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  Resource Author Year Pub Source Link /Subject
1. A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War Heather Robertson 1977 Toronto: J. Lorimer/Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery/Ottawa: National Museum of Man, 1977 The Air War
2. The Courage of the Early Morning: A Son's Biography of a Famous Father - The Story of Billy Bishop. William Arthur Bishop 1965 Toronto: McClelland and Stewart The Air War
3. Knights of the Air Ezra Bowen 1980 Alexandria: Time-Life Books The Air War
4. Canada's Fighting Pilots Edmund Cosgrove 1965 Toronto: Clarke, Irwin The Air War
5. A Rattle of Pebbles: The First World War Diaries of Two Canadian Airmen Brereton Greenhous 1987 Ottawa: Supply and Services Canada The Air War
6. Knights of the Air: Canadian Aces of World War I John N. Harris 1966 Toronto: Macmillan The Air War
7. The Canvas Falcons: the Men and Planes of World War I Stephen Longstreet 1966 Barnes and Noble, n.d. The Air War
8. Billy Bishop Dan McCaffery 1990 Formac Publishing The Air War
9. Canadian Airmen and the First World War S.F. Wise 1980 Toronto: University of Toronto Press/Department of National Defence The Air War
10. Through Artists' Eyes: War Art in Canada. Canada's Visual History, volume 59; H.A. Halliday   National Museum of Man and National Film Board of Canada, War Art
11. A Terrible Beauty: The Art of Canada at War Heather Robertson ed. 1977 Toronto: J. Lorimer/Oshawa: Robert McLaughlin Gallery/Ottawa: National Museum of Man War Art
12. Art at the Service of Canada: Canada Art and the Great War. Maria Tippett 1984 Toronto: University of Toronto Press War Art
13. First World War Atlas Martin Gilbert 1970 London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson Atlas
14. Ordeal by Fire Ralph  Allen 1961 Doubleday Canada Background
15. Canada at War (From the Archives of Maclean's) Michael Benedict ed. 1997 Toronto: Penguin Books Canada Background
16. Canada 1896-1921: A Nation Transformed. (Canadian Centenary Series) Robert Brown & Ramsey Cook 1974 Toronto: McClelland and Stewart Background
17. The Canadian Response to War: 1914 -1917 J.T. Copp & T.D. Tait   Toronto: Copp Clark, n.d. Background
18. The Years of Agony 1910-1920. (Canada's Illustrated Heritage) John Craig 1977 Toronto: Natural Science of Canada Background
19. Spearhead to Victory: Canada and the Great War Daniel Dancocks 1987 Edmonton: Hurtig Background
20. Valour Remembered: Canada and the First World War Patricia Giesler 1981 Ottawa: Veterans Affairs Canada Background
21. The German Wars D.J. Goodspeed 1977 Toronto: Macmillan Background
22. The Road Past Vimy: The Canadian Corps 1914-1918 D.J Goodspeed 1969 Toronto: Macmillan Background
23. Twentieth Century Canada J.L. Granatstein 1983 Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Background
24. Canada at War: the Record of a Fighting People Leslie F. Hannon 1968 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Background
25. 1914-1918 Voices and Images of the Great War Lyn Macdonald 1991 London: Penguin Books Background
26. 1914: The Dawn of Hope Lyn Macdonald 1987 London: Michael Joseph/Penguin Background
27. Dreadnought Robert K. Massie 1991 New York/Toronto: Random House Background
28. When Your Number's Up: The Canadian Soldier in the First World War. Desmond Morton 1993 Toronto: Random House Background
29. Marching to Armageddon Desmond Morton & J.L. Granatstein 1989 Toronto: Lester and Orpen Dennys Background
30. A Military History of Canada Desmond Morton 1985 Edmonton: Hurtig Background
31. Years of Conflict 1911-1921(Century of Canada Series) Desmond Morton 1983 Toronto: Grolier Background
32. Canada and the World Wars Iain R. Munro 1979 Toronto: Wiley Background
33. Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918 G.W.L. Nicholson 1962 Ottawa: Queen's Printer Background
34. The Great War and Canadian Society: an Oral History Daphne Read ed. 1978 Toronto: New Hogtown Press Background
35. Canadians at War 1914-1918 (Canadiana Scrapbook Series) Donald M. Santor 1978 Scarborough: Prentice Hall Background
36. World War I: the Western Front Peter Simkins 1991 Bramley Books Background
37. Canada and the First World War John Swettenham   Ottawa: Canadian War Museum Background
38. To Seize the Victory: the Canadian Corps in World War I John Swettenham 1965 Toronto: Ryerson Press Background
39. The First World War: an Illustrated History A.J.P. Taylor 1963 London: Hamish Hamilton Background
