Enregistrements d’histoire orale
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La collection d’histoire orale militaire qui fait partie des collections spéciales de la University of Victoria inclut plus de 700 entrevues avec des vétérans de la Première Guerre mondiale, de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, de la guerre de Corée et de la guerre en Afghanistan. Vous trouverez plus bas une sélection d’entrevues d’histoire orale provenant des collections spéciales de l’Université.
Il est maintenant possible d’accéder à l’intégralité de ces entrevues en ligne.
Arthur Corker discusses the trenches of the Western Front.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Arthur Corker describes the rations that he and other Canadian soldiers ate while serving on the Western Front.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Arthur Corker describes his attitude during his time as a prisoner of war, efforts to resist his German captors and the small acts of sabotage that he and other prisoners of war committed while working in the camps.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Arthur Corker describes how, after six attempts, he finally managed to escape the Germans.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
James McKenzie describes the training he received in Victoria before shipping off for overseas service with the CAMC.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
James McKenzie discusses the use of ether (an anaesthetic) and iodine (an antiseptic) during the war.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Thomas Baxter describes the horrors of the Western Front, and one of the “miracles” he experienced while serving.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Thomas Baxter describes his arrival in the Ypres salient and his first encounter with enemy artillery.
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.
Thomas Baxter discusses General Sir Arthur Currie’s plans for the Easter assault on Vimy Ridge and the results of the “creeping barrage.”
Source: Oral History Courtesy of University of Victoria Special Collections.