The Visigoths were the western branch of the Goths, a Germanic tribe that had originally inhabited the coastal region of the Baltic Sea. The word “Visigoth” means “Goths from the West”. Between the 2nd and 3rd century AD they migrated south, to the region near the Black Sea. In the 4th century, they separated from [...]

The Canadian Corps was a Canadian Army military unit that fought in World War I, at the battles of Ypres (1915), Somme (1916), Arras (1917), Cambrai (1917), Paschendaele (1917) and the 1918 Hundred Days Offensive. Being part of the British Expeditionary Force deployed in France, it consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th [...]

Together with the 1st Division, the Canadian 2nd Infantry Division formed the Canadian Corps that fought in World War I and which was first deployed in the Somme area. Created in 1915, it consisted of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Brigades, each one of them being made up of four infantry battalions, the most conspicuous [...]

We know that the GIs were the American soldiers who fought in world War II and the Grunts were the US fighting soldier in Vietnam, but which of them were the tougher? Which of the two types of soldiers, who represented different historical circumstances and societies, managed to keep their mental integrity, strength, and tenacity [...]

Nicknamed the “Van Doos”, the French Canadian 22nd Battalion was a Canadian Army unit established on October 14, 1914, as part of the 5th Canadian Brigade, 2nd Division of the Canadian Corps, which was organized from the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Being a line infantry unit, the 22nd Battalion was composed of 1,200 men, who fought [...]

The Canadian units that took part in World War I fought in one of the longest and bloodiest battle of the Great War; the Battle of the Somme. Being part of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the Canadian Corps participated in the most vicious military encounters of this battle. The men of this unit, along with [...]