Tag: England
Virtual exhibition celebrates groundbreaking Canadian war artist Molly Lamb Bobak
By Moira Farr, Army Public Affairs
Ottawa, Ontario — “I love the army and I’ll keep on putting down what I see until the war...
Tory Revolt Over Coronavirus Laws Expected to Be Ignored Despite Calls for Greater Scrutiny by MPs
UK07:12 GMT 29.09.2020(updated 07:15 GMT 29.09.2020)New measures for northeast England took effect on Monday including a ban on mass singing in pubs, attending...
‘I Feared For My Life’ Says Prison Guard Attacked by Alleged Jihadists in UK Jail
UK12:51 GMT 23.09.2020(updated 17:18 GMT 23.09.2020)Whitemoor prison in Cambridgeshire is one of the highest security jails in Britain. Among its 430...
Battle of Britain profile: Wing Commander Arthur Hicklin Warner
Eighty years ago, from early July until the end of October 1940, a deceptively straightforward battle was fought in the skies over England… a...
Battle of the Atlantic Heroes: John Wall
Major Geoff Wall’s grandfather, John Francis Wall, sailed with His Majesty’s Ship (HMS) Illustrious during the Battle of the Atlantic and served until 1945...
Battle of Britain profile: Norma Zelia Watts – WAAF radio telephonist
Eighty years ago, from early July until the end of October 1940, a deceptively straightforward battle was fought in the skies over England… a...
Merkel Reportedly Says Decision on Future of Nord Stream 2 Will Be Made by Europe, Not Germany
Business12:16 GMT 08.09.2020(updated 13:26 GMT 08.09.2020)Last week, after German authorities announced that they would be treating Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny's...
August 23rd William Wallace Day – Remember a Scottish Marty
The 23rd August should be an official day of commemoration and reflection across Scotland. For it was on this day in 1305 that a...
Royal Canadian Navy marks 75th Anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day
Large crowds gathered across Canada on August 15, 1945 to celebrate the end of the Second World War. Victory in the Pacific Day was...
Why Britain Paid Vast Sums to Other Countries to Make War on Napoleon and Why Trade Beat the Emperor
During the Napoleonic Wars Britain spent 14 percent of its total budget on paying France's enemies to carry the fight to the Emperor. Gary Girod, host...
President Trump Deploys More Federal Law Enforcement to US Cities
On the latest episode of Fault Lines, hosts Shane Stranahan and Jamarl Thomas talked about a variety of subjects, including Donald Trump's sending more...
Canadian clearance diving officer disarmed improvised explosive devices in small UK village
When Lt(N) Kevin Okihiro arrived at the scene of the small Cornish village of Upton Cross in South West England, he knew he would...
High Treason: Nazi Collaborators Who Found Themselves on the Wrong Side at War’s End
In May 1945 the Germans finally surrendered after six years of gruesome warfare and the full horror of the Holocaust and other Nazi atrocities...
US B-2 Bombers Conducted Maiden Mission With Norway’s F-35s Over Iceland
Earlier this week, the US Air Force teamed up with its Norwegian counterpart to carry out a first-of-its-kind joint training exercise amid NATO’s ongoing...
Aviation community says goodbye to Fern Villeneuve
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame inductee and first leader of the RCAF Golden Hawks Demonstration Team, Lieutenant-Colonel (retired) Joseph Armand Gerard Fernand “Fern” Villeneuve,...
December 1944: An “Alouette” Christmas story
It was Christmas Eve, December 24, 1944. Flight Sergeant Jean Cauchy was the pilot of a Halifax bomber making a bombing run on Dusseldorf...
