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Canada's Mechanized Infantry explores the development of the Canadian Army's infantry after the First World War.

Private James Herbert (Herb) Gibson was 26 years old when he volunteered for service in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War.

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa - fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec - took centre stage in the national debates on Canada's participation in the wa

What was the First World War really like for Maritimers overseas?

Most Canadians know little, if anything at all, about the role of the Canadian Air Force in the 1999 Kosovo Air War.

When Great Britain and its dominions declared war on Germany in August 1914, they were faced with the formidable challenge of transforming masses of untrained citizen-soldiers at home and abroad in

A Nazi resistance story like none you've ever heard or read.

There have been thousands of books on the Great War, but most have focused on commanders, battles, strategy, and tactics.

In 1942, in a quiet village in the leafy English Cotswolds, a thin, elegant woman lived in a small cottage with her three children and her husband, who worked as a machinist nearby.

On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of chil

As World War II raged into its second year, Britain sought a powerful ally to join its cause - but the American public was sharply divided on the subject.

In the early hours of October 14, 1942, under cover of darkness, the German submarine U-69 torpedoed and sank the passenger ferry SS Caribou off the southwest coast of Port aux Basques, Newfoundlan

An army may march on its stomach, but it needs more than hot dinners to fight. As Canadians battled through Northwest Europe in the Second World War, how did they reinforce their front lines?

First in Line: The Incredible Life of Leonard Stick documents the life of Leonard Stick, a distinguished war veteran, lawman and federal politician who was the 'first' in many historically signific

The Jack Ford Story: The Newfoundlander in Nagasaki is an amazing story of endurance, courage and survival.