AI EnhancedOur Shipbuilding Strategy (NSPS)
Canada's naval shipbuilding industry has traditionally been one of "boom and bust" - a brief period of high-intensity shipbuilding followed…
AI EnhancedD-Day: 1st CDN Parachute BN’s McLeod
Just after midnight, the day before what is commonly referred to as the greatest military action in modern history (Operation…
AI EnhancedKosovo 1999
During the summer of 1999, Canada continued its participation in the transition of former Yugoslavia. Different United Nations task forces…
AI EnhancedThe Walcheren Causeway
Each autumn marks the anniversary of the events of the Battle of the Walcheren Causeway. The members of The Calgary…
AI EnhancedThe Medak Pocket (Croatia)
According to Colonel Jim Calvin, the officer in charge of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Second Battalion, the notion…
AI EnhancedBlack Christmas and Kay Christie
On the afternoon of December 25, 1941, the British Governor of Hong Kong was finally forced to surrender the island…
AI EnhancedNursing Sisters in Sicily (1943)
On the night of July 10th, 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade would commence their…
AI EnhancedThe Buffalo Nine
August 9, 1974: nine Canadian Forces members were killed when their transport aircraft was shot down by surface-to-air missiles launched…
AI Enhanced1989: CAF Integrates Women
In 1989, four members of the Canadian Armed Forces filed a human rights complaint accusing the military of gender discrimination.…
AI EnhancedJohn Osborn, VC
During the Second World War, 16 Canadian soldiers would be awarded the Victoria Cross (VC). Their heroic acts of military…
AI EnhancedThe Bombing of Hamburg, 1943
July 24, 1943 marked the beginning of a week-long coordinated attack on Germany’s second largest city, Hamburg. Over the course…
AI EnhancedRecalling D-Day: Charles Dalton
At 0800 hours on June 6th, 1944, the brave Canadian soldiers of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division first stepped onto…