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Review Of "From Victoria To Vladivostok: Canada’S Siberian Expedition, 1917-1919" By Benjamin Isitt, Nicholas Clarke

Canadian Military History

Review of From Victoria to Vladivostok: Canada’s Siberian Expedition, 1917-1919 by Benjamin Isitt

Review Of "Thomas Louis Tremblay, Journal De Guerre (1915-1918)" Edited By Marcelle Cinq-Mars, Catherine Mcleod

Canadian Military History

Review of Thomas Louis Tremblay, Journal de guerre (1915-1918), edited by Marcelle Cinq-Mars

Combat Motivation And Swift Trust In Canada’S Battle Of Hong Kong, 1941, Robert C. Engen, Maxwell Putnam

Canadian Military History

Abstract: In December 1941, the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong was the site of a doomed last stand, when the Imperial Japanese Army assaulted the British enclave near-simultaneously with the strike on Pearl Harbor. Among Hong Kong’s multinational defenders were two battalions of Canadian infantry, designated “C Force.” They held out for a significant period and inflicted heavy casualties upon the Japanese, despite the fact that the Canadians were under-trained, under-equipped and fighting a battle that could not be won. This article is the first major study of combat motivation in the Battle of Hong Kong, taking the Canadian …

Review Of “Pathway To The Stars: 100 Years Of The Royal Canadian Air Force” By Michael Hood And Tom Jenkins, Randall Wakelam

Canadian Military History

Review of Pathway to The Stars: 100 Years of the Royal Canadian Air Force by Michael Hood and Tom Jenkins

Review Of "The Hidden Victims: Civilian Casualties Of Two World Wars" By Cormac Ó Gráda, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of The Hidden Victims: Civilian Casualties of Two World Wars by Cormac Ó Gráda

Review Of "Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping And The Reinvention Of Colonialism, 1945-1971" By Margot Tudor, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Blue Helmet Bureaucrats: United Nations Peacekeeping and the Reinvention of Colonialism, 1945-1971 by Margot Tudor

Review Of "Boosters And Barkers: Financing Canada’S Involvement In The First World War" By David Roberts, Bradley Shoebottom

Canadian Military History

Review of Boosters and Barkers: Financing Canada’s Involvement in the First World War by David Roberts

Review Of "Modelling The Logistics Of Mantzikert" By Philip Murgatroyd, Vincent Gaffney, John Haldon And Georgios Theodoropoulos, Lucas Mcmahon

Canadian Military History

Review of Modelling the Logistics of Mantzikert by Philip Murgatroyd, Vincent Gaffney, John Haldon and Georgios Theodoropoulos

Review Of "Silent Partners: The Origins And Influence Of Canada’S Military Industrial Complex" Edited By Alex Souchen And Matthew S. Wiseman, Peter Kasurak

Canadian Military History

Review of Silent Partners: The Origins and Influence of Canada’s Military Industrial Complex edited by Alex Souchen and Matthew S. Wiseman

Review Of "Scandalous Conduct: Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914-45" By Matthew Barrett, Daniel German

Canadian Military History

Review of Scandalous Conduct: Canadian Officer Courts Martial, 1914-45 by Matthew Barrett

Review Of "Sir John A. Macdonald & The Apocalyptic Year 1885" By Patrice Dutil, Tim Cook

Canadian Military History

Review of Sir John A. Macdonald & the Apocalyptic Year 1885 by Patrice Dutil

Review Of "Horses, Howitzers, And Hymns: The Story Of Lieut. Skey, Mc, And His Father In The Great War" By Marianne S. Goodfellow, Matthew Barrett

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Review of Horses, Howitzers, and Hymns: The Story of Lieut. Skey, MC, and his Father in the Great War by Marianne S. Goodfellow

Review Of "Graphic War Navy: The Secret Naval Drawings And Illustrations Of World War Ii" By Donald Nijboer, Matthew Barrett

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Review of Graphic War Navy: The Secret Naval Drawings and Illustrations of World War II by Donald Nijboer

Review Of "From The Battlefield To The Stage: The Many Lives Of General John Burgoyne" By Norman S. Poser, Matthew Barrett

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Review of From the Battlefield to the Stage: The Many Lives of General John Burgoyne by Norman S. Poser

Review Of "Freedom Soldiers: The Emancipation Of Black Soldiers In Civil War Camps, Courts, And Prisons" By Jonathan Lande, Matthew Barrett

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Review of Freedom Soldiers: The Emancipation of Black Soldiers in Civil War Camps, Courts, and Prisons by Jonathan Lande

Review Of “Dread Danger: Cowardice And Combat In The American Civil War” By Lesley J. Gordon And “Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness And Civil War Soldiers” By Dillon J. Carroll, Matthew Barrett

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Review of Dread Danger: Cowardice and Combat in the American Civil War by Lesley J. Gordon and Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers by Dillon J. Carroll

Through The Eyes Of A Guard: Watson Kirkconnell And Great War Internment In Canada, Daniel R. Meister

Canadian Military History

Histories of internment in Canada have paid much attention to internees’ experiences but far less to those of the guards. Correcting this trend, this article offers a detailed case study of one soldier, Watson Kirkconnell, who worked at the Fort Henry and Kapuskasing internment camps. Drawing on his valuable but heretofore unutilised archive of material, this article provides a vivid social history of the camps through Kirkconnell’s eyes. Nuancing the historiography of wartime internment, this article demonstrates how commandants determined the experiences of both internees and guards alike and, at the same time, that staff could sometimes mitigate their superior’s …

