Tagged: wwi
Vimy Ridge Heaven to Hell
Viewers will be on the ground with the Canadian Corps through a battlefield archaeological excavation. Found objects are subject to analysis-each one allowed to tell its own unique story; to reveal the untold personal...
World War One Hidden Stories: Canada’s Soldier
In the Remembrance Day special “Canada’s Soldier,” Peter Mansbridge retraces the steps that Canadians took as they were dispatched to fight in first World War. Many memories from the Great War remain cloaked in...
Canada’s Wars: An Illustrated History
In this important new book, Jonathan Webb gives young Canadians a comprehensive look at Canada’s efforts in wars ranging from the Boer War of 1884 up to the war in Afghanistan. Each section provides...
Vimy: The Battle and the Legend
Why does Vimy matter? Tim Cook, Canada’s foremost military historian and a Charles Taylor Prize winner, examines the battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 and the way the memory of it has evolved...
No Place to Run: The Canadian Corps and Gas Warfare in the First World War
Historians of the First World War have often dismissed the important role of poison gas in the battles of the Western Front. Tim Cook shows that the serious threat of gas did not disappear...
Passchendaele: Canada’s Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders
This fully-illustrated, easily-accessible, account of the battle of Passchendaele presents the background and details of Canada’s coming of age in The Great War. During WWI, the battle for the tiny Belgium town Passchendaele was...
