This is a great Remembrance Day/Veterans’ Week video for students of all ages. It contains rare, exclusive Dieppe and D-Day WWII film footage, was well as Afghanistan battle footage. This short video shows the history of the Canadian Forces from WW1 to present day. A tribute to our soldiers. We will never forget! Features actual…
The Battle of the Atlantic was Canada’s longest campaign of the Second World War from September 3, 1939 to May 8, 1945. Narrated by Canadian musician and artist Alan Doyle of Great Big Sea, the video takes us back hours after Britain declared war on Germany on Sept. 3, 1939, when the German submarine U-30…
The Italian Campaign was an important military effort for Canada during the Second World War. More than 93,000 Canadians, along with their allies from Great Britain, France and the United States, played a vital role. As they pushed from the south to the north of Italy over a 20-month period, Canadians faced difficult battles against…
Air flight was a new development in intelligence and combat in the First World War. Pilots were daring. Many died in training and the lifespan on the front was short. These young men faced great ranges of emotion from excitement and thrill to trauma and grief. Arthur Roy Brown (1893-1944), the Canadian flying ace officially credited…
