World War 2

Screenshot: Activision / Kotaku The original Call Of Duty, released 18 years ago, was a game that gave a shit about the Second World War. To play it today (and you should, it remains excellent) is to experience fear, disorganization, confusion, and horror. A bunch of barely-trained teenagers are thrown…

When the Second World War ended, they returned to unjust treatment in Canada. Philip Favel was among those who took up a new battle on the home front. Author of the article: Stacey Barker Philip Favel, a member of Sweetgrass First Nation, was one of several thousand Indigenous men and…

Jack Rhind, 101, is a veteran of the Second World War who lives in Toronto.Photography: Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail • handouts courtesy of Jack Rhind At 101 but not looking a day over 80 as he moves briskly about his brown-brick Rosedale home sporting a swoop of thick white…

Several Japanese Canadians who were forced out of their homes into internment camps by the Canadian government in the Second World War are now living in Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in northeastern Toronto. Sue Kai tells her son, Brian, about her years of being forced to live in…

The Asia Pacific region has enjoyed decades of economic growth—from the post-Second World War rise of Japan, to the rapid industrialization of the “Four Asian Tigers” (South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong) between the 1960s and 1990s, along with China’s meteoric rise through the late 20th century, and today’s…

St. Joseph Island's Ken Hanson, 89, served as ground crew member with RCAF Ken Hanson, a St. Joseph Island resident, is a Second World War veteran who has preserved his memories of those years in sketches and watercolour paintings. His collection of original art work, produced during his wartime experience overseas…

SASKATOON -- Moose Cree man Charles Henry Byce was the most decorated Indigenous soldier from the Second World War, being awarded both the Military Medal and the Distinguished Conduct Medal. “Just to think that dad went from residential school to Buckingham Palace, where he was decorated by King George VI…

Vanguard won't join the pantheon of Call of Duty games, but it's a decent stop-gap for those waiting for Modern Warfare's return. It feels like a stop-gap year for Call of Duty. Developer Sledgehammer Games finds itself sandwiched in-between the mega sub-brands that are Modern Warfare and Black Ops, and…

The discovery of F.O. William Joseph Kyle's watch led Veterans Affairs Canada—and his family—to where his plane went down during the Second World War In November 1990, a hunter found a watch while trekking through the jungle in northwest Burma (now Myanmar). It was weathered, as if it had spent…

AN ANTI-VACCINE activist group stormed an NHS ward wielding bogus World War 2-inspired legal notices, citing supposed evidence of Covid being a "hoax". Colchester: Anti-vaxxers storm hospital to serve 'legal notices' Sign up to receive our rundown of the day's top stories direct to your inbox Invalid email We use…