40. The Great War 1914-1918 John Terraine 1965 New York: Macmillan Background
41. The Guns of August Barbara Tuchman 1994 New York: Macmillan, 1952/Ballantine Background
42. Amid the Guns Below: the story of the Canadian Corps, 1914-1919 Larry Worthington 1965 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Background
43. Conscription 1917 Carl Berger ed. 1969 Toronto: University of Toronto Press Conscription
44. Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada J.L Granatstein & J.M. Hitsman 1985 Toronto: Copp Clark Conscription
45. Conscription - 1917. Canadian Issues Series Alexander Hewlitt 1972 Toronto: McLean Hunter Conscription
46. Robert Laird Borden Craig Brown 1975 Toronto: Macmillan Individuals
47. His Faults Lie Gently The Incredible Sam Hughes Alan R. Capon 1969 Lindsay: F.W. Hall Individuals
48. Sir Arthur Currie Daniel Dancocks 1985 Toronto: Methuen Individuals
49. Sam Hughes: the Public Career of a Controversial Canadian 1885-1916 Ronald Haycock 1986 Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press Individuals
50. General Sir Arthur Currie A.M.J. Hyatt 1987 Toronto: University of Toronto Press/Canadian War Museum Individuals
51. For Most Conspicuous Bravery: A Biography of Major-General George R. Pearkes, V.C. Through Two World Wars R.H. Roy 1977 Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press Individuals
52. Robert Borden (The Canadian Series) Kathleen Saunders 1978 Don Mills: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Individuals
53. Wilfred Laurier (The Canadian Series) Martin Spigelman 1978 Don Mills: Fitzhenry and Whiteside Individuals
54. McNaughton John Swettenham 1968 Toronto: Ryerson Press Individuals
55. Byng of Vimy, General and Governor General Jeffery Williams 1983 London: Leo Cooper/Secker and Warberg Individuals
56. For the Sake of Example: Capital Courts Martial, 1914 - 1920 A. Babington 1983 London: Leo Cooper Military Executions
57. Shot at Dawn Julian Putkowski & Julian Sykes 1989 Barnsley: Wharncliffe Pubishing Military Executions
58. The One-and-a-Half Men Murray Dobbin 1981 New Star Books Native Soldiers
59. Forgotten Soldiers Fred Gaffen 1985 Penticton: Theytus Books Native Soldiers
60. Native Soldiers, Foreign Battlefields Janice Summerby 1993 Ottawa: Veterans Affairs Canada Native Soldiers
61. Heart of Oak: A Pictorial History of the Royal Canadian Navy J.A. Foster 1985 Agincourt: Methuen Naval
62. The Sea is at Our Gates Tony German 1990 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Naval
63. The Killing Time: The German U-Boats 1914-1918 Edwyn A. Gray 1975 London: Pan Books Naval
64. The Great War at Sea: 1914-1918 Richard Hough 1983 New York: Oxford Naval
65. Ready, Aye Ready: An Illustrated History of the Royal Canadian Navy Jack Macbeth   Toronto: Key Porter Naval
66. A History of the Royal Canadian Navy Gilbert Norman Tucker 1952 Ottawa: The King's Printer, 2 volumes Naval
67. Out Bit: Memories of War Services by a Canadian Nursing Sister M.B. Clint 1934 Montreal: Barwick Nursing Sisters
68. The Roses of No Man's Land Lyn Macdonald 1993 London: Michael Joseph, 1980/Penguin Nursing Sisters
69. Seventy Years of Service: A History of the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps G.W.L. Nicholson 1977 Ottawa: Borealis Press Nursing Sisters
70. Canada's Nursing Sisters G.W.L. Nicholson 1975 Toronto: S.Stevens, Hakkert Nursing Sisters
71. Lights Out: A Canadian Nursing Sister's Tale Katherine M. Wilson-Simmie 1981 Belleville: Mika Publishing Nursing Sisters
72. Behind Canadian Barbed Wire: Alien, Refugee and Prisoners of War Camps in Canada 1914-1946 David J. Carter 1980 Calgary: Tumbleweed Press Prisoners
73. Internment Operations: the Role of Old Fort Henry in World War I. Bryan Rollason ed. 1980 Kingston: Delta Educational Consultants Prisoners
74. Silent Battle Desmond Morton 1992 Lester Publishing Prisoners
75. Ducimus: The Regiments of the Canadian Infantry Michael Mitchell 1992 St. Hubert, Quebec: Director of Infantry Regiments
76. The Canadian Military Experience 1867-1983: A Bibliography Owen A. Cooke 1984 Ottawa: Directorate of History, Department of National Defence Regiments
77. Military Uniforms in Canada 1665-1970 Canadian War Museum Historical Publication No. 16 Jack L. Summers 1981 Ottawa: National Museums of Canada Regiments
78. The Ironclads of Cambrai Bryan Cooper 1970 London: Souvenir Press, 1967/Pan Special Units and Weapons
79. Great Weapons of World War I William G. Dooly 1969 Toronto: Ryerson Press Special Units and Weapons
