World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler's defeat.

(250406) -- VANCOUVER, April 6, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Army cadets take part in the Vimy Ridge Day commemoration at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver ... ahead of Vimy Ridge Day to honour the Canadian ...

Army cadets take part in the Vimy Ridge Day commemoration at the Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver ... ahead of Vimy Ridge Day to honour the Canadian soldiers who fought in the four-day Battle ...

The Canadian Forces says it is trying to work out problems with its reserve compensation system that has resulted in some part-time soldiers not being paid for their service. One officer has left ...

A special service will be held later this spring at an old cemetery in Scio Township that will commemorate ... commanded by Colonel Robert Van Ness and it was made up of citizen-soldiers that were ...

ATLANTA — (Editor's note: An update on this story has been published for Sunday, March 30: Recovery efforts continue for 4 US soldiers whose armored vehicle sank into mud of 'bog swamp-like area ...

U.S. military personnel and Lithuanian authorities have sent additional forces to search for four U.S. Army soldiers and an M88 Hercules armored vehicle that sank in a swampy pond at a Lithuanian ...

He made sure the attack was carefully planned and that the Canadian troops were well-versed in the new tactics. Individual soldiers and small units were provided with much more information on the ...

An art installation of 1,475 silhouettes of soldiers is making a return visit to Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The figures made by charity Standing with Giants in Stanton ...

The hand-made silhouettes will stand to commemorate 80 years since the end of World War Two in Europe An art installation of 1,475 silhouettes of soldiers is making a return visit to Normandy to ...

Paul Anka became the first Canadian artist to top the Hot 100, scoring in July 1959 with “Lonely Boy.” Anka’s U.S. hits predate the inception of the Hot 100 in August 1958. His 1957 ...

At the end of WWII, the Canadian Red Cross Society (CRCS ... Meanwhile, the wartime blood donation program for soldiers had proven so successful that it seemed natural to create a peacetime equivalent ...