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I British Corps And The Battle Of The Scheldt: A Reassessment, Nicholas Wheeler

Canadian Military History

This paper will demonstrate that I British Corps’ operations were critical to the opening of the port of Antwerp. By examining the impact that I British Corps had on the operational and strategic levels of command within Twenty-First Army Group, it challenges the narrative that their operations were supporting in nature. Anchoring the centre of a three corps operation designed to open the port of Antwerp, clear the Scheldt Estuary, and push German forces out of southern Holland, I British Corps faced the bulk of Fifteenth Army and was decisive in undermining its strategic concept of operations. In fact, I …

Identifying The Enemy In First World War Canada: The Historiography And Bureaucracy Of Enemy Alien Internment And Registration, Mary Chaktsiris

Canadian Military History

Over 8,000 people identified as enemy aliens were interned in Canada during the Great War. Another 80,000 people were required to register with authorities and report regularly. This article presents an overview of historiography about First World War internment in Canada from 1914 to 1920 and explores the changing internment and registration regulations during that period. The results suggest that narratives about First World War internment sit uncomfortably within a Canadian historiography focused on a nation-building narrative. During the Great War, the ability to use wartime legislation to control populations viewed as problematic overshadowed government claims that the internment of …

Why Did First Canadian Army Not Get The Acclaim Of The Canadian Corps?, J.L. Granatstein

Canadian Military History

Canada’s soldiers in the Second World War did not receive the same acclaim from historians as the Canadian Corps in the Great War. Some of the blame for this rests on official historian C.P. Stacey, but some also rests on the loss of leadership material to the Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air Force and on General Harry Crerar who was less of a commander than Sir Arthur Currie. But much also lies with historians who did not look beyond the Normandy fighting to the superb performance of the Canadians in the last nine months of the war.

Review Of "Dominion Of Race: Rethinking Canada’S International History" By Laura Madokoro, Francine Mckenzie And David Meren, Eds., Matthew S. Wiseman

Canadian Military History

Review of "Dominion of Race: Rethinking Canada’s International History" by Laura Madokoro, Francine McKenzie and David Meren, eds.

Review Of "Churchill And Fisher: Titans At The Admiralty" By Barry Gough, James Walton

Canadian Military History

Review of "Churchill and Fisher: Titans at the Admiralty" by Barry Gough.

Review Of "Bombing The City: Civilian Accounts Of The Air War In Britain And Japan, 1939-1945" By Aaron William Moore, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of "Bombing the City: Civilian Accounts of the Air War in Britain and Japan, 1939-1945" by Aaron William Moore.

Review Of "The Endless Battle: The Fall Of Hong Kong And Canadian Pows In Imperial Japan" By Andy Flanagan, Brad St. Croix

Canadian Military History

Review of "The Endless Battle: The Fall of Hong Kong and Canadian POWs in Imperial Japan" by Andy Flanagan.

Review Of "The Long Shadows: A Global Environmental History Of The Second World War" By Simo Laakkonen, Richard P. Tucker, And Timo Vuorisalo, Eds., Alex Souchen

Canadian Military History

Review of "The Long Shadows: A Global Environmental History of the Second World War" by Simo Laakkonen, Richard P. Tucker, and Timo Vuorisalo, eds.

Review Of "Engaging The Line: How The Great War Shaped The Canada-Us Border" By Brandon R. Dimmel, Kyle Pritchard

Canadian Military History

Review of "Engaging the Line: How the Great War Shaped the Canada-US Border" by Brandon R. Dimmel.

Review Of "Always At War: Organizational Culture In Strategic Air Command, 1946-62" By Melvin G. Deaile, Russell Isinger

Canadian Military History

Review of "Always at War: Organizational Culture in Strategic Air Command, 1946-62" by Melvin G. Deaile.

