Military History Library

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HMCS St. Croix

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

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National Peacekeepers’ Day

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

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Devil’s Brigade (FSSF)

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

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Talbot Papineau

Passchendaele, Bellevue Spur, October 30th, 1917: The 800 soldiers of the PPCLI went over the top, initiating the 2nd phase…

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Billy Bishop, V.C.

June 2, 1917: Billy Bishop earns a Victoria Cross after destroying four German aircraft as they scrambled to engage the…

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Last Hundred Days

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

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Harry Brown, V.C.

The Canadian Corps at Hill 70, led for the first time by Sir Arthur Currie, captured and held all objectives…

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MILATARY HISTORY LIBRARY

Nighttime, October 21/22, 1944: Private Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith takes actions in Italy that will later see him receive a…

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MILATARY HISTORY LIBRARY

April 9-12, 1917: The Battle of Vimy Ridge. In stark contrast to the ad hoc charge at Kitcheners' Wood two…

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DOMESTIC

 “…War is simply the curse of butchery, and men who have gone through it, who have seen war stripped of…

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Blackburn Shark Biplanes

March 4, 1936: No. 6 Squadron was established as a Torpedo Bomber unit at Trenton, ON. Operating Blackburn Shark biplanes,…

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Charles Fox

Operating out of the Beny-sur-Mer airstrip near Juno Beach, Fox was in a Spitfire on a typical armed reconnaissance mission.…