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“17 DIFFERENT KINDS OF HELL”
Canada gets its first tasted of the Great War

“CANADA NOW STANDS FOR BRAVERY, DASH AND COURAGE”
In their first overseas battle, Canada’s soldiers proved their mettle

THE MOBILIZATION MEN
Known derisively as zombies, thousands of Canadian men were conscripted—originally for home defence—under the WW II National Resources Mobilization Act. Late in the war, many were forced to the front lines.

THE LAST SORTIE OF NN766
How one mostly Canadian Lancaster crew met the demise of so many in Bomber Command

HOME MAKERS
Facing a housing shortage as Canadians gravitated to urban centres during the Second World War, the federal government got building

REMEMBERED AT SEA
During the Second World War, Canadian editorial illustrator Bob Chambers created a series of memorial cards to honour those Allied ships and their crews that didn’t make it home

DEDICATION TO REMEMBRANCE
As the faces of Canadian veterans change, Canadians gathered in Ottawa for the annual ceremony to continue their commitments to honouring military sacrifice

LIFETIME OF SERVICE
In Toronto, a Korean War veteran continues to remember


MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Ripples of service

FRONT LINES
Knights of the sky

EYE ON DEFENCE
Oh, Canada

FACE TO FACE
Should Canadian ships sunk in war be considered war graves?

CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR
Interference pattern

HUMOUR HUNT
Chasing Venus

HEROES AND VILLAINS
Ken Taylor and an Iranian mob

ARTIFACTS
Postcard from the front

O CANADA
Searching for Franklin