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On the morning of August 19, 1942, thousands of Canadian soldiers approached the occupied coast of France in small landing craft. Ahead of them lay the port of Dieppe, its rocky beaches overlooked by cliffs, fortified buildings, artillery positions and German machine-gun posts. For many of these young Canadians, the grey outline of the French…

By Greg Scott May 5, 2025 The Dutch Ordeal, the Canadian Deliverance, and a Bond That Endures The Netherlands in the spring of 1945 was not merely a country at war—it was a country brought to the brink of starvation, humiliation, and extinction. Under five years of Nazi occupation, the Dutch people endured a ruthless…