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The Wilfrid Laurier University
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Université de
Montréal
Battlefield Study Tour
22 May – 3 June 2009
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Bienvenue/Welcome
This study tour was composed of students
from Wilfrid Laurier University, who were chosen as part of an annual
tour
that was established by former WLU Chancellor John Cleghorn. They were
joined by students from Universite de Montreal studying with Michel
Fortmann and Carl Bouchard. The tour is intended to introduce students to aspects
of strategic, operational and tactical
problems
encountered
in the First and Second World Wars. A
secondary purpose is to examine the ways in which the combatant nations have
constructed a usable memory of their experience, especially in military
cemeteries, monuments and museums. The
focus is on the Canadians but we also considered the American,
British, French, German and Polish wartime experience.
The material on this site includes an itinerary,
and some of the materials and reading lists used by the students to prepare
for the tour.
Acknowledgements
and Thanks
