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Title: The Last Battles
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The Allied offensive continued with the Canadian Corps advancing to penetrate the Hindenburg and Herman Lines by moving towards Cambrai and the Canal du Nord.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Operations in Palestine, 1918-1919
 
Type: Document
Description: The summer of 1918 found the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Sir Edmund Allenby holding a front which stretched between the Mediterranean coast and the river Jordan. The British depended on the railway from Egypt for supplies, and were vulnerable to railway demolitions by the enemy. Allenby requested the War Office to provide a company of expert bridge builders, and the 1st Canadian Bridging Company was formed from Canadian Railway Troops battalions then in France, and sailed to Palestine in September, 1918. This report is an account of their activities.
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Site: National Defence
 
Title: Air Force Roles
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: WW1 saw many innovations in strategic and night bombing, aerial combat tactics, and the support of ground troops. Non-military targeting became part of the military strategy for air warfare, a development that later influenced the course of the Second World War.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Code Name: Tank
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The tank was a technical marvel of war and an antidote to the rule of the machine gun. The tank was able to penetrate any defensive position and was employed in ever increasing numbers.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian Aviators
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Many Canadians served in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service during the war. While Canada did have an infant aviation industry, the war accelerated the development and production of aircraft in Canada. Aerial supremacy over the battlefield shifted with the introduction of new technical developments in aircraft.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: The Black Day of the German Army
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The attack at Amiens succeeded beyond all expectations and shattered the reputation of the German Army. A combined arms assault by infantry, tanks, motorized machine-guns and mortars, and effective artillery coordination with air superiority, destroyed over seven German divisions in a single day. Thereafter, the Germans referred to August 8th as the Black Day.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Canadian Corps Advances
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Further advances continued to shatter the German myth of invincibility with many German soldiers surrendering rather than fighting. However, the Allied advance faltered due to exhaustion.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: A Canadian Deception
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: The Canadians prepared for a surprise attack at Amiens by deceiving the Germans at Kemmel, ensuring operational secrecy by pretending to be Australian troops. This began the Allied '100 Days Campaign' that ended the war with the use of a mass tank attack.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Strategic Bombing Strategy
 
Type: Document
Online Reference Books
Description: Strategic bombing, which originated in the First World War, held the promise of being a war-winning weapon in its own right. Begun by the Germans, the British retaliated by creating a heavy bomber force which commenced operations in 1918.
Site: National Defence
 
Title: Fleet Air Arm
 
Type: Document
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Description: During WW1, an Allied fleet air arm pioneered strategic bombing and the development of aircraft carriers as part of their war against submarines and the enemy coasts.
Site: National Defence
 
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