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ONLINE: Doomed Youth: the Germans at Vimy Ridge 1917 with Jesse Alexander

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The presentation will be live and online.   The Battle of Vimy Ridge is one of the most prominent events of the First World War in Canadian public memory, in the experience of British visitors to the Western Front, and for the local French community. In Germany, it is virtually unknown, despite the fact that tens of thousands of German troop…


ONLINE: 'A House Divided: French Canada and the First World War' with Jesse Alexander

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The presentation will be live and online.  The Great War placed enormous strain on Canadian society - in particular, around the question of the large French Canadian minority's role in the war effort. While tens of thousands of French Canadians fought overseas, others fought bitter political battles at home over conscription and Canada's futur…