AI EnhancedThe FLQ Crisis
The FLQ Crisis, the most serious terrorist attack on Canadian soil in the country’s history, was kicked off on October…
AI EnhancedCDN Army Film and Photo Unit: Karen Hermiston
On June 19, 1941 the Canadian Army created a special unit to document Canada’s role in the Second World War.…
AI EnhancedJapanese Release Canadian POW’s
Three months after Victory in Europe the Second World War finally concluded when the Japanese surrendered to the United States…
AI EnhancedHMCS Huron
July 19th, 1943 marks the commission of the HMCS Huron (G24/216), one of eight tribal-class destroyers in the Royal Canadian…
AI EnhancedIan Bazalgette, V.C.
Ian Bazalgette was one of the 16 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Second World War. Squadron…
AI EnhancedSuffield Experimental Station: Operation Snowball
The Second World War saw many technological advancements, especially when it came to the capabilities of explosives. The atomic bombing…
AI EnhancedSS Athenia Sunk
In the first days of September 1939 Canada marked its first human losses of the Second World War. This timeline…
AI EnhancedMCPL Jody Mitic
On January 11, 2007, Master-Corporal (MCpl) Jody Mitic was only a month away from finishing his second tour of duty…
AI EnhancedLuftwaffe POW Escapes in Ontario
On January 24, 1941, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Baron Franz von Werra was aboard a train that was transporting him to a…
AI EnhancedDunkirk
In mid-summer 2017, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film Dunkirk was released. His movie depicts the legendary evacuation of some 338,000 British,…
AI EnhancedV-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…
AI EnhancedRwanda: Peacekeeping
When the UN decided to send a contingent to Rwanda in 1993, they thought that it would be a straightforward…