80. The Big Guns: Artillery 1914-1918 Purnell's History of the World Wars Bernard Fitzsimons 1973 London: BPC Publishing Special Units and Weapons
81. Guns 1914-1918 Ian V. Hogg 1971 London: Pan Books Special Units and Weapons
82. The History of the Royal Canadian Engineers A.J. Kerry & W.A. McDill 1962 Ottawa: Thorn Press (Volume 1: 1739-1939) Special Units and Weapons
83. The Tank Story. Purnell's History of the World Wars Andrew Kershaw 1972 London: BPC Publsihing Special Units and Weapons
84. The Gunners of Canada: the History of the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery G.W.L. Nicholson 1972 Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2 volumes 1967-1972 Special Units and Weapons
85. The Machine Gunner Arthur Russell 1977 Kineton: Roundwood Press Special Units and Weapons
86. Trench Warfare 1914-1918: the Live and Let Live System Tony Ashworth 1980 London Macmillan The Trenches
87. The Wipers Times Patrick Beaver ed. 1973 London: Peter Davies The Trenches
88. Ghosts Have Warm Hands William R. Bird 1997 Toronto: Clarke, Irwin 1968/Nepan: CEF Books The Trenches
89. Undertones of War Edmund Blunden 1982 London: Pengun Books, 1928/Penguin Classics The Trenches
90. General Mud: Memoirs of Two World Wars E.L.M. Burns 1970 Toronto: Clarke, Irwin The Trenches
91. The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919 C.J. Dunn 1994 London: P.S. King, 1938/Abacus The Trenches
92. Eye-deep in Hell John Ellis 1977 Glasgow: William Collins (Fontana) The Trenches
93. Fighting Men Leslie M. Frost 1967 Toronto: Clarke, Irwin The Trenches
94. Seventy Years After John Gardam 1983 Stittsville: Canada's Wings Inc. The Trenches
95. Goodbye to All That Robert Graves 1960 London: Cassell, 1929/revised edition Penguin The Trenches
96. The Poisonous Cloud: Chemical Weapons in the First World War L.F. Haber 1986 Oxford: Clarendon Press The Trenches
97. The First 100,000 Ian Hay 1976 London: Seeley, Service & Cooper, 1975/Corgi The Trenches
98. The Bells of Hell Go Ting-a-Ling-a-Ling Eric Hiscock 1977 London: Corgi The Trenches
99. Gas Ian V. Hogg 1975 New York: Ballantine The Trenches
100. No Man's Land: Combat and Identity in World War I Eric Leed 1979 Cambridge The Trenches
101. Her Privates We Frederic Manning 1986 London: Chatto & Windus The Trenches
102. My Grandfather's War: Canadians Remember the First World War 1914-1918 William Mathieson 1981 Toronto: Macmillan The Trenches
103. Over the Top: the Canadian Infantry in the First World War John F. Meek 1971 Orangeville: privately printed The Trenches
104. Surviving Trench Warfare: Technology and the Canadian Corps 1914-1918 Bill Rawling 1992 Toronto: University of Toronto Press The Trenches
105. Poor Bloody Murder: Personal Memoirs of the First world War Gordon Reid 1980 Oakville: Mosaic Press The Trenches
106. All Quiet on the Western Front Erich M. Remarque 1963 London: Mayflower Books The Trenches
107. The Journal of Private Fraser 1914-1918, Canadian Expeditionary Force Reginald H. Roy ed. 1985 Victoria: Sono Nis Press The Trenches
108. The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston Siegfried Sasson 1972 London: Faber The Trenches
109. Who Said War is Hell? Victor Swanston 1983 Saskatoon: Modern Press The Trenches
110. The Killing Ground: the British Army, the Western Front and the Emergence of Modern Warfare T.H.E. Travers 1987 London: Allen & Unwin The Trenches
111. Some Desperate Glory: The World War I Diary of a British Officer 1917 Edwin Campion Vaughan 1988 New York: Henry Holt The Trenches
112. Death's Men: Soldiers of the Great War Denis Winter 1979 London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin Books The Trenches
113. In Flanders Fields Leon Wolff 1961 London: Longmans, 1959/Pan Books The Trenches
114. Our Bravest and Our Best: The Stories of Canada's VC Winners Arthur Bishop 1995 Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Victoria Cross Winners
115.         Victoria Cross Winners
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The Background

Vimy Ridge soldiers Preparing for battle

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The Battle

The Attack takes place

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Aftermath

Follow up and fall out of the battle

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Vimy Ridge April 9 - 12, 1917

Lest we forget

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Vimy Ridge April 9 - 12, 1917

Lest we forget

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