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Canadian women in the world wars became indispensable because the world wars were total wars that required the maximum effort of the civilian population. While Canadians were deeply divided on the issue of conscription for men, there was wide agreement that women had important new roles to play in the home, in civic life, in industry, in nursing, and even in military uniforms.
The book of the First World War is the largest of the books, containing 66,655 names. It took James Purves of London, Ontario, eleven years to gather the necessary materials to begin work on the book, and upon his death in 1940, work passed to his assistant Alan Beddoe, who completed the book by 1942. (Beddoe spent the next thirty years of his ...
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The history of Canada in World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany.The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in the hands of the British parliament. [1]
Toronto Between the Wars: Life in the City 1919-1939 (Firefly Books, 2012). Graham, Sean. As Canadian as Possible: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1936-1939 (2014). Guard, Julie. "A mighty power against the cost of living: Canadian housewives organize in the 1930s." International Labor and Working-Class History 77.1 (2010): 27-47. online
The military history of Canadian nurses during World War I began on August 4, 1914, when the United Kingdom entered the First World War (1914–1918) by declaring war on Germany. The British declaration of war automatically brought Canada into the war, because of Canada's legal status as a British Dominion which left foreign policy decisions in ...
A Thoroughly Canadian General: A Biography of General H.D.G. Crerar (2007) excerpt and text search; Granatstein, Jack, and J.M. Hitsman, Broken Promises: A History of Conscription in Canada (1977) Hunter, Mark C. To Employ and Uplift Them: The Newfoundland Naval Reserve, 1899–1926 (2009) Milner, Marc. Canadian Military History. Toronto: Copp ...
The Oxford companion to Canadian military history. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-543088-2. Horn, Bernd (2008). Show No Fear: Daring Actions in Canadian Military History. Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-816-4. Horn, Bernd (2006). The Canadian Way of War: Serving the National Interest. Dundurn Press. ISBN 978-1-55002-612-2.