AI EnhancedJames P. Robertson, V.C.
James P. Robertson was one of the nine Victoria Cross recipients awarded for their actions at Passchendaele during the First World War.…
AI EnhancedAndrew Mynarski, VC
In 1965, Pat Brophy recalled the unfortunate events that unfolded during the night of June 12 to 13, 1944. He…
AI EnhancedWinnipeg’s Valour Road
Valour Road, a three-kilometre-street in the West End district of Winnipeg, Manitoba, was formerly known by another name: Pine Street.…
AI EnhancedDieppe Raid
In 1942, the Nazis were at the height of their wide-reaching hold over continental Europe during the Second World War.…
AI EnhancedDavid Currie, V.C.
Major David Vivian Currie was in command of a small mixed force of Canadian tanks, self-propelled anti-tank guns and infantry…
AI EnhancedJohn G. Pattison, V.C.
John George Pattison was one of four soldiers to earn the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in…
AI EnhancedDavid Hornell, V.C.
June 24th 1943: Flight Lieutenant David Hornell flying a Canadian built Canso flying boat (our version of the venerable PBY)…
AI EnhancedBilly Bishop, V.C.
June 2, 1917: Billy Bishop earns a Victoria Cross after destroying four German aircraft as they scrambled to engage the…
AI EnhancedHarry Brown, V.C.
The Canadian Corps at Hill 70, led for the first time by Sir Arthur Currie, captured and held all objectives…
AI EnhancedMILATARY HISTORY LIBRARY
Nighttime, October 21/22, 1944: Private Ernest Alvia "Smokey" Smith takes actions in Italy that will later see him receive a…
AI EnhancedFredrick Peters, V.C.
November 8, 1942: Captain Fredrick Thornton Peters led an amphibious assault on the city of Oran, located on the western…
AI EnhancedRobert Gray, V.C.
August 9, 1945: In the waning days of the Second World War, Lt. Robert Hampton Gray of the Royal Canadian…