Commemorative Coins to Mark D-Day 75th Anniversary
The Royal Canadian Mint is creating two commemorative coins to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
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Santa Claus Hands Out Presents to Dutch Children
Santa Claus (Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan from London) hands out presents to Dutch children at Volkel, 13 December 1944.
Holland and the Canadians
A surreal photograph from a book dedicated to the Canadians who fought in Holland.
Flying to Victory: Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940–1941
Canadian-born flying ace Raymond Collishaw (1893–1976) served in Britain’s air forces for twenty-eight years. As a pilot in World War I he was credited with sixty-one confirmed kills on the Western Front. When World...
World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although related conflicts began earlier. The vast majority...
