War Breaks Out | Canada Rallies for War | Canadians in Battle
War Breaks Out
This album contains 3 galleries: 1)Assassination 2)Alliances 3)War Rumblings. Most of the items in this album are newspaper headlines.
This album contains images and newspaper headlines relating to the declarations of war that took place over the course of the war.
This gallery contains images of the British and French mobilizing for war. (For images of German mobilization, see the separate album: The Central Powers/The Enemy).
This large gallery of headlines shows how the early actions of the war, taking place in the weeks immediately following the declaration of war, played out in the news.
Canada Rallies for War
This is a sub album that contains the following three galleries: 1)Images of Canada's Reaction to War, 2) News of Canada's Reaction to War, 3) Quotes regarding Canada's Reaction to War.
This is a sub-album that contains 3 galleries of images: 1) Seeing the boys off; 2) Gathering at Camp Valcartier; and 3) Parades and Maneuvers and a gallery of documents.
This sub-album contains the following series of galleries: 1) Loading and Leaving Port 2) Convoy en Route; 3) Aboard ship; 4) Later Convoys; 5) Armada Miscellaneous (which includes news and other items), and 6) Armada Documents.
This gallery contains a collection of images and news pieces related to the arrival of the first Canadian contingent at Plymouth in the south of England on the 14th of October, 1914. It was Oct. 24th, 1914 before the last unit disembarked from the ships. Due to confusion in embarkation and a last minute port switch (for safety reasons) it took a full nine days to complete disembarkation.
This sub-album contains three galleries: 1) Salisbury Plain images; 2) Salisbury Plain news; and 3) Salisbury Plain documents.
A mixed gallery of news, images, and a map that all relate to the movement of the Canadians to the Western Front.
Canadians in Battle
This gallery contains a mix of items that do not fit into the other galleries. Notable here are two images that list in detail all of the battles in which Canadian forces took part during the war.
The Second Battle of Ypres was the first main battle in which a large number of Canadian soldiers fought. It is considered noteworthy largely as it marked the first time chlorine gas was used on the Western Front.
This album contains a series of galleries with documents, images, maps, news items, and literary quotes that relate to the Somme Offensive of 1916.
This album contains a collection of different media galleries all related to the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a successful campaign in which the Canadian forces played a prominent role.
This album contains documents, images, maps, news pieces, and literary quotes regarding the Battle of Passchendale.
This album has galleries of documents, photographs, maps, news items, and literary quotes pertaining to the Allies' Hundred Days Offensive that finished the war.
This sub-album contains a gallery of images and another of videos depicting Canadian Forces on the move on the Western Front. It also contains a gallery documents relating to the Canadian Expeditionary Force in the First World War and a gallery of images of modern Canadian Forces predominantly from the recent mission to Afghanistan.