My original plan was to have an episode about the war effort and propaganda, but I realized that coming off the war effort at home, there would be a lot of similarities, so I decided to push that episode down a little, and instead focus on something...
Today, we are traveling back home to Canada to look at the war effort in Canada. Primarily I will be focusing on the things regular citizens, with help from the government, did to aid the war effort and help soldiers overseas. In 1914, as war fever...
One of the most important political leaders for Canada during the first part of the First World War was a charming, somewhat vain and colourful man named Samuel Hughes. With his extremely strong belief in the Imperial connection with England, and in...
When looking at Canada in the First World War, the pictures tend to tell the story of white Canadians fighting in battles. The stories of the soldiers also focus on white Canadians, but there were many others who fought, and died for their country...
After looking at the life of Canadians in the trenches, its time to get back to the battles. So far, Canada had seen some minor battles, at least in terms of what was to come, and by May of 1915, the Canadian Expeditionary Force was about to see its...
The past few episodes I have talked about the battles that Canadians were facing early in 1915, but today I am taking a pause and looking at what life was like for the Canadian soldiers in the trenches. We all know that it was not a great place to...
Around the same time that the Battle of Kitcheners’ Wood was ending for the Canadian troops, a new battle was just beginning. The Battle of St. Julien would begin on April 24, 1915. This battle would be notable for many reasons, not the least of...
Just over one month after Canada had its first taste of battle with the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, the soldiers in the Canadian divisions had gone through minor skirmishes, including at St. Eloi on March 14-15, just after the Battle of Neuve Chapelle...
The past three episodes we have primarily looked at what was happening in Canada over the course of the first few months of the First World War, but today we are diving into the first major battle to feature the Canadian Expeditionary Force, the...
Dating back to the early 1700s, the first German immigrants began to arrive in Canada. They would settle across the country over the coming centuries, integrating themselves into communities and helping the country prosper. The descendants of German...