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Oh What Visual War with Beatriz Pichel

The First World War was a literary conflict producing some of the most memorable poems, novels...

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The American War in Vietnam with Rob Thompson

In 1965, in the coastal province of Phú Yên, US Armed Forces embarked on an effort to pacify one...

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In the Path of War with David Borys

Canada’s military history in Northwest Europe has been told many times. On 6 June 1944, Canadian...

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Broken Promises with Christopher Capozzola

The United States and the Philippines have been intimately bound by conflict. A US colony from...

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A Curious Case of Shell Shock with Joy Porter

In April 1918, Canadian soldier Frank Toronto Prewett was buried alive on the Western Front....

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A War of Emotions with Lucy Noakes

The first half of Britain’s twentieth century was shaped by death. Between 1914 and 1918, over...

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The Great War at Home with Martha Hanna

For a long time historians studying the First World War had to rely on the memoirs of soldiers,...

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Biodefense and the War on Terror with Gwen D'Arcangelis

In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, five people were killed and another...

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Disaster in Halifax, 1917 with Roger Sarty

On the morning of 6 December 1917 two cargo vessells, the SS Mant Blanc and SS Imo collided in...

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Reclaiming Canada's Second World War with Tim Cook

In his new book The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering and Remaking Canada’s...

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The Black Watch Snipers with David O'Keefe

David O’Keefe is the author of One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada’s Tragedy at...

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Episode 35 - Writing Public History with Tim Cook

Tim Cook is a historian at the Canadian War Museum a two-time winner of the CP Stacey Award for...

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Episode 34 - The Medic's Tale with Ted Barris

At the age of 13, Ted Barris asked his father a common question: “Dad what did you do in the...

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Episode 33 - Voicing Dissent during the First World War

Henri Bourassa was a French Canadian nationalist, politician, journalist, and “one of the...

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Episode 32 - The American Civil War: Under the Knife

Approximately 750,000 people were killed over four years during the American Civil War,...

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Episode 31 - Haunted by Hitler

In the summer of 1937, Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King spent four days in...

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Episode 30 - Malplaquet: The Myth of Decisive Battle

Bankruptcy, famine in the countryside, and a starving army were just some of the crises facing...

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Episode 29 - Making a Historian

On this month's episode Of On War and Society, Kyle Pritchard sits down with Dr Roger Sarty to...

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Episode 28 - The Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists

As Canadians, there is a sense that international collaboration has acted and continues to act as...

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Episode 27 - Assault on the Winter Line

The Italian Campaign during the Second World War remains a subject of controversy—whether it was...

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