Directorate of History and Heritage

Visit the military history archive research room to view the collections and do primary research, or ask an expert for answers.

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Visit the military history archive research room in Ottawa.

History and structure of the Military History and Heritage Directorate.

Military history resources accessible in the archive research room.

Use our online tool to access our historical resources.

Colonel Charles Percy Stacey, first Director of military history at National Defence.

You have several ways to get answers to your military history questions.

Descriptions and locations of other organizations that study Canada’s military history.

Organization chart of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) from 1918, during the First World War.

Book commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge.

Over 50 essays on Canadian military history.

Official history of the Canadian Army’s activities in the Second World War.