Canada remembers the battle of Vimy Ridge
In Ottawa, the occasion was marked by the return of soldiers to the War Memorial—the first time since Oct. 23
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First World War
The lights of the living
In the place where trench warfare began, grim reminders and haunting questions still linger
In the tower, the poppies flow: Inside an extraordinary art project
A dramatic art installation at the Tower of London pays tribute to 888,246 fallen soldiers
Remembering the First World War with satire, rather than solemnity
The Bodleian Library’s treasures reveal that mockery was a potent British wartime weapon
![Doctored: The combat filed in this Vietnam War photo by François Sully appears to have been expanded, and the position of some soldiers changed. (François Sully, Untitled [Vietnam], 16 July 1962. The Black Star Collection, Ryerson Image Centre.)](/_next/image/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.macleans.ca%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F09%2FMAC37_ART_OF_WAR_GALLERY_POST05.jpg&w=3840&q=80)
A picture paints a thousand lies: On truth and war photography
War news photography has never just been about capturing a moment in time
Maclean’s named the Great War
The term ’the Great War’ first appeared in print in Maclean’s back in October 1914
Could we go to war again?
During the Great War, Canada answered a call to duty with sacrifice that seems unfathomable today
Margaret MacMillan on the road to the First World War
The bestselling historian charts the lead-up to 1914
The war that ended peace
Margaret MacMillan upends notion of inevitability of First World War
Book Review: The start of the First World War
By Christopher Clark