rd, 2017, Activision released another much-anticipated instalment in their Call of Duty franchise. This WWII iteration will be […]
The RCAF at Dieppe
Operation JUBILEE, the Allied raid on Dieppe, was primarily a Canadian operation. As such the sixty RCAF bombers and fighters patrolling the sky […]
Kiska Air Battle and the H.W.E.
When thinking about the Second World War, Canadians often understand it as a conflict that did not occur in North America, but that […]
Operation Husky (Italy 1943)
Operation Husky, the allied invasion of Sicily, began shortly after midnight on the morning of July 10, 1943, when the transport ships carrying […]