D-Day
My uncle was affable, charming and well-read. But the losses at Normandy tormented him.
‘For years, he kept records of platoon members he knew had survived the war. When the new phone book came out, he would check to see if they were still alive. But he never contacted them.’
When Canada finally started to remember World War II
A new book by historian Tim Cook looks at how World War II fits in Canada’s historical imagination, and why it was vulnerable to neglect for so long
Justin Trudeau looks into the face of D-Day valour
Image of the week: At a ceremony honouring veterans of the Juno Beach landings, the PM praised Canadians who ‘threw themselves against the walls of the fortress of Europe’
As Nazi symbols echo, remember who we fought on D-Day
War historian David J. Bercuson reflects on the personal sacrifices made by millions of Canadians in the fight against the Nazis and their ideology
Inside the making of the D-Day Heritage Minute
The head of Historica Canada takes us behind the scenes of a Minute marking the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy
Why Canada’s casualties were so high in Normandy
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.
Understanding the young lives lost on D-Day
Matt Gurney on how he came to grapple with the incredible youth of the soldiers who died on D-Day, 73 years ago today
Vladimir Putin disses the Queen at D-Day events
His sulky, disdainful behaviour puts a damper on the 70th anniversary
D-Day: We cannot repay except by remembering
Editorial: The ferocious fighting spirit of the Canadian troops on Juno Beach is only the beginning of what we honour them for
Video: Remembering D-Day, 70 years later
“We just thought it was like another exercise. All of a sudden we’re going to France. It’s the day. It’s the D-Day.”
New rivalries threaten to overshadow D-Day 70th anniversary
How the conflict between Ukraine and Russia threatens to mar the anniversary
‘You must not bore the public. You must not kill the Queen.’
Prime Minister David Cameron seems to have forgotten that motto as Parliament opens this week