wartimecanada.ca: "A window into the Canadian experience during the world wars"

[Hanno Spoelstra]

A great website: http://wartimecanada.ca/

About:

Wartime Canada was envisioned as a way to make the visual heritage of the nation at war freely available in digital form. Our emphasis is on the kind of material that is usually regarded as disposable – the very material that was omnipresent in the lives of Canadians in wartime.

The documents are sorted by category but in a manner to encourage browsing – rather than imposing a narrative, we are letting the artifacts speak for themselves and encouraging users to explore this history in any order they wish. New items are constantly being added, so visit us frequently.

Wartime Canada is intended to provide material that is freely downloadable for reproduction and research, and we have made every reasonable effort to ensure that all documents are in the public domain. Please direct any questions on this matter to the project co-directors.

The website is a collaborative effort involving universities, institutions, and interested individuals from across Canada, with funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Public Outreach program. We are very grateful for financial support from the Ley and Lois Smith Fund, through the Department of History at The University of Western Ontario.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Download and read “Canadian Military Headquarters. Vehicle Data Book (Restricted). 1944“ here:

https://wartimecanada.ca/document/se...icle-data-book

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Hanno

The Vehicle Data Books looks very familiar as in the Gregg Series. That this has now become public source documents and not subject to copyright laws. Makes me feel much better about sharing it.

This is a resource that every CMP owner should download and save.

Cheers Phil

[Mike Cecil]

Bill Gregg was quite open about the source being that data book. This from his introduction:

'The first part is essentially a photo facsimile of the original Vehicle Data Book issued in March 1943...'

Nice to see the original version, but great that Bill reproduced it way back in 1978 and the second edition in 1980.

Mike