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Canada at War – A Graphic History of World War Two
There's a great new book that would make a good introduction to older students on Canada's role in World War Two. Entitled "Canada at War - A Pictorial History of World War Two", it's written by Paul Keery and illustrated by Michael Watt, D&M Publishers Inc.
Read MoreForgotten 1866 British Army casualty identified in Stevensville, Ontario
Peter Vronsky, author of Ridgeway: The American Fenian Invasion and the 1866 Battle That Made Canada, was busy earlier in this month of remembrance when he helped to identify a previously unknown British casualty of the Fenian Raid of 1866.
Read MoreThe “Iron Harvest”
No matter how many times I visit battlefields overseas I still can’t get used to seeing this: At the side of the road, on brick walls that surround Commonwealth War Graves Cemeteries, at the end of farm driveways. Farmers plough them up every year and the French and Belgians call it the “Iron Harvest”. The photograph above was taken in June 2009 at a Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery just outside of Ieper, Belgium. The photograph below was taken in June 2012 near the village of Courcelette in France. When they tell you to look but don’t touch – they mean it. More information can be found in this 2010 article from Flanders...
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