Any information on World War One? (information in details)?

Question

Can anyone please help with some research for a project. I just need some help finding sources and do not want any answers just links or books that might be helpful. Everything in this project revolves around Canada.

The topics for my project are

- Women's efforts on the homefront

- Wartime prejudices on the homefront

- Funding the war

- African-Canadian and First Nations contributions

- Women in battle (nurses, pilots, etc.)

- Vimy Ridge

Any type of help would be amazing! Thank you!

Answer 1

First of all I want to commend you for asking for resources and not just the answers.

Too often students abuse Yahoo! answers and use it to get answers for assignments because they are not willing to put forth the effort to do their own research,doing research helps retain knowledge!

Canada indeed played a major part in WWI.

Here is a book that I have read that contains some info on Canada in WWI Vimy,Passchendaele etc.

A Storm In Flanders The Ypres Salient 1914-1918

By Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump)

Published by Atlantic Monthly Press copyright 2002

ISBN : 0-87113-842-5

And Here are some very informative links you should be able to find anything you need from these.

1915 in Canada @

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1915_in_Can...

http://www.firstworldwar.com/

http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/wo...

http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/vimy/

Site dedicated to Canadians at Vimy Ridge @

http://vimyridge.tripod.com/

Women in the Royal Canadian Navy in WWI @

http://www.navalandmilitarymuseum.org/re...

Trenches on the Web @ http://www.worldwar1.com/  

This site is huge with links to numerous others and tons of info!

http://www.wwiaviation.com/toc.shtml

http://www.crossandcockade.com/main.htm

The Heritage of the Great War @

http://www.greatwar.nl/  Awesome site with massive photo collection and numerous articles!

Lance Corporal Adolph Hitler In WWI @

http://schikelgruber.net/war.html

This site has everything you need to know about Hitler's highly decorated career as a soldier as he fought in WWI!

Canada In WWI @

http://www.k12.nf.ca/discovery/curriculu...

Canada and The First World War @

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.c...

The Canadian Great War Homepage @

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ww1can...

More links to sites specific to Canada in WWI @

http://wwi.lib.byu.edu/index.php/Links_t...

History of Women Military Pilots @

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/pilots...

http://www.worldwar1.nl/  

A massive link site.

World War One Stories @

http://www.wtj.com/wars/greatwar/

The Red Fighter Pilot @

http://www.richthofen.com/

Manfred von Richtofen's(The Red Baron) only written memoir.

Answer 2

Here is a good article on Vimy Ridge: http://www.enotes.com/salem-history/vimy...

This article also has some decent Canada during WWI information (including the involvement of Native Americans and the Canadian war effort: http://www.enotes.com/salem-history/worl...

Here is a collection of good links too:

http://groups.msn.com/CanadaWorldWarOnet...

Best of luck, hope this helps!

Answer 3

Most of the websites I've cited will give you links that also cover the other topics on your list. Good luck.

The History of Canada and Canadians and World War 1

http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/guerre/home-...

http://www.linksnorth.com/canada-history...

Vimy Ridge

http://recherche.civilization.ca/search?...

Native Soldiers - Foreign Battlefields.

Outstanding Accomplishments

Snipers and Scouts

A Peaceful Man

Sharpshooter: Henry Norwest

Brothers in Arms

A Veteran of Two Wars

War in Peace

Two Brave "Van Doos"

Runner: Tom Longboat

Nurse Overseas

The war proved that the fighting spirit of my tribe was not squelched through reservation life. When duty called, we were there, and when we were called forth to fight for the cause of civilization, our people showed all the bravery of our warriors of old. Mike Mountain Horse, First World War Veteran.

This is a wonderful site:

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.c...

Canada's "Black Battalion" -

Young African-Canadians were eager to serve their country during the First World War.

http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/youth/sub.cfm?s...

Not forgetting the sad and inspirational poem "In Flanders Fields" written by the Canadian military surgeon and poet John McCrae.

He wrote the final version on the 8th of December 1915.

McCrae died of pneumonia and meningitis during the war while he was still working in a field hospital. He was 45 years old.

John McCrae - 30th November 1872 - 28th January 1918.

http://www.inflandersfields.be/#gedicht

In Flanders Fields

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders Fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders Fields.

- John McCrae

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/remembranc...