Remembering and Researching Canada's Military Contributions
By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps...
While there is much written about war—specifically, World War I and the political and tactical components of the war—it is the soldiers on the ground who fought and died that should be remembered. It...
Just before 3 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, a telegraph came over the wire, triggering a race to break the news that the Great War was over. When Germany surrendered, Torontonians gave up their...
The story of one soldier’s experience and memory as a Canadian soldier in the First World War, which ended a century ago on November 11, 1918.
Farquhar McLennan was a phenomenal soccer player and a generational athlete. He was also a private in the 58th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. In the summer of 1915 he embarked on a journey into...
World War I was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. More than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in one of the largest wars in history.
