The Battle That Made Canada Bleed: Operation Medusa, 20 Years Later Twenty years have passed since the ill fated Operation Medusa, a battle that would become etched in Canadian military history as one of the bloodiest and most ill conceived campaigns of the Afghan War.
Launched on September 2, 2006, the operation was intended to be a decisive blow against the Taliban but ultimately became a testament to the complexities and pitfalls of Western intervention.
The battle itself was a sobering reminder that even with superior firepower and technology, the outcome of war is never certain.