Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant military operations in modern history: the D-Day Normandy landings ...

This piece was originally published on Aug. 9, 2019. Seventy-five years ago this week, Canadians were on the verge of helping win the Battle of Normandy. It was a costly campaign. Canadian ...

The first edition ofFields of Fireand its sequel,Cinderella Army, offered a new interpretation of the Canadian role in the liberation of Normandy and Northwest Europe ... It was up to the 2nd British ...

The greatest seaborne invasion in history was aimed at 80 kilometres of mostly flat, sandy beach along the Normandy ... Canadian Infantry Division, commanded by Major General R. F. Keller and the ...

The roots reach back to 1944, when the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and the 2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade suffered just over 1,000 fatal casualties in Normandy. Of those, one in seven was slain ...

Minutes after midnight on June 6, 1944, the first Canadians dropped ... set about reversing their fortunes in the Second World War. More than 10,000 Canadian sailors and 15,000 Canadian troops ...

On board the restored Second World ... he did on June 6, 1944, as a 19-year-old member of the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. The sea voyage was a surprise for Parks, a 99-year-old Canadian, arranged ...

In Britain, 1944 is remembered primarily as "the year of D-Day, when thousands of British, Canadian and American soldiers waded ashore on the Normandy ... book about the Second World War ...