Despite their strategic location on the American border, the townships of Lower Canada have been largely ignored in studies of the War of 1812 and the Rebellions of ... but the dual threat of ...

Here, thanks to the personal journal of a Canadian soldier, she discovered an unsung hero of the Great War – the Clydesdale, and other draft horses like it. There were more than eight million ...

What Master Cpl. Jeremy Pinchin did near Kandahar bore a strong similarity to the selfless actions of a Canadian who was awarded the Victoria Cross during the First World War You can save this ...

Three Canadian war heroes have shared their harrowing experience of fighting Putin’s troops in Avdiivka. The three men, known as Bandit, Lance, and Rosumnik, are all part of the Ukrainian 3rd ...

The National Post is launching Heroes Among Us, a special series on Canadian military valour, celebrating courage in the presence of the enemy. Over the coming weeks, we will propose 10 heroic ...

ISBN: 9781682473412 A Forgotten Naval Hero Commodore Joshua Barney (1759-1818), one of ... Barney greatly distinguished himself during the War of 1812, commanding the Chesapeake Bay gunboat flotilla ...

The small town of Lewiston, huddled next to the Canadian border, has a fascinating history. It was the site of the first major battle during the War of 1812, the Battle of Queenston Heights ...

Don't have an account? Create Account OTTAWA — If you want to see a Canadian Victoria Cross, you won’t find it pinned to the chest of a war hero. To see Canada’s highest award for combat ...

Although naval battles in the war of 1812 were small-scale rather than large fleet actions, Mahan shows that they were nevertheless crucial to the outcome. Volume 2 covers events on the Atlantic coast ...

A lasting tribute has been made to a Canadian Second World War hero by naming a new road at Teesside International Airport after him. Andrew Mynarski was an air gunner who flew from Teesside ...

ISBN: 0806190825 The Empire State at War New York’s War of 1812 does much to expose the key role of the ... despite outnumbering the British and Canadian defenders, proved unable to seize any ...