War Story

The Allies launch strategic bombing sorties on Germany in response to the country's bombing of British cities.

Bomber Command members face return trips home almost as perilous as their assigned missions to Germany.

Canadian veterans recall their country's first full-scale military campaign in World War II, in which Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily.

The Canadian infantry takes on German paratroopers in deadly close-quarters combat during the Battle of Ortona in December 1943.

The Canadian infantry shatters the Hitler Line, while the Armoured Division engages the enemy in the Battle of the Melfa River.