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Canada’s first foreign war Fighting in the Battle of Paardeberg in South Africa in February 1900, Canadian troops won their first major engagement in an overseas war. A quiet victory in the gulf Canadian air power was the key to shutting down the U-boat assault in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in 1942. The magnificent eleven A self-invented war photographer’s 11 surviving photos immortalize D-Day. Hush-hush heroes, part 2 Canada’s Second World War agents in Asia defied the risk of imprisonment, torture and death in aid of the Allied cause. Face to Face: Was it right for Canada to send troops to the South African War? Heroes and Villains: Montgomery and Rommel’s showdown in the Egyptian desert. GNATs versus CATs: When Germany introduced acoustic-homing torpedoes, Canada responded with noisemakers that lured them off-target. O Canada: John McCrae’s baptism of fire.