Canada
The Troublesome Ross Rifle of WWI
By Jerome BaldwinAt the turn of the 20th century, Canada was dependent on Great Britain for rifles to equip her army. Read more
Canada
The Canadian Military Heritage Museum
By Jerome BaldwinThe Canadian Military Heritage Museum in Brantford, Ontario, has a four-part mission: to collect, preserve, and display artifacts pertaining to the military history of Canada; to maintain and manage a museum for the purpose of education; to display the artifacts at community events; and to honor the fallen and all veterans who have served and are still serving in the Canadian military. Read more
Canada
Mackenzie’s Rebellion
By Chuck LyonsIn December 1837, 400 men armed with muskets, pitchforks, and staves marched against the city of Toronto and the British government. Read more
Canada
Battle of the Scheldt Estuary
By Allyn VannoyAs the Allied armies advanced across Western Europe in the summer of 1944, the First Canadian Army undertook the task of clearing the coastal areas and opening the Channel ports. Read more
Canada
The “White Devil” Robert Rogers and the St. Francis Raid
By Eric NiderostOn the evening of September 13, 1759, Major Robert Rogers and 220 hand-picked rangers climbed into 17 whaleboats and rowed across the placid waters of Lake Champlain. Read more
Canada
To Watch the Weather
By Marty MorganThroughout World War II the Allies enjoyed a certain advantage over the Axis that was purely the product of geography. Read more
Canada
John Burgoyne: Campaign to Saratoga
by Mike PhiferTwo guns flashed and boomed from a British schooner, signaling the long-awaited invasion to end the rebellion in the American colonies. Read more
Canada
Justus Sherwood: Loyalist Frontiersman
by Mike PhiferBorn in Connecticut in 1747, Justus Sherwood moved west into the rugged New Hampshire Grants (later to become the state of Vermont) in 1766 where he took up trading, surveying and making potash. Read more
Canada
The War of 1812: Slugfest at the Battle of Lundy’s Lane
by Mike PhiferIn the cover of darkness and fog, American troops quietly made their way down to the edge of the Niagara River. Read more
Canada
The 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga
by John F. Murphy, Jr.On the morning of July 8, 1758, the largest field army yet gathered by the British Empire in North America stood a mile from a French stone fort in the forests of what was then the colony of New York. Read more
Canada
Commodore Thomas Macdonough During the First Barbary War
by Steven OssadIn the harbor of Tripoli, the 38-gun frigate USS Philadelphia, pride of the Mediterranean Squadron, lay at anchor. Read more
