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Home / Society / History / By Time Period / Twentieth Century / Wars and Conflicts / World War I / Regional / Canada
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- 21st Battalion CEF 1914-18 - Overview and history of the 21st Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War One.
21stbattalioncef.tripod.com
- 54th Kootenay Battalion - In 1915, the 54th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force sailed to England as part of the British Army. Approximately 4000 soldiers served in this unit.
members.tripod.com/apollon_2
- Banff National Park - World War I Internment Camps - Information on the internment camps erected in Banff National Park during the First World War, which are now commemorated and interpreted at the Cave and Basin National Historic Site and near Castle Mountain.
www.worldweb.com/ParksCanada-Banff/intern.html
- Canada and the First World War - Virtual exhibition from the National Archives of Canada. Provides access to personal accounts of the war and background information on Canada's invovement abroad and on the home front.
www.archives.ca/05/0518_e.html
- Canadian Air Aces - Travel back in time to WWI and visit Canada's champions of military flight, including documentation on medals, their airplanes, and the people behind them.
www.accessweb.com/users/mconstab
- Central Ontario Branch of the Western Front Association - The Central Ontario Branch of the Western Front Association is a group of people who share an interest in researching and remembering the contribution of the Canadian military forces from Central Ontario who served at the Western Front in France and Belgium during World War I.
www3.sympatico.ca/bkeevil/COBWFA
- For King and Empire: Canadian Soldiers in the Great War - Site looks at the Canadian soldiers' experiences in World War I. Featured items include an interactive battlefield re-enactment, a comprehensive Resource Centre and a Remembrance Archive. A Collectors' Forum is also featured.
www.kingandempire.com
- Internment of Ukrainians in Canada 1914-1920 - A detailed description of Canada's internment of emigrants from the Austro-Hungarian empire between 1914 and 1920. It was the forerunner operation of the Japanese Internment during World War II.
www.infoukes.com/history/internment
- Newfoundland and the Great War - A history of the involvement of the Canadian province of Newfoundland in World War I. Includes an extensive multimedia archive (pictures, audio and video) as well as articles on the conflict.
collections.ic.gc.ca/great_war
- Soldiers of the First World War - Canadian Expeditionary Force - Over 600,000 Canadians enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918). The CEF database is an index to those personnel files, which are held by the National Archives.
www.archives.ca/exec/naweb.dll?fs&020106&e&top&0
- The Canadian Great War Homepage - Intended to provide the visitor with an overview of Canada's role in this terrible conflict, which cost the lives of more than 56,500 Canadian soldiers.
www.rootsweb.com/~ww1can/index.html
- The First World War - Veterans Affairs Canada - Historical perspective on the role of Canada in the First World War, provided by Veterans Affairs Canada. Includes overviews of Canada's involvement in the war, interviews with veterans and contemporary written material.
www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=history/firstwar
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