AI EnhancedBattle of the Scheldt Estuary
October 1944 - Battle of the Scheldt Estuary: The seldom told story of one of Canada's greatest and most successful…
AI EnhancedSmythe’s Sportsman’s Battery
In another Valour Canada article (see this), we discuss Constantine Smythe and the trophy he donated to the NHL. 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 EnhancedHMCS St. Croix
July 24, 1942: HMCS St. Croix sinks the German U-boat U-90, the second U-Boat kill for the RCN during the…
AI EnhancedDevil’s Brigade (FSSF)
August 15, 1943: The First Special Service Force (FSSF), a unique US-Canadian unit including Sgt. Tommy Prince, lands on Kiska,…
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 EnhancedBlackburn Shark Biplanes
March 4, 1936: No. 6 Squadron was established as a Torpedo Bomber unit at Trenton, ON. Operating Blackburn Shark biplanes,…
AI EnhancedCharles Fox
Operating out of the Beny-sur-Mer airstrip near Juno Beach, Fox was in a Spitfire on a typical armed reconnaissance mission.…
AI EnhancedD-Day: General Crerar
Shortly after supper on the evening of June 1, 1944, the final official meeting discussing D-Day preparations took place. The…
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 EnhancedHMCS Athabaskan
April 29, 1944: HMCS Athabaskan (the first of three destroyers to have that name) was torpedoed by the German light…
AI EnhancedMTB 463 Sunk!
A month after D-Day, the Germans remained persistent in their attempts to foil Allied reinforcements from across the channel. Although…