Battlefield News

Battlefield updates and news from The Front

1:00pm: Terry Hunter will present on the Sten Gun also known as ‘The Plumber’s Nightmare’. 1:30pm: Ed Poznanski will talk about RCAF personnel serving with numbers 138 and 148 RAF Special...

Sunday, February 25, 2024 at the Royal Canadian Legion 314, 5550 Anna Street, Manotick, ON, from 12:00 noon to 4:00pm. Be there or be square! Liquor for sale. At 1:00pm...

Terry Hunter will present "The Khaki University". Norm will talk on "Masters of War"; The development of the Canadian Corps, 1914-18 from Colonial Bumkins to the most efficient Corps on...

FREE BOOK! BUY! SELL! TRADE! LIQUOR FOR SALE! 2:00pm: Norm will discuss Arthur Currie in 1918, and the Battle of Amiens, The Black Day of the German Army. Terry "The Rifleman"...

Topics 1:00pm: Terry Hunter discusses two of the most famous Great War weapons; The Vickers Machine Gun and the Lewis Gun. 1:45pm: Michel Gravel will explain finding the Dressing Station of, and...

Hill 70 was one the lesser known victories of the Canadian Corps. It was also Arthur Currie’s first battle as Commander of the Corps. It was a brilliant idea, well...

The Battle of the Somme was the first bloodbath of the Great War for the British Empire. Day 1 cost 20,000 British (and Newfoundlander) deaths, and over the next weeks...

The Ypres Salient was the most infamous of the Great War Battlefields. Held by Empire Forces from 1914-18, being the target of four major battles it’s legacy lives on....

The Gallipoli Campaign was one of the most exotic and infamous of the Great War. Hard-fought in a romantic location, it was the near victory that ended in failure. It...

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a brilliant Canadian Victory. It became synonymous with efficiency and success. But it cost 4,000 Canadian lives. It was the first step in the...

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