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The Battle of Hong Kong (December 8–25, 1941) was the first place Canadians fought a land battle in the Second World War.
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To learn more about the Battle of Hong Kong, read “War Crimes” by Nathan M. Greenfield.
Her natural beauty made her the perfect model for a national propaganda poster campaign.
Courageous Canadian action results in mass capture of Germans during the 100 Days Campaign.
The final months of the War of 1812 were marked by increasingly fierce fighting. One of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Canada took place at Lundy's Lane in present-day Niagara Falls in July 1814. Episode 6 of the War of 1812 Video Field Guide.
How a Canadian Vietnam veteran sacrificed all in order to win greater respect for his brothers in arms.