If you haven’t had your fill of the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge — and I certainly haven’t — you will enjoy watching this YouTube video of military historian and author Tim Cook’s lecture, Why Vimy Matters.
This is a recording of the lecture delivered on March 30, 2017 in conjunction with the World at War – International Speaker Series, an annual series of academic events, presented by the Canadian War Museum, to mark the centenary of the First World War.
During the 47-minute lecture, Mr. Cook talks about how Vimy has been transformed over the past 100 years from a costly hard-fought battle into an enduring symbol of national courage and Canadian accomplishment.
Mr. Cook is a historian at the Canadian War Museum and an adjunct research professor at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is also the author of seven books. His latest book, Vimy: The Battle and the Legend, was released earlier this year.
Two shorter lectures that were delivered as part of the World at War series and available on the Canadian War Museum’s YouTube channel are: World War Women about Canadian women and votes by Suzanne Evans (10 minutes long) and World War Women about Russian women by Laurie Stoff (20 minutes long).
