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William Hall, V.C.

Canada’s 4th Arctic Offshore Patrol Ship: PO William Hall V.C. The ship is named after a Nova Scotian who became…

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The Falaise Pocket

Two months after the landings in Normandy, the Allied armies remained within a fairly narrow strip of land west of…

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Newfoundland Patriotic Association

August 12, 1914: The Newfoundland Patriotic Association (NPA) is formed. Eventually becoming the colony's Department of Militia, the NPA was…

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SGT. Andrew Doiron

March 10, 2015: Sgt Andrew Joseph Doiron is repatriated, arriving in Trenton on board a C-17 transport. As always, it…

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Christmas in Ortona

For the Canadian troops fighting their way through the Italian Front in December 1943, Christmas would prove to be a…

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George Price

Canadian George Lawrence Price has the unfortunate distinction of being the last Commonwealth soldier killed on the Western Front during…

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HMCS Sackville

September 28-29, 2003 – The Flower class corvette HMCS Sackville earns the dubious distinction of becoming the last Second World…

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Peck and Metcalfe (V.C.’s)

September 2nd, 1918: During the final 100 Days campaign of the First World War, one of the toughest battles fought…

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Sea Kings

August 1, 1963: The first two CH-124 Sea King maritime helicopters arrive at Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Halifax. For over…

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Wehrmacht-planned Great Escape

May 1943: the tide turned in the Atlantic and more U-boats were sunk than cargo ships. But just before the…

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HMCS Chebogue

Oct. 4, 1944: The River-class frigate HMCS Chebogue (K317) is struck by a German homing torpedo of the G7es type,…

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D-Day: Bill Wilson

Every June we experience the anniversary of one of the most historic days in modern memory, D-day, and it’s important…