How lost Canadian First World War soldiers were identified after a century
In August 2018, families honour long-missing relatives at a burial ceremony in France
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Hundred Days
How Canada fought its last battle in the First World War
Canada’s war finally ended in Mons, Belgium, the scene of the first skirmishes between British and German troops in 1914.
Why we’re honouring exactly 66,349 Canadians who died in the First World War
Even a century later, it’s difficult to say how many Canadians died in the Great War. Here’s how we determined our number.
At Cambrai, Canada smashed desperate German defences
The price of the campaign to finish off the Germans was steep for Canada: 1,544 officers and 29,262 soldiers killed, wounded or captured
Canada’s audacious plan to beat an unbeatable enemy on this day in 1918
It took the combined efforts of infantry, artillery, armour and air power to overcome the formidable obstacle that was Canal du Nord
How Canada broke through Germany’s critical Hindenburg Line in 1918
Canadians knew that fighting past the Drocourt-Quéant Line would be costly. But they won an important victory in their renowned Hundred Days march to the end of the war.
On this day 100 years ago, Canadian troops led the First World War’s final charge
The last hundred days of the First World War started on Aug. 8, 1918. One hundred years later, J.L. Granatstein chronicles those arduous final battles.