Jack Granatstein

The Canadian Army was created from almost nothing. Training, leadership and grit made it indispensable to the effort to win the First World War.

J.L. Granatstein: ‘The Dutch remember. They teach their children about the war in their schools. On Christmas Eve every year the children of Holten go to the Canadian cemetery to light a candle on each grave to make the point that freedom had—and still has—a price.’

Restrictions imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19 pale in comparison to those imposed on Canadians during WWII

Canada made an independent decision to fight the Nazis, one taken with scarcely a voice raised against it in Parliament

The Normandy campaign, from D-Day until late August 1944, saw almost 5,000 Canadian soldiers perish. But that offensive, launched 75 years ago, jumpstarted the liberation of Western Europe.

One Canadian hero, among many, from the conflict

Seven in ten were killed, injured or captured. And yet, they fought on.

Arthur Currie is widely considered one of Canada’s greatest military leaders. But soldiers felt differently.

Here’s a look at what Canadian soldiers ate and drank to sustain their bodies—and First World War efforts. Many looked forward eagerly to their daily rum ration.

The British invented the tank: an armoured vehicle that could roll over both wire and trenches. The problems, however, were many.

Canada’s military couldn’t have carried on without the controversial policy

Canada’s war finally ended in Mons, Belgium, the scene of the first skirmishes between British and German troops in 1914.