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Canada’s national museum of military history. En Français: @MusCanGuerre. Follow us on Instagram: CanWarMuseum. #WarMuseum

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🎤 What happens when we truly listen? “The Bonds of Veteranhood” explores the strength of those who served in overlooked missions—and how their stories are reshaping history. 📅 Oct 2–5 🔗 Full program → warmuseum.ca/events/confere… #OralHistory #MilitaryHistory

🎤 What happens when we truly listen?

“The Bonds of Veteranhood” explores the strength of those who served in overlooked missions—and how their stories are reshaping history.

📅 Oct 2–5
🔗 Full program → warmuseum.ca/events/confere…
#OralHistory #MilitaryHistory
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What did a Canadian soldier carry in 1914?🎒📷 This photo by Capt. W.C. Merston shows a WWI soldier’s full kit—British-style, but with “CANADA” bars and distinct cap badges. 🔗 See more: warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/ 📸 CWM 19950115-006 #CWMArchives #WWIHistory

What did a Canadian soldier carry in 1914?🎒📷

This photo by Capt. W.C. Merston shows a WWI soldier’s full kit—British-style, but with “CANADA” bars and distinct cap badges.

🔗 See more: warmuseum.ca/firstworldwar/
📸 CWM 19950115-006
#CWMArchives #WWIHistory
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The Rwandan Genocide ended July 18, 1994—after 100 days, 800,000+ lives lost. Canadian Gen. Roméo Dallaire led a small UN force, saving thousands. His vest remains a symbol of courage—and the cost of silence. 📸 CWM19950076-015 #RememberRwanda #CWMCollections

The Rwandan Genocide ended July 18, 1994—after 100 days, 800,000+ lives lost.

Canadian Gen. Roméo Dallaire led a small UN force, saving thousands.

His vest remains a symbol of courage—and the cost of silence.
📸 CWM19950076-015
#RememberRwanda #CWMCollections
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A quiet wartime moment—made unforgettable. 🎨🌿 Painted in 1917 by A. Y. Jackson, Camouflaged Huts, Villers-au-Bois captures beauty in simplicity and silence. 📸 CWM 19710261-0166 #WarArt #CWMCollections

A quiet wartime moment—made unforgettable. 🎨🌿

Painted in 1917 by A. Y. Jackson, Camouflaged Huts, Villers-au-Bois captures beauty in simplicity and silence.

📸 CWM 19710261-0166
#WarArt #CWMCollections
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🎨 Veterans use more than words. At the Canadian War Museum Conference 2025, the panel Military Testimony and the Arts explores how creativity helps express trauma, resilience, and healing. 📅 Oct 2–5 🔗 warmuseum.ca/events/confere… #VeteranVoices #HealingThroughArt

🎨 Veterans use more than words.

At the Canadian War Museum Conference 2025, the panel Military Testimony and the Arts explores how creativity helps express trauma, resilience, and healing.

📅 Oct 2–5
🔗 warmuseum.ca/events/confere…
#VeteranVoices #HealingThroughArt
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Cleaning revealed new details in British Tank in Action. Every time you look at this painting, there is something new to discover. Come see real war machines up close at War Machines Weekend this August. Learn more → warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… CWM 19880154-001

Cleaning revealed new details in British Tank in Action. 

Every time you look at this painting, there is something new to discover.

Come see real war machines up close at War Machines Weekend this August.
Learn more → warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w…

CWM 19880154-001
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Check out Historian Andrew Burtch article on how #Canada and other Commonwealth countries struggled to adapt to the challenges of casualty handling, burial, and commemoration during and after the #Korean War.

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Tiny details, big story. 🛠️ This Grizzly's hidden history is in the bolts, stamps, and scars. 🎟️ See it in motion Aug 9–10 🔗 warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… #TankTuesdays #WarMachines2025

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Steel, speed, and Canadian ingenuity. 🇨🇦💥 From the Ram Kangaroo to the Grizzly, these vehicles tell a story of wartime innovation. 📍 See them in motion Aug 9–10 🔗 warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… #WarMachines2025 #MilitaryHistory

Steel, speed, and Canadian ingenuity. 🇨🇦💥
From the Ram Kangaroo to the Grizzly, these vehicles tell a story of wartime innovation.
📍 See them in motion Aug 9–10
🔗 warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w…
#WarMachines2025 #MilitaryHistory
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Halfway through summer and admission’s still half off! ☀️🎟️ With the Canada Strong Pass: ✅ 17 & under: free ✅ Ages 18–24: 50% off Visit the War Museum before Sept 2! 🔗 warmuseum.ca/plan-your-visi… #CanadaStrongPass #OttawaSummer

Halfway through summer and admission’s still half off! ☀️🎟️

With the Canada Strong Pass:
✅ 17 & under: free
✅ Ages 18–24: 50% off

Visit the War Museum before Sept 2!
🔗 warmuseum.ca/plan-your-visi…
#CanadaStrongPass #OttawaSummer
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The Korean War armistice was signed July 27, 1953. Fighting stopped, but peace never truly came. Over 26,000 Canadians served. 516 died. Many stayed to watch a fragile peace.🕊️🇰🇷 📸 CWM 19700116-047 #KoreanWar #CWMCollections

