The Sinking of the Llandovery Castle
In 1918, a German U-Boat emerged from the waters of the North Atlantic and fired a torpedo at HHMS Llandovery Castle. It became one of the w...
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Canada's Great War
A chronological deep dive into how the First World War changed Canada forever. This isn't just a look at battles, but what was going on at home, from the politicians leading the country to t...
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Listen to Canada's Great War, a Society & Culture podcast by Craig Baird / Curiouscast. Stream 36 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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The Bluebirds: Canada's Nursing Sisters
During the First World War, over 2,800 Canadian women served as Nursing Sisters. They helped treat wounded soldiers and served as a bright l...
Running Into Danger: Tom Longboat At War
While Tom Longboat is remembered as one of the greatest marathon runners in Canadian history, he also served Canada as a dispatch runner dur...
Anti-German Hysteria: Berlin Becomes Kitchener
In 1916, Berlin, considered the German Capital of Canada, decided to change its name as anti-German hysteria gripped the nation during the F...
Canada's First World War Photographers
During the last half of the war, three men captured the history of the First World War, with a bit of embellishment to capture what was happ...
Lt. Col. Samuel Sharpe
A Member of Parliament, Lt. Col. Samuel Sharpe raised a battalion in his hometown and went overseas. He fought in some of the biggest battle...
The Battle of Poelcappelle
Fought by Newfoundland troops, it was a muddy mess but it resulted in a victory for the Allies, but at the cost of many lives. Support: patr...
The Conscription Crisis
With casualty numbers mounting and recruit numbers declining, the government of Sir Robert Borden began to implement conscription. To do so,...
The Battle of Hill 70
It was one of the most important battle victories for the Canadians during the First World War, but it is often lost in the shadow of Vimy R...
Sir Arthur Currie
He rose from the lowest ranks of the militia to become one of the most famous, and greatest, Canadian general in history. While some called...
Canada's Indigenous Soldiers
About one-third of all Indigenous men aged 18 to 45 enlisted, or tried to enlist, in the Canadian Expeditionary Force to fight in the First...
The Battle of Arleux
This battle is not remembered well today due to its close proximity in time to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Nonetheless, Canada still suffered...
The Soldiers of Vimy Ridge
We are back for season 3! Kicking everything off is the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Rather than rehash the battle itself, which has been done a th...
Letters Home
For the season finale of season 2, I am relating letters sent by Canadian soldiers back home, which were printed in newspapers in 1915 and 1...
The Battle of Ancre
This battle, part of the larger Battle of the Somme, would see thousands of Canadian casualties as the troops attempted to take the importan...
The Canadian Navy
Clandestine deals in international waters for submarines, ships that couldn't go into coastal waters, and millionaire yachts are all part of...
The Soldiers of the Soil
Back from hiatus due to life events, I'm looking at the Soldiers of the Soil program. With farms in desperate need of workers, and crops nee...
The Battle of Thiepval Ridge
This battle, fought in September 1916, would decimate several battalions as the Canadians fought to take a critical ridge with the British....
Canada's Internment Camps
From 1914-1920, 8,579 Canadians, deemed "enemy aliens" were kept in internment camps where they worked hard labour. Harsh conditions, escape...
The Canadian Flying Aces
Canada had some of the greatest pilots of the First World War. They took to the skies and became icons, heroes and celebrities. These Flying...
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