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Royal 22nd Regiment: Canada's Fighting 'Van Doos' Topic timespan: 1914-1999 1939-1945: A Soldier's War Topic timespan: 1939-1945 During the First World War, Canada decided to create a military unit that would represent its French-speaking population. As... (10 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) From 1939 to 1945 Canadian soldiers, sailors and air force personnel lived and died in lands far from home.... (17 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic On Every Front: Canadian Women in the Second World War Topic timespan: 1939-1945 Canada's Forgotten PoW Camps Topic timespan: 1940-1999 Canadian women were not allowed to fight during the Second World War but they did just about everything else.... (7 TV Clips, 16 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic While few people remember it now, Canada was home to thousands of German and Italian prisoners during the Second... (8 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Relocation to Redress: The Internment of the Japanese Canadians Topic timespan: 1941-1997 The Contentious Legacy of Dieppe Topic timespan: 1942-1999 As Canadian soldiers were fighting overseas in the name of democracy, at home the federal government was staging the... (10 TV Clips, 14 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic It has been called the most controversial battle Canadians have ever fought. On Aug. 19, 1942, after nearly three... (12 TV Clips, 14 Radio Clips) Reports from Abroad: Matthew Halton Topic timespan: 1942-1956 The Italian Campaign Topic timespan: 1943-1945 "This is Matthew Halton of the CBC." So began Halton's war broadcasts. His reports were at times... (6 TV Clips, 16 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic A full year before the D-Day landings in Normandy, there were the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy. Canada... (8 TV Clips, 15 Radio Clips) D-Day: Canadians Target Juno Beach Topic timespan: 1944-2003 Love and War: Canadian War Brides Topic timespan: 1944-1999 They sailed in under cover of darkness to smash down the walls of "Fortress Europe." On June 6, 1944,... (13 TV Clips, 15 Radio Clips) Surrounded by falling bombs, strict rationing and nightly blackouts, a generation of young women found love. They were the... (9 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) Continuing the Fight: Canada's Veterans Topic timespan: 1944-2002 Life after Auschwitz Topic timespan: 1945-2004 Those who served during Canada's wars expected danger at the hands of the enemy. But they were ill prepared... (9 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Six decades after Auschwitz was liberated, the biggest and most brutal Nazi death camp remains a potent symbol of... (9 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Victory! The End of the War in Europe Topic timespan: 1945 Countdown to Victory: The Last Days of War in Europe Topic timespan: 1945 May 8, 1945, was a day to celebrate. It was VE-Day, the long-awaited moment when the Allied forces triumphed... (5 TV Clips, 16 Radio Clips) Day by day, the news got better as the Second World War wound down in Europe. Sixty years ago,... (12 Radio Clips) Shadows of Hiroshima Topic timespan: 1945-2004 The Gouzenko Affair Topic timespan: 1945-1987 With a blinding flash and a sky-high fireball, the world's first atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city of... (7 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) On Sept. 5, 1945, just after the end of the Second World War, a Russian cipher clerk named Igor... (9 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Fleeing Justice: War Criminals in Canada Topic timespan: 1947-2001 One for all: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Topic timespan: 1947-2003 They committed acts of immense brutality and terror in their own countries. And then, seeking safe haven, they... (10 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Its goals were lofty and practical: to protect the free world and each other. Attacking one member of NATO... (10 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Forgotten Heroes: Canada and the Korean War Topic timespan: 1950-1999 Canada and the Fight Against Apartheid Topic timespan: 1952-1994 It is called Canada's "Forgotten War." Over 500 Canadians died in the United Nations' struggle to repel the communist... (8 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic For