Iarocci and Keshen offer a comparative overview of the Canadian experience in the First and Second World Wars, drawing on older and newer historical studies as frames of reference. They explore the fi
The Great War was a pivotal experience for twentieth-century Canada. Shoestring Soldiers is the first scholarly study since 1938 to focus exclusively on Canada's initial overseas experience from late
On the morning of April 9, 1917, troops of the Canadian Corps under General Julian Byng attacked the formidable German defences of Vimy Ridge. Since then, generations of Canadians have shared a deep e
