LibGuides: Social Studies: Battles

Books in the Library for All Battles

Marching to Armageddon: Canadians and the Great War 1914-1918
Call Number: 971.061
ISBN: 0886192099
Valour Remembered: Canada and the First World War
Call Number: 971.061 VAL
The Trenches: Fighting on the Western Front in World War I
Call Number: 940.4 HOO
Chapter Three: Strategy and the Generals
Chapter Four: The Weapons
Chapter Five: Over the Top
Great Canadian Battles
ISBN: 9781841939629
Canadiana Scrapbook: Canadians at War 1914-1918
Call Number: 971.061 SAN
Hell's Corner
Call Number: 971.061 GRA
ISBN: 9781553650478

Vimy Ridge
Call Number: 971.061 CAV
ISBN: 9780850523997
Chapter Eight: Canada on Vimy Ridge.
Winning the Ridge
Call Number: 971.06 CHR
ISBN: 1896979122
The Canadians at Vimy: April 1917
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 1896979335
Pages 5 to 23.

Canada's Triumph and Tragedy on the Fields of Flanders: Passchendaele
Call Number: 971.061 LEA
ISBN: 9781550503999
Slaughter in the Mud: Canadians at Passchendaele, 1917
Call Number: 971.06 CHR
ISBN: 1896979122
The Canadians at Passchendaele: October to November 1917
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 189697905X
Pages 5 to 25.

Gas Attack! The Canadians at Ypres, 1915
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 1896979068
The Canadians at Ypres
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 1896979017
Pages 5 to 24.

Futility and Sacrifice: The Canadians on the Somme, 1916
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 1896979084
The Canadians on the Somme: September - November 1916
Call Number: 971.061 CHR
ISBN: 1896979030
Pages 5 to 22.

Canada and the First World War: Land Battles
From the Canadian War Museum. Use the menu items on the left to navigate the site.
Canada and the First World War - War Diaries - Battles
From Library and Archives Canada. Use the menu on the left to read information and quotes from war diaries about Canada's key WWI battles.
For King and Empire: Battlefields
Canadians at Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele.
Canada Remembers - The Battle of Vimy Ridge
Fact sheets, photos, stories of those who served, and memorials. From Veterans Affairs Canada.
Canada and the Battle of Vimy Ridge
A book detailing Canada's role at Vimy Ridge. From the Government of Canada. NOTE: It takes a couple of minutes to load. Ignore any error messages and let it load completely. A couple of chapters have good, detailed information. Lots of great images.
Canada Remembers - The Battle of Passchendaele
Fact sheets, photos, stories of those who served, and memorials. From Veterans Affairs Canada.
Canada Remembers: The Battles of the Somme and Beaumont-Hamel
Fact sheets, photos, stories of those who served, and memorials. From Veterans Affairs Canada.

The Murderous Mud of Passchendaele
A 13 minute video clip from the CBC Archives.
The Battle of Passchendaele
In this 7 minute CBC Radio documentary marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, survivors describe feeling a sense of pride at having succeeded where those before them had failed.
Vimy Ridge: Heritage Minutes Collection
A one minute video from the Heritage Minutes series.
Going Over the Top at Vimy Ridge
A 6 minute radio clip. Veterans of Vimy Ridge describe the moment when they finally left the trenches, storming across craters, trenches and barbed wire, and into history.
Vimy Ridge 75th Anniversary
Pierre Berton and Desmond Morton look back at Canada's defining battle of the First World War. (9 minute video clip)
Return to Vimy Ridge
CBC-TV's Allen Abel journeys back to Vimy Ridge with veteran Roy Henley, visiting it for the 70th anniversary of the great battle. (16 minute video clip)
Battle of the Somme
A 6 minute video clip from CBC Archives.
Newfoundland Remembers Beaumont-Hamel
A 2 minute video on the Battle of Beaumont-Hamel.