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Most Canadians know very little about the role their country men played in the liberation of Italy, but mention Ortona and many can recall something about the World War II battle for this small Adriatic port. The most powerful visual image is [...]

When Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar–a veteran of World War I–arrived in Italy to take command of 1st Canadian Corps, he was introduced to the battlefields of the Moro River and The Gully (Clearing The Gully, January/February).
Strome Galloway, who was in temporary command of the Royal [...]

by Dan Black

From top: A view of St-Lambert-sur-Dives; Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation President Charles Belzile (third [...]

photos by Mac Johnston

It is a world far removed in time and place from the Canadian consciousness. The setting is both medieval and Mediterranean. Though hilltop towns have dominated the landscape for centuries, newer construction blends [...]

by Mac Johnston

Top: The Hill 204 Memorial erected by the CBNF and regimental associations lists the units that breached the Gothic Line in Italy. Above: Dominion President Allan Parks (left) and Dominion Secretary Duane Daly place a wreath at the Canadian Memorial Garden in Caen, France.

As the passage of time takes a continuing toll on Canada’s veteran population, the challenge of recognizing their contributions is increasingly being taken up by others.
One such group is [...]

Canadian army engineers construct a Bailey bridge across the Rhine River near Emmerich in April 1945. [...]

The covered body of a soldier lies near a sign pointing toward two German towns in March, 1945.

The decision to destroy the German army west [...]

A recent battlefield tour of Belgium and the Netherlands was greatly enriched by the presence of World War II veterans, including two who served with the Algonquin [...]

by Tom MacGregor

Sir Arthur Currie, considered Canada’s most brilliant general during World War I.

The Royal Canadian Legion is throwing its support behind a [...]

by Tom MacGregor
The young guide who met the group of veterans and youths at the Vimy Memorial in France had a well-rehearsed speech, but when he reached the part describing the morning of April 9, 1917, an old man in a wheelchair piped up, “I was there!”
The statement startled the student guide, not because it was said louder than necessary because of the speaker’s difficulty in hearing, but because the last thing a guide expects on his tour in 1997 is someone who can tell the story first hand.
The speaker was 104-year-old Harry Boyce, a member of the Legion’s Regina [...]