almost 50 years, South Africa was ruled by apartheid — a brutal system of racial separation that kept... (20 TV Clips, 12 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Peacekeepers and Peacemakers: Canada's Diplomatic Contribution Topic timespan: 1954-2003 Canada's Secret War: Vietnam Topic timespan: 1954-2003 Canada has enjoyed a reputation for diplomacy ever since Lester B. Pearson came up with a novel solution –... (9 TV Clips, 6 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Vietnam may have been America's war but Canada was heavily involved — for and against. Canada harboured American draft... (10 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Cold War Culture: The Nuclear Fear of the 1950s and 1960s Topic timespan: 1955-1975 Peacekeeper to the World Topic timespan: 1956-2003 With superpowers in the east and west testing powerful new weapons, the Canadian race for self-preservation took off in... (8 TV Clips, 11 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic For half a century, Canada's Blue Berets have defused escalating tension and conflict with their peacekeeping missions. The... (9 TV Clips, 10 Radio Clips) Dr. Gerald Bull: Scientist, Weapons Maker, Dreamer Topic timespan: 1958-1991 Norad: Watching the Skies Topic timespan: 1959-2002 Dr. Gerald Bull was like a figure in a spy novel, designing arms for some of the world's harshest... (7 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) One of the most terrifying visions of the Cold War was the spectre of Soviet bombers and nuclear missiles... (11 TV Clips, 5 Radio Clips) Seeking Sanctuary: Draft Dodgers Topic timespan: 1965-2000 The October Crisis: Civil Liberties Suspended Topic timespan: 1970 No one expected the Vietnam War to play out as it did. With thousands of young men fighting... (13 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) In October 1970, tanks roamed city streets and soldiers in full battle gear raided homes in their hunt for... (15 TV Clips, 7 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Oka Crisis Topic timespan: 1989-2000 The 1991 Gulf War Topic timespan: 1990-2001 In the summer of 1990, all eyes were on the small town of Oka for a showdown between native... (8 TV Clips, 4 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic Unlike any conflict before, the Gulf War of 1991 played out in a brave new world of biological warfare.... (31 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic The Somalia Affair Topic timespan: 1992-1997 Witness To Evil: Roméo Dallaire and Rwanda Topic timespan: 1993-2005 Canadian peacemakers were lauded as heroes when they went into an untamed land ruled by rebels. Their mission,... (21 TV Clips, 3 Radio Clips) Educational activities about this topic With more than 800,000 people slaughtered in 100 days the Rwandan genocide stands as one of the most horrific... (13 TV Clips, 8 Radio Clips) "On This Day" 1936 Vimy Ridge Memorial Unveiled 1939 Canada declares war on Germany 1941 Churchill's 'chicken' speech 1942 Carnage on the beaches of Dieppe 1942 U-boat sinks SS Caribou off Newfoundland 1943 Churchill, Roosevelt and King meet in Quebec 1944 The Battle for Carpiquet 1944 Polish resistance launches Warsaw Uprising 1944 Homecoming of Major David Currie, VC 1944 Shirley Temple rings in Canada's Victory Loan 1944 Remembrance Day, 1944 1944 91 die in sinking of HMCS Shawinigan 1945 Japan bombs Saskatchewan 1945 Fred Tilston wins Victoria Cross for attack in Germany 1945 Allied prisoners of war free at last 1945 'Unspeakable' prisoner-of-war camps liberated 1945 Hope for starving Dutch as end of war draws near 1945 Canada celebrates victory in Europe 1945 Gouzenko defection exposes Soviet spy ring 1947 War bride reception centres close 1948 Ace Buzz Beurling's flying career 1950 Canada's Troops Arrive in Korea 1951 Korean War: The Princess Patricias go into battle 1957 Pearson wins Nobel Peace Prize 1962 A Doukhobor bomb blast ignites fear in Kootenays 1967 The Battle of Passchendaele 1968 Sammy Davis Jr. talks to draft dodgers in Canada 1969 Montreal's 'night of terror' 1970 FLQ kidnaps Pierre Laporte 1970 'Just watch me' 1970 FLQ frees British diplomat 1972 Japanese attack Canadian troops in Hong Kong 1980 Canadian Caper helps Americans escape Tehran 1983 Cruise missile testing coming to Canada 1985 Deadly embassy attack in Ottawa 1988 Apology to Japanese Canadians 1990 Oka stare-off 1994 Somalia Inquiry
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