AI EnhancedBattle of the Atlantic
March, 1943: The technological cat-and-mouse race between the Royal Canadian Navy and the German Kriegsmarine’s U-boats finally shifted in favour…
AI EnhancedNorth African Campaign
On February 2, 1943, a group of Canadian officers arrived in North Africa. The North African Campaign had been raging…
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…
AI EnhancedThe Falaise Pocket
Two months after the landings in Normandy, the Allied armies remained within a fairly narrow strip of land west of…
AI EnhancedChristmas in Ortona
For the Canadian troops fighting their way through the Italian Front in December 1943, Christmas would prove to be a…
AI EnhancedHMCS Sackville
September 28-29, 2003 – The Flower class corvette HMCS Sackville earns the dubious distinction of becoming the last Second World…
AI EnhancedWehrmacht-planned Great Escape
May 1943: the tide turned in the Atlantic and more U-boats were sunk than cargo ships. But just before the…
AI EnhancedHMCS Chebogue
Oct. 4, 1944: The River-class frigate HMCS Chebogue (K317) is struck by a German homing torpedo of the G7es type,…
AI EnhancedD-Day: Bill Wilson
Every June we experience the anniversary of one of the most historic days in modern memory, D-day, and it’s important…
AI EnhancedCDN Army Film and Photo Unit: Karen Hermiston
On June 19, 1941 the Canadian Army created a special unit to document Canada’s role in the Second World War.…
AI EnhancedJapanese Release Canadian POW’s
Three months after Victory in Europe the Second World War finally concluded when the Japanese surrendered to the United States…
AI EnhancedHMCS Huron
July 19th, 1943 marks the commission of the HMCS Huron (G24/216), one of eight tribal-class destroyers in the Royal Canadian…