Review Of "One In A Thousand: The Life And Death Of Captain Eddie Mckay, Royal Flying Corps" By Graham Broad, Alexander Fitzgerald-Black

Canadian Military History

Review of "One in a Thousand: The Life and Death of Captain Eddie McKay, Royal Flying Corps" by Graham Broad.

Review Of "This Small Army Of Women: Canadian Volunteer Nurses And The First World War" By Linda J. Quiney, Renée Davis

Canadian Military History

Review of "This Small Army of Women: Canadian Volunteer Nurses and the First World War" by Linda J. Quiney.

Review Of "Global Views On Military Stress And Resilience" By Allister Macintyre, Daniel Lagacé-Roy And Douglas R. Lindsay, Eds., Saralla Chettiar

Canadian Military History

Review of "Global Views on Military Stress and Resilience" by Allister MacIntyre, Daniel Lagacé-Roy and Douglas R. Lindsay, eds.

Review Of "An Instructor’S Guide To Teaching Military Students: Simple Steps To Integrate The Military Learner Into Your Classroom" By Suzane L. Bricker, James R. Cantafio

Canadian Military History

Review of "An Instructor’s Guide to Teaching Military Students: Simple Steps to Integrate the Military Learner into your Classroom" by Suzane L. Bricker.

Review Of "Renatus’ Kayak: A Labrador Inuk, An American G.I. And A Secret World War Ii Weather Station" By Rozanne Enerson Junker, Isabel Campbell

Canadian Military History

Review of "Renatus’ Kayak: A Labrador Inuk, an American G.I. and a Secret World War II Weather Station" by Rozanne Enerson Junker.

Review Of "A Weary Road: Shell Shock In The Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918" By Mark Osborne Humphries, David Borys

Canadian Military History

Review of "A Weary Road: Shell Shock in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918" by Mark Osborne Humphries.

Review Of "The Men Who Lost Singapore, 1938-1942" By Ronald Mccrum, Brian Bertosa

Canadian Military History

Review of "The Men Who Lost Singapore, 1938-1942" by Ronald McCrum.

Nervous System Architecture: Staff College Graduates And The Formation Of Regular, Territorial Force, New Army, And Dominion Divisions, 1914-1916, Brendan Hogan

Canadian Military History

The historiography of the First World War lacks an assessment of the role that trained staff officers had during the expansion of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) between 1914 and 1918. This article aims to determine what role staff college graduates played in the early expansion of the BEF. The central conclusion of this article is that staff-trained officers were critical in the expansion of the BEF during the war. They occupied all the key command and staff appointments in the British regular army, the Territorial Force, New Army, and Dominion divisions, both when those formations were formed and when …

Songs Of War: Anglo-Canadian Popular Songs On The Home Front, 1914-1918, Sara Karn

Canadian Military History

This article explores the production, content, and reception of Anglo-Canadian popular songs composed during the First World War. It argues that popular songs reflected the changing attitudes of Anglo-Canadians, as composers and publishers created music to fulfill different purposes for those on the home front at various stages of the war. In the beginning, the majority of songs were patriotic marches composed to gather support for Britain and the Empire. As the war continued, there was an increase in the number of patriotic songs that expressed a growing sense of wartime Canadian nationalism to enlist recruits. Throughout the war, music …

One Of The Finest Sources Of Recruits: The Canadian Cadet Movement During The Second World War, Kevin Woodger

Canadian Military History

This article examines the history of the Sea, Army, and Air Cadet programs during the Second World War. The movement expanded rapidly during the war, with the assistance of the Canadian forces, which became more directly involved with the equipping, training, and administration of their respective cadet branches. Cadet training became increasingly sophisticated in an effort to provide cadets with the rudiments of modern military training in order to speed their transition into the armed forces when they reached enlistment age. The movement’s leaders viewed their primary role as providing pre-trained recruits to meet the needs of the military, and …

Constructing And Deconstructing 'Victory, 1918' At The Canadian War Museum, Tim Cook, Marie-Louise Deruaz

Canadian Military History

This article explores the history behind the creation of the Canadian War Museum’s exhibition, Victory, 1918: The Last Hundred Days. The exhibition presented the story of the Canadian Corps during the Hundred Days campaign of the First World War and the Canadian contributions to Allied victory. What follows is a glimpse into the challenges of exhibition development. Together, artifacts, personal stories, films, works of art, immersive spaces, reconstructions and colourized historical photographs created an engaging visitor experience while communicating key concepts about the Hundred Days.

