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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, G. W. L. (Gerald William Lingen), 1902-1980, author.

Series:

Carleton library series ; 235.

Carleton library series ; 235

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditionary Force--History.

Canada.

Canada. Canadian Army--History--World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--Canada.

World War, 1914-1918.

World War, 1914-1918--Canada.

Canada--Armed Forces--History--20th century.

Genre:

Libros electronicos.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (709 p.)

Distribution:

Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Electronic Library, 2015.

Place of Publication:

Montreal [Quebec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2015]

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.

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.

Notes:

Reprint, with new introduction. Originally published: Ottawa : R. Duhamel, Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery, 1962.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-7735-9790-5

OCLC:

919014140