Trench Life
The stalemate that occurred on the Western Front in 1914 resulted in an almost unbroken string of roughly parallel trenches stretching from Switzerland to the English Channel.
Polish Free Army
When Poland fell to the Germans in 1939, a substantial number of their Armed Forces personnel avoided capture and escaped to France.
Ken and Patricia Rivers
Ken Rivers was born on February 12th, 1916, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Loading Bombs
As new bombers were developed during the Second World War, there was a dramatic increase in the size of bombs that aircraft could carry.
Alan Crabtree
Born on July 22, 1923 Alan Crabtree was the middle son of Edith and Maurice Crabtree of Toronto.
Wolf Squadron
In March 1941, No. 403 "Wolf" Squadron became the first Canadian squadron formed overseas without ties to any previous flying unit in Canada.
Windsor Carrier
The Windsor Carrier was a late-war unit produced by Ford Canada in a single batch of 5,000 in 1944-1945.
Lionel Binmore
Lionel Raymond Binmore served in the First World War with the Victoria Rifles of Canada.
Val Rimer
Val Rimer enlisted in Winnipeg in 1942 and joined the Lord Strathcona's Horse armoured regiment after arriving in England.
The Calgary Highlanders
The Calgary Highlanders is a reserve infantry regiment that was originally raised in 1910 as the 103rd Regiment (Calgary Rifles).
Wrens
The Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), more familiarly known as the WRENS, was initially founded in England in November 1917 during the First World War.
Prisoners of War
Among the first Canadians who became prisoners during the Second World War were the soldiers captured during the Defence of Hong Kong in Dec 1941.
Hong Kong, 1941
When Japan attacked Pearl Harbour and other Asian territories in late 1941, a true world-wide conflict began.
James Stone
James Riley Stone was born in southern England. At age 19, he emigrated to Canada to take up homesteading in the Peace River country.
Clarence Gavan
Clarence "Nuck" Gavan was born in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and joined the RCAF in Montreal on 10 Jan 1942.
Together, Side by Side
When the Allied nations gathered together to fight against a common fascist enemy they were often thrust together in the same armies.
Ishar Singh VC
Ishar Singh served in the Indian Army throughout the Great War and in the British campaign of Waziristan in 1919-1921.
Medical Corps
The Canadian Forces medical Corps had its earliest beginnings as a collection of individually recruited regimental doctors.
Depth Charge
During the First World War, German submarines, or U-boats became a serious hazard to Allied shipping.
Harbours
Naval bases, vital to the operation of any naval power, all rely on the availability of suitable harbours and their proximity to vital sea routes.