AI EnhancedD-Day: Nan White Beach
For Toronto’s Queen’s Own Rifles, D-Day began at 03:15 when they were served breakfast in England. For many of the…
AI EnhancedORP Błyskawica and HMCS Haida
ORP Błyskawica ("Lightning", a Polish ship) is one of the few Second World War-era Destroyers that lives on today with…
AI EnhancedKurt Meyer, German War Criminal
Between June 7 and 17, 1944, an estimated 156 Canadian soldiers were taken prisoner and then were killed by German…
AI EnhancedSiege of Walcheren Island
On the same day that Canadian troops finally launched the final stage of the Battle of the Scheldt (Oct. 31,…
AI EnhancedJapanese Balloon Bombs
January-March 1945: Japan's incendiary balloon bombs arrive in North America. A desperate attempt to set the Pacific Northwest forests on…
AI EnhancedOperation Spring (1944)
The Canadian assault on Verrières Ridge, code-named Operation Spring, is one of the most controversial operations in Canadian military history.…
AI EnhancedPearson 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…
AI EnhancedWomen of the “Bombes”
With the release of the 2014 Hollywood Blockbuster The Imitation Game, the complex German coding system from the Second World…
AI EnhancedMouse Holes in Italy
After the liberation of Sicily and the downfall of Mussolini’s fascist government in the autumn of 1943 the Canadian troops…
AI EnhancedPeacekeeping in Cyprus
When the first Canadian peacekeeping contingent was posted to Cyprus in 1964 they expected that their mission would only last…
AI EnhancedCall 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…
AI EnhancedThe RCAF at Dieppe
Operation JUBILEE, the Allied raid on Dieppe, was primarily a Canadian operation. As such the sixty RCAF bombers and fighters…