Cet article explore l’histoire de la création de l’exposition Victoire 1918: Les cent derniers …

Bridging The Gap: Canadian Engineer Operations At Canal Du Nord–Bourlon Wood, 1918, Brian Pascas

Canadian Military History

During the last hundred days of the Great War, the Allied armies swept eastward past the Hindenburg Line with hammer-blow offensive warfare. Performing their work under intense machine gun and shell fire, engineers erected bridges and constructed roads, allowing infantry and artillery units to pursue the retreating enemy. These combat engineers played a vital role in battle tactics and logistical services of open warfare. Their versatile formations contributed to the Canadian Corps’ rapid victories, which included the successful Canal du Nord crossing leading to the capture of Bourlon Wood in September 1918.

Outpost: The Dominion Of Canada’S Colonial Garrison In Manitoba, 1870 To 1877, David Grebstad

Canadian Military History

Military garrisons were a common requirement of empires, ancient or modern, in order to secure and maintain their imperial authority in colonies. Nineteenth century Canada was no different. When the Dominion of Canada annexed the North-Western interior of North America in 1870, it acquired a peripheral colony to be exploited by the economic, political, and cultural metropole of central Canada. Between 1870-1877, the Dominion maintained a garrison of Active Militia in what is now Winnipeg to pre-empt external aggression, bring order to the frontier, and conduct policing duties in the rough and tumble nascent Province of Manitoba.

Review Of "An Army Of Brigadiers: British Brigade Commanders At The Battle Of Arras 1917" By Trevor Harvey, Tyler Wentzell

Canadian Military History

Review of An Army of Brigadiers: British Brigade Commanders at the Battle of Arras 1917 by Trevor Harvey.

Review Of "Life And Death In Captivity: The Abuse Of Prisoners During War" By Geoffrey P.R. Wallace, Jean-Michel Turcotte

Canadian Military History

Review of Life and Death in Captivity: The Abuse of Prisoners during War by Geoffrey P.R. Wallace.

Review Of "Canadians On The Somme, 1916: The Neglected Campaign" By William F. Stewart, Brian Douglas Tennyson

Canadian Military History

Review of Canadians on the Somme, 1916: The Neglected Campaign by William F. Stewart.

Review Of "Flying To Victory: Raymond Collishaw And The Western Desert Campaign, 1940-1941" By Mike Bechthold, David Stubbs

Canadian Military History

Review of Flying to Victory: Raymond Collishaw and the Western Desert Campaign, 1940-1941 by Mike Bechthold.

Review Of "A Midnight Massacre: The Night Operation On The Passchendaele Ridge, 2 December 1917: The Forgotten Last Act Of The Third Battle Of Ypres" By Michael Locicero, William F. Stewart

Canadian Military History

Review of A Midnight Massacre: The Night Operation on the Passchendaele Ridge, 2 December 1917: The Forgotten Last Act of the Third Battle of Ypres by Michael LoCicero.

Review Of "The British Commonwealth And Victory In The Second World War" By Iain E. Johnston-White, Brad St. Croix

Canadian Military History

Review of The British Commonwealth and Victory in the Second World War by Iain E. Johnston-White.

Review Of "Forgotten Under A Tropical Sun: War Stories By American Veterans In The Philippines, 1898-1913" By Joseph P. Mccallus, Frank Schumacher

Canadian Military History

Review of Forgotten Under A Tropical Sun: War Stories by American Veterans in the Philippines, 1898-1913 by Joseph P. McCallus.