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Since its launch in 1992, Canadian Military History has become one of the premier journals in its field. CMH is a peer-reviewed academic journal published bi-annually by the Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies with editorial and financial support from the Canadian War Museum. Its purpose is to foster research, teaching, and public discussion of historical and contemporary military and strategic issues.

Current Issue: Volume 30, Issue 1 (2021)

Articles

Killing Time, Not Germans: Reserve Positions in the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division during the Battle of Normandy
Alex Souchen

“He would be expected to crack:” Battle Exhaustion, Desertion and the Court Martial of Lieutenant R. J. Woods
Matthew Barrett

Cinderella’s Star: The CP 140 Aurora and the Evolution of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Modern Long Range Patrol Capability, 1939-2015
Richard Mayne

“A Calculated and Terrible Efficiency:” The Operation Veritable Fire Plan, February 1945
David Grebstad

The Night of the Panthers: The Assault of Kampfgruppe Meyer/Wünsche on Bretteville-l’Orgueilleuse, 8/9 June 1944
Arthur Gullachsen

Canadian War Museum feature

Historical Thinking and Visual Literacy: Exploring the Canadian War Museum with Graphic History
Matthew Barrett

The Stories Behind "Forever Changed"
Britt Braaten and Tim Cook

Book Reviews

Review of “Morrison: The Long-Lost Memoir of Canada’s Artillery Commander in the Great War” by Major-General Sir Edward Morrison, edited by Susan Raby-Dunne
Peter L. Belmonte

Review of “Harry Livingstone’s Forgotten Men: Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps in the First World War” by Dan Black
Tim Cook

Review of “Making the Best of It: Women and Girls of Canada and Newfoundland during the Second World War” edited by Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw
Tim Cook

Review of “Not for King or Country: Edward Cecil-Smith, The Communist Party of Canada, and the Spanish Civil War” by Tyler Wentzell
Tim Cook

Review of “Crerar’s Lieutenants: Inventing the Canadian Junior Army Officer, 1939-45” by Geoffrey Hayes
Caroline D’Amours

Review of “A Township At War” by Jonathan F. Vance
John Heckman

Review of “Forging the Shield: The U.S. Army in Europe, 1951-1962 (U.S. Army in the Cold War)” by Donald A. Carter
Mark Klobas

Review of “Fort Henry: An Illustrated History” by Steve Mecredy
Michael P. A. Murphy

Review of “Ypres” by Mark Connelly and Stefan Goebel
Katrina J. Pasierbek

Review of “Indigenous Peoples and the Second World War: The Politics, Experiences and Legacies of War in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand” by R. Scott Sheffield and Noah Riseman
William John Pratt

Review of “Operation Kinetic: Stabilizing Kosovo” by Sean M. Maloney
Krenare Recaj

Review of “The Imperial Army Project: Britain and the Land Forces of the Dominions and India, 1902-1945” by Douglas E. Delaney
Brad St. Croix

Review of “The Craft of Wargaming: A Detailed Planning Guide for Defense Planners and Analysts” by Jeff Appleget
David Stubbs

Review of “The Stories Were Not Told: Canada’s First World War Internment Camps” by Sandra Semchuk
Andrew Theobald