WWII

‘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.’

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.’

Our editorial: There is something beautiful in stopping work at 11 a.m. and standing at our desks in silence. But we can do better.

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

A big stack of wartime letters was headed for the dumpster at a Salvation Army north of Toronto. But now the touching correspondence has reached its rightful homes.

They hang in schools across the country, and often unnoticed: The ‘For King and Country’ scrolls by the Group of Seven artist A.J. Casson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Bcku_qwFY

‘My Buddy: World War II Laid Bare’ collects photos of naked WWII soldiers

A review of The Secret Ministry of Ag. and Fish

How the conflict between Ukraine and Russia threatens to mar the anniversary

New law would punish anyone who denigrates Russia’s second World War record

A book review about an unsolved mystery from World War II