Title Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 : official history of the Canadian Army in the First World War / G.W.L. Nicholson

Published Montreal ; Kingston : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Series Carleton library series ; 235 Carleton library series ; 235. Contents Canada at war -- Forging the weapon -- The Battles of Ypres -- Festubert and Givenchy, 1915 -- The St. Eloi Craters and Mount Sorrel, 1916 -- The Battles of the Somme, July-November 1916 -- Behind the front -- The Battle of Vimy Ridge, 9-14 April 1917 -- The capture of Hill 70, 1917 -- Passchendaele, October-November 1917 -- Conscription -- The German offensives of 1918 -- Amiens, 8-11 August 1918 -- Through the Hindenburg Line to Cambrai -- The final advance, 12 October-11 November -- Outside the corps -- After the Armistice -- Appendices. "A" Persons holding principal appointments ; "B" Canadian unites in France and Belgium, November 1918 -- "C" Appointments, enlistments, strength and casualties-Canadian Expeditionary Force -- "D" Infantry Battalions which served with the Canadian Corps, showing subsidiary titles (where applicable) and places of mobilization or organization -- "E" The results of the Military Service Act -- "F" Battles and other engagements in which Canadian Forces participated -- "G" Distinguishing patches of Canadian Units in the field Summary "Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson's Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 was first published by the Department of National Defence in 1962 as the official history of the Canadian Army's involvement in the First World War. Immediately after the war ended Colonel A. Fortescue Duguid made a first attempt to write an official history of the war, but the ill-fated project produced only the first of an anticipated eight volumes. Decades later, Colonel G.W.L. Nicholson--already the author of an official history of the Second World War--was commissioned to write a new official history of the First. Lavishly illustrated with numerous photographs and full-colour maps, Nicholson's text offers an authoritative account of the war effort, while also discussing politics on the home front, including debates around conscription in 1917. With a new critical introduction by Mark Humphries that traces the development of Nicholson's text and analyzes its legacy, Canadian Expeditionary Force, 1914-1919 is an essential resource for both professional historians and military history enthusiasts."-- Provided by publisher Notes Reprint, with new introduction. Originally published: Ottawa : R. Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1962 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force -- History Canada. Canadian Army -- History -- World War, 1914-1918 SUBJECT Canada. Canadian Army fast Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force fast Subject World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Canada World War, 1914-1918 -- Canada HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. HISTORY -- Military -- Canada. Armed Forces Regimental histories SUBJECT Canada -- Armed Forces -- History -- 20th century Subject Canada Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780773597907 0773597905 9780773546172 0773546170

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