Canadian soldiers

High quality images of the military (from all countries).

"Many of us will spend the holidays with our families. Many of us will not."

In an effort to convey the horror and humanity of the First World War to a younger generation, the Vimy Foundation undertook a project to colourize hundreds of photographs of Canadian soldiers.

High quality images of the military (from all countries).

"I love this photo. It is great to see both Canadian and German soldiers hanging out together — a couple of hours before they could have been shooting at each other and now are just relieved to have a mug of tea."

1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division, Normandy, France 1944

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects the guard of honor of Canadian soldiers, on the square in front of the Reichstag in Berlin 12th July 1945.

The bullet was fired from a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle set up on a high-rise building, thought to be near Mosul in northern Iraq. It took 10 seconds to travel the 2.14 miles towards the terrorist.

The battle of Medak Pocket in September 1993 is the largest battle the Canadian Army had fought since Korean War. Colonel James Calvin and his 875 brave Cana...