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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.
Real postcards from the First World War that survived a century
These notes sent between those at war and home were preserved as part of the Wartime Canada project at the University of Western Ontario
These four Victoria Cross winners showed valour. Only one survived the war.
The mystery of why some men rush toward machine guns, instead of away. And the story of one young soldier who survived to have an ordinary life.
Surreal colourized photos from the First World War ’tell an old story in a new way’
Vimy Foundation’s ’They Fought in Colour’ collects 260 digitally colourized photographs showcasing Canada’s contribution to the First World War
Margaret Atwood on the stark differences ’back home’ before and after the Great War
Although nothing was shelled or destroyed, everything changed on the home front
Celebrated athletes joined Canada’s WW1 effort—including six Olympians
Some stars of the future also got their start amid the fighting