The Vernon Military Camp and the Imperial Training Archipelago, 1939-45

Authors

Megan Hamilton

Abstract

The Vernon Military Camp was one of the many interwoven institutions that fed trained soldiers into the vast armies of the British Empire in the Second World War. Beginning the war as a barren hill that lacked modern equipment, it was eventually developed into a professional training centre that both served and benefitted from national, Imperial and Allied war efforts. Taking a ground-level view of Canadian Army training and inter-theatre learning, this article argues that army training camps, even those in the periphery, played a vital role in strengthening Imperial and Allied interoperability by facilitating knowledge transfer away from active combat.

Recommended Citation

Hamilton, Megan "The Vernon Military Camp and the Imperial Training Archipelago, 1939-45." Canadian Military History 33, 1 (2024)