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 1939-1945: A Soldier's War |
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From 1939 to 1945 Canadian soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lived and died in lands far from home. CBC Radio was one of the few links friends and family in Canada had to their loved ones abroad. Through reports from the front, dramatizations and direct greetings from soldiers, CBC revealed what life on the battlefront was like. |
  Educational activities about 1939-1945: A Soldier's War |
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 In December 1939 Canadian soldiers arrive by train to join a convoy of troops headed for the war in Europe. (Radio; runs 8:20) |
 Canadian men and women overseas send messages from "Canada's Fighting Fronts." (Radio; runs 13:28) |
 The 1943 CBC program "Comrades in Arms" dramatizes the life of soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force. (Radio; runs 14:53) |
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 Five Canadian soldiers wounded in Normandy talk about their adventures. (Radio; runs 9:03) |
 The nightly ritual of making tea in the trenches. (Radio; runs 3:28) |
 A wounded Canadian captain discusses the grim hours soldiers spend in shallow, muddy trenches. (Radio; runs 4:28) |
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 From London's Beaver Club, Canadian soldiers send short radio greeting to loved ones at home. (Radio; runs 6:59) |
 An army cook discusses plans for Christmas dinner at the front in Holland. (Radio; runs 3:33) |
 The horrors of a mental breakdown on the Italian front. (Radio; runs 4:47) |
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 Two Canadian soldiers describe their entry to Berlin on VE night. (Radio; runs 7:03) |
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7 Additional Clips about 1939-1945: A Soldier's War
