My Philosophy on Military History
For years I wrote long, well referenced articles about interesting and complex Battles. And lately, Ihave not. I have, instead, resorted to attaching corporate …
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Canadian Armed Forces
Rome Falls Again
On the day Rome fell, 8 million GIs were in uniform, and this was a fivefold increase since Pearl Harbor. It included twelve hundred generals …
Yalta
The conference at Yalta was a chance for the inheritors of power after World War II to decide how to govern. It was obviously one …
Mr. Scott.
James Doohan March 3, 1920 – July 20, 2005 He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the youngest of four children. And although he …
The Avro 729 Interceptor
The Avro 729 was a Canadian and British attempt to create a Cold War high altitude high speed jet bomber and interceptor. It was supposed …
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Orde Wingate
Nothing paints a struggle quite like taking a moment to. Look at casualty and lost lists. There was never a more brutal fight between …
War Poets. John McCrae.
John McCrae Canadian John McCrae volunteered for World War I and served as a brigade surgeon following an artillery unit. At the Second Battle …
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Special Air Service. A Most Interesting And Historic Special Forces.
The origins of today’s corps sized Special Air Service was really an attitude. It was the attitude that no matter the size of the …
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Canadian Air Force Commander Charged With Homicide
“TORONTO – The commander of Canada’s largest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the …
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