AI EnhancedErnest Glover
Over 26,000 Canadians served during the Korean War. Often called the “Forgotten War,” Korea still represents a vital part of…
AI EnhancedFrank Wong
Chinese people have faced significant discrimination, prejudice, and racism for much of Canada’s history. The Second World War presented the Chinese community…
AI EnhancedSydney Radley-Walters: Tank Ace
The Western Allies’ premier Tank Ace during the Second World War was a Canadian man named Sydney “Rad” Radley-Walters. He…
AI EnhancedDouglas Aitken
Born September 3, 1920, in Lethbridge, AB, Douglas Aitken moved to Calgary to attended Mount Royal College (now Mount Royal…
AI EnhancedForce 136
Chinese people have faced a long history of intense discrimination, racism, and hatred in Canada. Many early Chinese immigrants were…
AI EnhancedDouglas Jung
“We were prepared to lay ourselves down for nothing. There was no guarantee that the Canadian government was going to…
AI EnhancedRobert “Bud” Jones
An often-overlooked reality of full-scale total wars, like the First and Second World Wars, is how soldier demographics change over…
AI EnhancedThe Westmount War Effort: A Hospital at the Athletic Grounds
Written by Donald V. Macdougall [1]. Don is a retired lawyer who enjoys researching the social and employment circumstances of his ancestors. …
Canada’s WW2 Battlefields (NW Europe) | Video Series
This series, narrated and presented by battlefield archaeologist Andrew Robertshaw, takes the viewer to various battlefields in northwestern Europe where…
AI Enhanced“If” Day
At 0700 hours the siren cried into the early morning sky of February 19, 1942, and before long the city…
AI EnhancedThe Battle of the St. Lawrence
In March of 1942, Prime Minister William Mackenzie King declared that “Officers of the Canadian naval service have expressed the…
AI EnhancedJack Hilton
In the mind of World War Two veteran Jack Hilton, the true heroes were not him, but the ones who…