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...
More than a century after it was dispatched by a German soldier, a message sent via carrier pigeon has been found by chance.
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...
A sound ranging film from the front lines has been used to recreate the audio of the guns falling silent at the end of the First World War.
John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” has resonated for generations. In this year 100th year of Armistice, a new voice has been given to his words with a modern interpretation connecting 1918 to 2018.
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...
On the centenary of the end of First World War, Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) presents the World Premiere of an extraordinary new work showing the Great War as you have never seen it.
Though plagued by controversy Hurley’s photos of the Western Front of the First World War stand as some of the most stunning images of the conflict in existence.
