As an ally of Nazi Germany, Hunka and the 14th SS Galicia Division took part in numerous massacres of Ukrainian, Jewish, Polish and Slovak civilians. Former members of the 14th Galicia Division were still wanted in Ukraine, Poland, Belarus, Lithuania, and the Russian Federation in 2023 for...
After the ceasefire in 1945, the military sent Molly Lamb Bobak to England, the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. As one of almost 30 Canadian official war artists working during the Second World War, Lamb Bobak created works that are unique because of their focus on servicewomen. Roughly50,...
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Ottawa is in the midst of a spending spree to modernise the RCAF, after decades of stagnation. Airbus has delivered two of Canada’s nine CC-330s – an order worth $2.7 billion (C$3.6 billion) to the European airframer. The first examples of the twinjet are configured ...
If you are travelling to Canada from Germany you will need the Kanada ETA.… Oct 29 Essential ESTA Application Tips Written on Oct, 29, 2018 by Jeffrey Thomas | No Comments Using the electronic system for travel authorization, or ESTA, can make it much easier for you to visit foreign ...
Johann Gutenberg introduced printing to Europe in the middle of the 15th century, completing his famous Bible in Mainz, Germany, around 1454. By 1500, Gutenberg’s innovation had been adopted widely in Europe. European colonists then transported printing technology to the Americas. It was not unti...
Germany played with having their assault rifle as the only squad weapon, but there just weren’t enough StG44 to go around. Their FG-42 paratrooper rifle was used as a squad support weapon–again, due to shortages preventing issuing every paratrooper an FG-42. It’s hard to test the conc...
Cultural differences between the new immigrants, most of whom came from Ireland or Germany, and the general population led to conflict with the established Catholic community and aroused suspicion and hostility among Protestants. A nativist Protestant crusade, characterized by intense anti-Catholic ...
His stance provoked some irritation in Germany. Its ambassador to Canada, Georg Witschel, told the Globe and Mail 1746paper that his country finds it "...somewhat irritating and somewhat disappointing that Canada is so adamantly refusing to help." He cautioned that a major problem in the ...