Second World War

Editorial: The ferocious fighting spirit of the Canadian troops on Juno Beach is only the beginning of what we honour them for

"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."

From the archives: Canada’s last living recipient of the Victoria Cross, in conversation

Book by Sönke Neitzel and Harald Welzer

The catastrophic WWII battle may have had a much larger purpose than just taking a French beach

A new book illuminates a dying generation’s ongoing reluctance to admit guilt for its support of Nazism

A new movie and book remove shy George VI from history’s footnotes

Samuel Kunz was charged with atrocities at the death camp, but died before trial

How the Memory Project keeps alive the stories of Canada’s war veterans

It’s been two decades since the Berlin wall came down