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For the first time in Canadian military history, Canadian forces fought as a distinct unit, first under a British commander but ultimately under a Canadian-born commander. [4] The highpoints of Canadian military achievement during the Great War came during the Somme , Vimy , and Passchendaele battles and what later became known as " Canada's Hundred Days ". [ 5 ]
Nov 12, 2018 · In the final weeks of the war, Canadian Fred Hamilton would describe being singled out for a beating by a German colonel after he was taken prisoner. “I don’t care for the English, Scotch ...
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Aug 5, 2013 · Last Edited November 30, 2023. The First World War of 1914–1918 was the bloodiest conflict in Canadian history, taking the lives of nearly 61,000 Canadians. It erased romantic notions of war, introducing slaughter on a massive scale, and instilled a fear of foreign military involvement that would last until the Second World War.
This database combines references to various First World War personnel records. Digitization of the Canadian Expeditionary Force personnel files is complete. The database also includes digitized files for many individuals who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment and Newfoundland Forestry Corps (courtesy of the Rooms Provincial Archives).
Aug 1, 2014 · The Canadian Great War Soldier. Canada, as part of the British Empire, found itself at war on 4 August 1914. Yet Canadians would decide the extent of their commitment to the war. With no air force, a puny navy, and a professional army of a mere 3,100 men, the soon-to-be Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) would consist of citizen soldiers from ...
Nov 10, 2021 · The Canadian Army was created from almost nothing. Training, leadership and grit made it indispensable to the effort to win the First World War. J.L. Granatstein. The once-ragtag Canadian Corps ...
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Feb 6, 2006 · The Canadian Expeditionary Force was the army raised by Canada for service overseas in the First World War. About 630,000 Canadians enlisted between 1914 and 1918—most of them volunteers—as soldiers, nurses, doctors, and forestry and railway crews. More than 234,000 were killed or wounded in the war. Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie.
