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PARATROOP
TRAGEDY
BATTLE OF
RIDGEWAY
CANADIAN PoWs
IN WW II
MAY/JUNE 2018
PANZERS
CANADIAN ARMY’S VITAL
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Trading blows
Recreational activities
at the Ripples Internment Camp
in New Brunswick included music,
gardening and sports. Here, two
internees square off in the camp yard.
See page 37
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick/MC300-MS92-A3-1994.16.11
F
eatures
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BATTLEFIELD DOCTOR
My great-great-grandfather was
a surgeon who treated soldiers at
the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866
By Murray Brewster
By Marc Milner
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STOPPING THE PANZERS
Canada’s role following D-Day was
vital to the success of Operation Overlord
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ABUSED PRISONERS AND
GREAT ESCAPEES
Canadian soldiers captured in Europe
and Asia had little protection from
brutality, murder and starvation
By Sharon Adams
48
INTO ICY WATERS
Fifty years ago, the Ottawa River claimed
the lives of seven paratroopers on a
routine jump
By Tom MacGregor
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NOT TOO OLD TO SERVE
By Todd E. Caissie
Veterans of the First World War guarded
prisoners in the Second World War
THIS PHOTO
The man the troops called “Ike,” U.S. General
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of
the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, inspects
an overturned German tank abandoned at a
roadside in France by retreating enemy.
ON THE COVER
Victorious soldiers of the 7th Canadian Infantry
Brigade examine a disabled German tank at Authie,
France, on July 9, 1944.
Acme News Photos;
Harold G. Aikman/DND/LAC/PA-114367
COLUMNS
14
MILITARY HEALTH MATTERS
Medical aid in the deep freeze
By Sharon Adams
18
FRONT LINES
Canada’s VC yet to be awarded
By Stephen J. Thorne
20
EYE ON DEFENCE
Preparing for a nuclear attack
By David J. Bercuson
54
FACE TO FACE
Does Canada’s new peacekeeping
policy make sense?
By Stephen J. Thorne and Ernie Regehr
88
CANADA AND THE NEW COLD WAR
The price of the peace dividend
By J.L. Granatstein
90
HUMOUR HUNT
Reading at the Legion
By Terry Fallis
92
HEROES AND VILLAINS
Alfred Booker and John O’Neill
By Mark Zuehlke
94
ARTIFACTS
Tank piercer
By Sharon Adams
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O CANADA
The short heroic life of Buzz Beurling
By Don Gillmor
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