Mysteries, Legends and Myths of the First World War: Canadian Soldiers in the Trenches and in the Air Keychains and pays homage to their

and pays homage to their bravery and sacrifice

students and alumni from the London Day Training College left their classrooms and took the King’s Shilling

But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people

along a front of fifteen miles

only three tank battalions had participated in combat operations

Mysteries, Legends and Myths of the First World War: Canadian Soldiers in the Trenches and in the Air Keychains and pays homage to theirDescription by Cynthia J. Faryon Paperback This book offers a fresh, close up look at the First World War as it was experienced by ordinary Canadian soldiers. This is the war as it was experienced by the tens of thousands of young Canadians. Reading their accounts offers a no holds barred picture of fighting, life in the trenches, the human cost in lives lost, and the physical and emotional aftermath for survivors.