Conflict: World War I
Combatants: Canadians vs. Germans
Location: Belgium
Outcome: Canadian victory
In one of the final battles of the Great War, Canadians under the command of Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Currie (shown below) liberated the Belgian town of Mons from the Germans. The fighting was winding down just as the armistice went into effect.
Points of Interest:
The Treaty of Versailles would be signed and finalized in June of 1919.
Sixty-five million men were mobilized to fight in the Great War and 8 million died in battle. Over 6.6 million civilians were killed in the course of the war.
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Sources:
Dupuy, Trevor N., Johnson, Curt, & Bongard, David L. (1992). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military Biography. New York: Castle Books (HarperCollins).
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
Ellis, John, & Cox, Michael (2001). The World War I Databook. Bodmin, UK: MPG Books Ltd.
Keegan, John (2001). An Illustrated History of the First World War. New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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