The final days of the war showcased the skill and strategy of our forces. But they also brought many casualties.
In August 2018, families honour long-missing relatives at a burial ceremony in France
Canada’s war finally ended in Mons, Belgium, the scene of the first skirmishes between British and German troops in 1914.
Even a century later, it’s difficult to say how many Canadians died in the Great War. Here’s how we determined our number.
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
It took the combined efforts of infantry, artillery, armour and air power to overcome the formidable obstacle that was Canal du Nord
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.
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.