Canadians rejoiced as Allies defeated Hitler and his Nazis, but for POWs, the end to the war was still a march away.
Canadians celebrate Allied defeat of Hitler and his Nazis; wild rejoicing from coast-to-coast was caught on film.
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Canadian War Museum historian John Maker answers questions about the invasion that liberated Europe during the Second World War.
A Second World War-era photo illustrates Canada’s determination to defeat Nazis.
No one knew how to treat soldiers suffering from shell shock in the First World War, so doctors tried everything including shaming, blaming, and electric shocks.
For the cameramen of the Second World War, half the battle was about making their film the first to hit the newsreels.
