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A penetrating study of why soldiers fight and what sustained Canadians in battle during the Second World War.

Infantrymen have been the sledgehammer of land warfare throughout the 20th century, but precisely how they fought back at the tactical level has been difficult to determine. This book explains how Canadian soldiers fought, killed and died during the Second World War.

By the summer of 1917, Canadian troops had captured Vimy Ridge, but Allied offensives had stalled across many fronts of the Great War. To help break the stalemate of trench warfare, the Canadian Corps commander, Lieutenant-General Arthur Currie, was tasked with capturing Hill 70, a German stronghold near the French town of Lens. After securing the hill on 15 August, Canadian soldiers endured days of shelling, machine-gun fire, and poison gas as they repelled relentless enemy counterattacks. Through Their Eyes depicts this remarkable but costly victory in a unique way. With full-colour...

Bringing together the world's leading scholars on the subject, Military Education and the British Empire explores distinct national narratives within a comparative context to expose the role of military education in maintaining empire.