Check out our latest article, “Writing the Canadian Official Histories of the Second World War” by Megan Hamilton, now available as part of the War & Society Web Series.
Category: War & Society Web Series
The Press in Wartime: Lord Kitchener, Press Censorship and the Battle of Mons
“The Press in Wartime: Lord Kitchener, Press Censorship and the Battle of Mons” by Alexander Maavara is now available on the LCMSDS Centre Blog.
Gridlock Averted: The Importance of the Canadian Corps’ Tramways Organization at Second Arras in 1918
“Gridlock Averted: The Importance of the Canadian Corps’ Tramways Organization at the Second Arras in 1918” by Bill Stewart is now available on the LCMSDS Centre Blog.
Underestimated Leadership: Assessment of Harry Crerar’s competency during WWII
by Marianne Grenier – Canadian Military History Colloquium Web Series.
The Canadians who Captured the First Tiger Tanks where No Canadian Forces Fought, Part III
The third and final installment in the three-part series of “The Canadians who Captured the First Tiger where No Canadian Force Fought” by Bruce Newsome is now available on the LCMSDS Centre Blog.
The Canadians who Captured the First Tiger Tanks where No Canadian Forces Fought, Part II
The second installment in the three-part series of “The Canadians who Captured the First Tiger where No Canadian Force Fought” by Bruce Newsome is now available on the LCMSDS Centre Blog.
The Canadians who Captured the First Tiger Tanks where No Canadian Forces Fought, Part I
This is the first article in a three-part series on the deployment of German Tiger tanks in 1942, by Bruce Oliver Newsome, a lecturer in international relations at the University of San Diego.
The French Commando Course of Vieux-Brisach, Winter 1976
by Frank Reid – Canadian Military History Colloquium Web Series. Discussion Open until December 23rd.
“If my Son had not Joined the Army, He would Still be Alive…”: The Struggle to have Soldier Suicides Recognized as War-Related Deaths
So much of what we have today comes from the great courage, sacrifice and loss of those who fought a century ago. Though the war was over, there were still many whose minds never really left the trenches. In this week following Remembrance Day, Kathleen Taggart takes pause to commemorate those who could never put the war behind them, and who suffered every hardship until it was too much to bear.
Ghostly Tales, Dark Tourism and the (Un)Haunted Landscapes of the First World War
In this LCMSDS Centre Blog’s Halloween Special, sit down with Dr. Kyle Falcon for some
ghostly tales and even spookier questions surrounding the supernatural, remembrance and the commemoration of battlefields from the First World War.