He led Canada to victory in the Great War. Why did the troops dislike him?
Arthur Currie is widely considered one of Canada’s greatest military leaders. But soldiers felt differently.
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First World War
This Canadian private wrote and saved hundreds of letters during the First World War
A rare collection of correspondences between a soldier and his mother offer an intimate look at life at war—and at home
Law, not war: A Nuremberg trial prosecutor on why we need the ICC
Opinion: Ben Ferencz was 27 when he prosecuted Nazi death-squad leaders. He’s nearly 100 now—and knows we mustn’t lose faith in the rule of law
‘If we hadn’t had our rum, we would have lost the war’
Here’s a look at what Canadian soldiers ate and drank to sustain their bodies—and First World War efforts. Many looked forward eagerly to their daily rum ration.
The Maclean’s First World War Cover Registry
Many readers have asked for help finding a particular cover—or the family of a soldier. We’ll try to help.
RH Thomson’s The World Remembers commemorates sacrifice, one name at a time
For the centenary, the actor is collecting and projecting the names of the First World War’s fallen
The First World War brought the end of cavalry and the advent of the tank
The British invented the tank: an armoured vehicle that could roll over both wire and trenches. The problems, however, were many.
With stained glass and service, a Toronto church remembers the fallen
The walls and windows of St. Paul’s record its dead. Still, mysteries remain.
We printed the names of Canadians killed in the Great War. You gave their stories life.
Here’s how Canadians embraced our project to honour the fallen from the First World War—and how, with each name, our readers imbued history with another soul
Conscription divided Canada. It also helped win the First World War.
Canada’s military couldn’t have carried on without the controversial policy