The Korean War armistice was signed July 27, 1953. Fighting stopped, but peace never truly came. Over 26,000 Canadians served. 516 died. Many stayed to watch a fragile peace.🕊️🇰🇷

📸 CWM 19700116-047
#KoreanWar #CWMCollections
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Forget trading cards—we’ve got real steel. 🃏💣 Pick your favourite tank: fastest, heaviest, most firepower. 🎟️ See them live Aug 9–10 🔗 warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… #WarMachines2025 #TankStats

Forget trading cards—we’ve got real steel. 🃏💣
Pick your favourite tank: fastest, heaviest, most firepower.
🎟️ See them live Aug 9–10
🔗 warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w…
#WarMachines2025 #TankStats
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👥 Meet two of Canada’s leading military historians. Keynotes by Dr. Michael Petrou and Dr. Tim Cook will anchor our Canadian War Museum Conference 2025. Expect insight, nuance, and stories you’ve never heard before. 🗓️ October 2-5. Save your seat → warmuseum.ca/events/confere…

👥 Meet two of Canada’s leading military historians.

Keynotes by Dr. Michael Petrou and Dr. Tim Cook will anchor our Canadian War Museum Conference 2025. Expect insight, nuance, and stories you’ve never heard before.

🗓️ October 2-5. Save your seat → warmuseum.ca/events/confere…
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“She never stopped fighting for her country and for equality.” ⚓🎨 Doris Hope intercepted U-Boat signals in WWII as a WREN. Her work helped crack Enigma. This portrait honours her legacy as a wartime operator and advocate. 🎨 CWM 20190297-002 #WRCNS #CWMCollections

“She never stopped fighting for her country and for equality.” ⚓🎨

Doris Hope intercepted U-Boat signals in WWII as a WREN. Her work helped crack Enigma. This portrait honours her legacy as a wartime operator and advocate.

🎨 CWM 20190297-002
#WRCNS #CWMCollections
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Passchendaele, a name soaked in mud and memory. 🌧️🎨 In 1917, Canadians fought fierce battles to capture Passchendaele ridge at a heavy cost, with over 15,000 casualties. This painting by Douglas W. Culham shows the devastation he saw. 🎨 Mud Road to Passchendaele, c. 1917

Passchendaele, a name soaked in mud and memory. 🌧️🎨

In 1917, Canadians fought fierce battles to capture Passchendaele ridge at a heavy cost, with over 15,000 casualties. This painting by Douglas W. Culham shows the devastation he saw.

🎨 Mud Road to Passchendaele, c. 1917
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Meet the Sexton: Canadian-built, 25-pounder, self-propelled artillery. 💥🇨🇦 Getting her moving again? No small task. Six injectors, 18 spark plugs & one stubborn reverse lockout later—she’s almost ready to roll. 🎟️ Aug 9–10 → warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… #WarMachines2025

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Plan ahead for road closures on Sunday, Aug 3 during IRONMAN Canada–Ottawa. 🚧 Kichi Zībī Mīkan, Wellington (eastbound), and Portage Bridge closed 6 am–4 pm. Museum access via Booth (ON) or Chaudière (QC). 🗺️ Maps → ironman.com/races/im-canad… #OttTraffic

Plan ahead for road closures on Sunday, Aug 3 during IRONMAN Canada–Ottawa. 🚧
Kichi Zībī Mīkan, Wellington (eastbound), and Portage Bridge closed 6 am–4 pm.
Museum access via Booth (ON) or Chaudière (QC).

🗺️ Maps → ironman.com/races/im-canad…

#OttTraffic
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Canada answered the call. 🌊⚓ On Aug 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Just weeks later, HMCS Terra Nova joined a Canadian naval task force headed for the Gulf, backing a growing international coalition. 📸 Terra Nova departs Halifax, Aug 24, 1990 \#GulfWar #CWMCollections

Canada answered the call. 🌊⚓

On Aug 2, 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Just weeks later, HMCS Terra Nova joined a Canadian naval task force headed for the Gulf, backing a growing international coalition.

📸 Terra Nova departs Halifax, Aug 24, 1990
\#GulfWar #CWMCollections
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August 4, 1914: Canada enters the First World War. 🇨🇦 When Britain declared war on Germany, Canada was in too. By 1918, 619,000+ Canadians had enlisted—out of a population under 8 million. 📸 Navy League of Canada poster \#WWIHistory #CWMCollections

August 4, 1914: Canada enters the First World War. 🇨🇦

When Britain declared war on Germany, Canada was in too. By 1918, 619,000+ Canadians had enlisted—out of a population under 8 million.

📸 Navy League of Canada poster
\#WWIHistory #CWMCollections
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🔧 Stripped to bare metal for the first time since 1943, our Grizzly revealed a hidden history—wartime numbers, postwar markings, even a “B” from Meaford Range. Now restored as a 1944 Camp Borden trainer. 🎟️ See it Aug 9–10: warmuseum.ca/war-machines-w… #WarMachines2025