AI EnhancedIan Bazalgette, V.C.
Ian Bazalgette was one of the 16 Canadian recipients of the Victoria Cross (VC) during the Second World War. Squadron…
AI EnhancedSuffield Experimental Station: Operation Snowball
The Second World War saw many technological advancements, especially when it came to the capabilities of explosives. The atomic bombing…
AI EnhancedSS Athenia Sunk
In the first days of September 1939 Canada marked its first human losses of the Second World War. This timeline…
AI EnhancedLuftwaffe POW Escapes in Ontario
On January 24, 1941, Luftwaffe Oberleutnant Baron Franz von Werra was aboard a train that was transporting him to a…
AI EnhancedDunkirk
In mid-summer 2017, Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film Dunkirk was released. His movie depicts the legendary evacuation of some 338,000 British,…
AI EnhancedV-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…
AI EnhancedLeo Major Liberates Zwolle
On the evening of April 13, 1945, two French-Canadian snipers silently advanced on the Dutch city of Zwolle. They had…
AI EnhancedHochwald: Fort Garry Horse, 1945
When the Canadians launched their attack on the Hochwald on the morning of February 26, 1945, they couldn’t help but…
AI EnhancedD-Day: 1st CDN Parachute BN’s McLeod
Just after midnight, the day before what is commonly referred to as the greatest military action in modern history (Operation…
AI EnhancedThe Walcheren Causeway
Each autumn marks the anniversary of the events of the Battle of the Walcheren Causeway. The members of The Calgary…
AI EnhancedBlack Christmas and Kay Christie
On the afternoon of December 25, 1941, the British Governor of Hong Kong was finally forced to surrender the island…
AI EnhancedNursing Sisters in Sicily (1943)
On the night of July 10th, 1943, the 1st Canadian Infantry Division and 1st Canadian Armoured Brigade would commence their…