Gold, Juno, And Sword – The British and Canadian Landings on D-Day
Today, the Normandy landings might be most associated with the iconic photos of Omaha Beach, but let us not forget that there were five sectors…
Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited!
In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…
How 500 Canadian Parachutists Helped Secure Victory on D-Day
On the evening of June 5th 1944, just over 540 Canadians boarded planes on the Southern English coast. These men were about to be a…
How A Small Group Of Canadian Paratroopers Saved Denmark From Soviet Occupation
By May 1945 the war in Europe had finally started to wind down. Yet for the men of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, there was…
Gold, Juno And Sword – The British and Canadian Landings on D-Day
Today, the Normandy landings might be most associated with the iconic photos of Omaha Beach, but let us not forget that there were five sectors…
Canadian War Museum Pulled up for Salute Error
Army expert and military veteran Terry Hunter was wandering around the World War Women exhibit at the Canadian War Museum when he noticed a poster…
After 30 Years, Plane Crash Killing 248 101st Airborne Division Soldiers Commemorated
On December 12, 1985, 248 US Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division died in an airplane crash. They were on their way home from a…
100s Killed In Tragic ‘Friendly Fire’ Incidents During The Airborne Assault on Sicily in 1943
Operation Overlord and the D-day landings on June 6th, 1944 were supported by a massive assault of airborne infantry, both paratroopers and men in large…
Canadian Dieppe Veteran & Prisoner of War – Dies Age 95
Jack McFarland served with the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry during WWII. He is remembered fondly by other members of the community of the city of Hamilton.…
Captain Eric Brown Died Age 97 – WWII airman extraordinaire – 2407 Carrier landings and 500 different airplanes!
On 3 December 1945, Brown became the first pilot to land on and (pictured) take-off from an aircraft carrier (HMS Ocean) in a jet aircraft.…
Little-known Volunteers were “Flying Nightingales”: Air-Ambulance Nurses
Lilian West from Cardiff may be one of the last surviving “Flying Nightingales”. The Flying Nightingales were air-ambulance nurses who risked their lives during WW2…
Canadian War Museum Attempts to Spin their Way out of a Salute Error
Army veteran Terry Hunter was wandering around the World War Women exhibit at the Canadian War Museum when he noticed a poster depicting a line…