The first book of a two-volume study examines the early battles, life in the trenches, and the slow evolution in tactics and weapons. Includes previously unpublished photographs, letters, diaries and maps from the Canadian War Museum.
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"At the sharp end" features never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps recounting the devastation and triumphs of the Great War through the soldier's eyewitness accounts. This volume focuses on early battles of Second Ypres, St. Eloi, Mount Sorrel, and the So…
The most comprehensive history of Canadians in World War One - the first book in a groundbreaking two-volume series. It heralds a growing interest in World War One history with a CBC documentary currently under development.
"The first comprehensive history of Canadians in WWI in forty years, and already hailed as the definitive work on Canadians in the Great War, At the Sharp End covers the harrowing early battles of 1914-16. Tens of thousands, and then hundreds of thousands, died before the genera…
"At the sharp end" features never-before-published photographs, letters, diaries, and maps recounting the devastation and triumphs of the Great War through the soldier's eyewitness accounts. This volume focuses on early battles of Second Ypres, St. Eloi, Mount Sorrel, and the So…
