Luftwaffe POW Escapes in Ontario
On January 24, 1941, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Baron Franz von Werra was aboard a train that was transporting him to a newly constructed Prisoner […]
Dunkirk
In mid-summer 2017, Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster film Dunkirk was released. His movie depicts the legendary evacuation of some 338,000 British, French, and Belgian soldiers […]
V-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 war would end. […]
Rwanda: Peacekeeping
When the UN decided to send a contingent to Rwanda in 1993, they thought that it would be a straightforward peacekeeping mission. They […]
Preparing the RCN for the 21st Century
As of 2024, the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) consists of 12 Halifax-class frigates, 3 Iroquois-class destroyers (to be replaced by 15 River-class destroyers), as […]
Leo Major Liberates Zwolle
On the evening of April 13, 1945, two French-Canadian snipers silently advanced on the Dutch city of Zwolle. They had been ordered to […]
Canadian Subs in the 21st Century
This page contains links to articles and papers on submarines within the context of the Royal Canadian Navy in the current age. ———- […]
Operation Apollo
On October 7, 2001, Canada announced Operation Apollo, which contributed sea, air, and land forces to assist the United States’ effort to root […]
Canadians in the Spanish Civil War
When the Spanish Civil War broke out in the summer of 1936 thousands of individuals from around the globe flocked to the country […]