Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com
11.03.2026 02:14
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Minesweeper but it's the Strait of Hormuz. Source: sweepthestrait.com
What about Rene Fonck?
On the 4th anniversary of the day I knew Russia had lost, re-upping my explanation of the three allied strategies of the war and how they operate to victory.
Bit of a risk to write such a long sign! Perhaps they had several examples on stand-by.
There is still plenty of time for Canadian university students to apply for the battlefield study tour with the Canadian Battlefields Foundation!
Pour un Instant
Quelle belle chanson !
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI0v...
Infant mortality in Canada in 1900 was 19% in the first year, something beyond our ken today.
I'd watch this sport.
Post a banger, not in English (or any language!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU-w...
Post a banger that isn't in English. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYRp...
Canadian university students should check out this opportunity from the Canadian Battlefields Foundation for a study tour to Europe in late May-June to visit Canadian battlefields of the First and Second World Wars.
261 seats sold in all of Canada for opening night, according to Cineplex Odeon and Landmark Cinemas websites.
For further reading Hugh Halliday's 2012 article in Canadian Military History Journal is a good source. scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol7/iss...
🎶God rest ye merry, gentlemen
Be careful what you hears,
Remember that the Mary Rose
Sailed for thirty-four years
Correct them when you hear it
And help end these awful smears
Don’t you dare say it was her Maiden Voyage,
Mai-ay-den Voyage
Don’t you dare say it was her Maiden Voyage🎶
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, "Bobs" as he was known
General Alexander Cavalié Mercer of G Troop RHA, later G Battery (Mercer's Troop) RHA. Fought at Waterloo and documented his experience in "Journal of the Waterloo Campaign."
Share a TV series you've watched from beginning to end more than once.
Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years.
youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU
I was about to add that about poppies starting in the US, but you got it covered.
Here in Eastern Ontario Loughborough Lake is pronounced Low-boro. When I moved to the area 25 years ago I used the UK pronunciation and was quickly "corrected."
Yes #413
All the regular denizens of the Sidebar of Shame will miss Colin's expertise and commentary. So sorry for your loss. RIP
An image of Alvei under sail. Its website classes Alvei as a "Main topsail schooner"
A black-and-white photo of a group of men rowing a canoe with the name "Radisson" on the side, navigating through choppy waters. The men are actively paddling, wearing casual clothing and hats, with waves splashing around the boat.
From May to September 1967, 100 men on 10 provincial/territorial teams took part in the Voyageur Centennial Canoe Pageant.
The longest canoe race in history, it went from Rocky Mountain House, AB to Montreal.
This is the story of one epic competition.
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National flags becoming more evident here in Canada in reaction to our southern neighbour's announced policy of extinguishing our country. Also an opportunity to reclaim the flag from the far right Freedom convoy types who hijacked it in 2022.