“Your Lads […] Looked Much Like The Reappearance Of Jesus Christ To Us”: Canada, The Iccs And The Release Of Us Prisoners Of War In Vietnam, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Abstract : Between January and July 1973, 240 Canadian military personnel took part in the International Commission for Control and Supervision (ICCS), responsible for monitoring the Paris Peace Agreements ending the American war in Vietnam. Canadian military observers notably supervised the release of 595 Americans prisoners of war (POWs) as well as over 32,000 Vietnamese captives. This article suggests that the ICCS, often viewed in the historiography as ineffective because of the numerous violations of the agreements, was much more successful in terms of monitoring US POW releases. In addition, it argues that helping the ally was a priority for …

The Fear Of Being Unknown: First World War Identification Discs In The Canadian War Museum’S Collection, Brittany Dunn

Canadian Military History

Abstract : The Canadian War Museum holds nearly 250 identification discs from Canadian soldiers and nurses of the First World War. Identification discs were objects of bureaucracy, designed to ensure accurate record keeping of the dead and their places of burial. But these discs were more than just an administrative tool, they represented the hopes and fears of soldiers and their loved ones—the hope of being identified in death and the fear of being one of the missing. Military authorities understood the importance of a known grave to soldiers and their families so burial policy evolved over the war to …

Little Ship, Big Screen: Animating The Battle Of The Atlantic At The Canadian War Museum, Jeff Noakes, Marie-Louise Deruaz

Canadian Military History

The Canadian War Museum developed a large-screen immersive computer-animated video experience for visitors to the Second World War gallery. It is a dramatisation of a Canadian corvette’s nighttime encounter with a German U-boat in the North Atlantic, told from the perspective of the corvette’s crew while escorting a convoy. This article examines and discusses the process of developing the upgrade, including decisions about subject matter and approach, and design and accessibility. The role of archival and historical research in defining these objectives is detailed, together with a behind-the-scenes look at the development and installation of the final product.

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“I Endeavored To Give A Pen And Ink Panorama Of The War As I Saw It”: Lieutenant E.W.B. Morrison In The South African War, Tim Cook, Hanna Murray

Canadian Military History

Employing eyewitness accounts to explore the experiences of Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, this article examines his wartime service in the South African War (1899-1902). A prominent journalist and later major-general in the Great War, Morrison served in South Africa as an artillery officer with D Battery, Royal Canadian Artillery. This article contextualises several of Morrison’s rare sketches from the collection of the Canadian War Museum, shedding new light on his service and that of Canadians in the long campaign.

Usant de témoignages pour explorer l’expérience d’Edward Whipple Bancroft Morrison, cet article se penche sur ses années de service militaire pendant …

Telling The Stories Of Airwomen In The ‘Forgotten Decade’: 1952-62, Rebecca Hartley, Allan English

Canadian Military History

The Royal Canadian Air Force’s centennial represents a time for reflection. While thousands of young women served in the RCAF during the 1950s, many of their stories have since been overlooked or forgotten. Joining the air force meant access to international travel, new social connections, and valuable vocational training — all of which were relatively unattainable for many women at this time. By studying the photographs, memoirs and collected paraphernalia of Leading Aircraftwoman Ruth Doreen Wright (née Tower), this paper reconstructs an airwoman’s typical RCAF career and her perceived value of her RCAF experience on the rest of her life.

Review Of "A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives On Canadian Foreign Aid" Edited By Greg Donaghy And David Webster, Jonathon Zimmer

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Review of A Samaritan State Revisited: Historical Perspectives on Canadian Foreign Aid edited by Greg Donaghy and David Webster

Review Of "Enduring Alliance: A History Of Nato And The Postwar Global Order" By Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jean-Michel Turcotte

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Review of Enduring Alliance: A History of NATO and the Postwar Global Order by Timothy Andrews Sayle

Review Of "Hanged In Medicine Hat: Murders In A Nazi Prisoner-Of-War Camp, And The Disturbing True Story Of Canada’S Last Mass Execution" By Nathan M. Greenfield, Andrew Theobald

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Review of Hanged in Medicine Hat: Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp, and the Disturbing True Story of Canada’s Last Mass Execution by Nathan M. Greenfield

Review Of "I Can Only Paint: The Story Of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton" By Irene Gammel, Bradley Shoebottom

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Review of I Can Only Paint: The Story of Battlefield Artist Mary Riter Hamilton by Irene Gammel

Review Of "The Spanish Blue Division On The Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory" By Xosé M. Núnez Seixas, Ben H. Shepherd

Canadian Military History

Review of The Spanish Blue Division on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945: War, Occupation, Memory by Xosé M. Núnez Seixas

Review Of "Battlefield Emotions In Late Antiquity: A Study Of Fear And Motivation In Roman Military Treatises" By Łukasz Różycki, Lucas Mcmahon

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Review of Battlefield Emotions in Late Antiquity: A Study of Fear and Motivation in Roman Military Treatises by Łukasz Różycki

Review Of "Atrocity On The Atlantic: Attack On A Canadian Hospital Ship During The Great War" By Nate Hendley And "Asleep In The Deep: Nursing Sister Anna Stamers And The First World War" By Dianne Kelly, Craig Leslie Mantle

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Review of Atrocity on the Atlantic: Attack on a Canadian Hospital Ship During the Great War by Nate Hendley and Asleep in the Deep: Nursing Sister Anna Stamers and the First World War by Dianne Kelly

Review Of "Warriors And Warships: Conflict On The Great Lakes And The Legacy Of Point Frederick" By Robert D. Banks, Thomas Malcomson

Canadian Military History

Review of Warriors and Warships: Conflict on the Great Lakes and the Legacy of Point Frederick by Robert D. Banks