London 1940
A news reel illustrating how French Canadians soldiers replaced the Welsh Guards at Buckingham Palace
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Story One Hundred and Two: 1940 French Canadian Guards of Buckingham Palace
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-25T19:47:00+00:00312009bUTCSun, 25 Jan 2009 19:47:00 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Story One Hundred and One: The War Graves Photographic Project
Posted in Vernon Masterman, War Graves Photographic Project on +00002009-01-23T01:00:29+00:00312009bUTCFri, 23 Jan 2009 01:00:29 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
source: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/022/f1/e002343046.jpg
An amazing project is called the War Graves Photographic Project which aims to photograph every war grave , individual memorial, MoD grave and family memorial of serving military personnel from WW 1 to the present day.
The goal is 1.75 million graves and memorials from commonwealth veterans.
To volunteer your time to help
Contact directly
steve@twgpp.org or derek@twgpp.org
Canadian [...]
Story One Hundred: Canadians as Peacekeepers
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-18T22:00:03+00:00312009bUTCSun, 18 Jan 2009 22:00:03 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, Secretary of State for External Affairs Lester B. Pearson – later Canada’s 14th Prime Minister brought into common use the term peacekeeping
Since 1947, Canadian Forces have been involved in 72 international operations leading up to the declaration of the [...]
Story Ninety-Nine: Sex, Love and War
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-15T20:55:12+00:00312009bUTCThu, 15 Jan 2009 20:55:12 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Over two million allies soldiers were stationed in wartime Britain, over 500,000 Canadians were stationed in Britain between 1939 and 1945, combined with the 1 1/2 million American men, these men had a variety of affairs with local British women.
The BBC series Sex, Love and War details the stories of British women and their [...]
Story Ninety-Eight: Treason
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-15T17:03:24+00:00312009bUTCThu, 15 Jan 2009 17:03:24 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
In 1944 the Nazi created the Britisches Freikorps or British Free Corps which was the brainchild of John Amery a son of a British cabinet minister. This Nazi recruitment effort focused on recruiting POW’s which included three Canadians.
Edwin Barnard Martin of the Essex Scottish Regiment(Captured at Dieppe [...]
Story Ninety Seven: Satire and Nazi Germany
Posted in Comedy, World War Two on +00002009-01-15T16:19:17+00:00312009bUTCThu, 15 Jan 2009 16:19:17 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This BBC documentary posted at GoogleVideos looks at the clampdown on satire and other undesirable comedians as the Third Reich grew in power. The plight of specific groups (or “art”) tends to get lost in the scale of the much bigger human cost of WWII.
However here the film looks at how satire and [...]
Story Ninety Six: Military Documentaries
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-15T15:32:04+00:00312009bUTCThu, 15 Jan 2009 15:32:04 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Canadian Military Documentaries
A collection of short documentaries detailing the contributionof Canadians from WW One to the Afghanistan conflict.
The Power and the Grace
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEpFmKx9yt8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEW1jpOVdFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arp6FEZqs
Canadian Nurses at the Front
Nursing sisters played a major role during the First World War. Between 1914 and 1918, 2,504 served in Europe.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPJ4JXp5wd8
World War One
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3QJRM7tCI0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdJVfLA38tA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdnx42ejug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNerOTB-OxQ
World War Two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Znr-eaov20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujlYmDWFI1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvZCDfhoNxA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYo-FI8K4Vo
Canada at War
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjquyqIH-4s
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=Canadian+military+documentaries&hl=en&emb=0#
http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=Canadian+military+documentaries&hl=en&emb=0#
Tribute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNpJ4cNPBxE&feature=related
More Documentaries
FactualTV has a collection of [...]
Story Ninety-Five: Khaki and Blue
Posted in Uncategorized on +00002009-01-14T14:24:45+00:00312009bUTCWed, 14 Jan 2009 14:24:45 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
William Sam Magee provides a personal story after serving in World war Two
Story Ninety Four: WW 2 War Cartoons
Posted in World War Two, cartoon on +00002009-01-12T23:15:05+00:00312009bUTCMon, 12 Jan 2009 23:15:05 +0000 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a collection of politically incorrect cartoons which were a staple at movie theatres during World World Two. Many of their story themes were adult oriented and aimed at the parents rather than children.
As the war years pressed on, actors and entertainers were actively engaged to help boast moral of the troops and the [...]
Story Ninety-Three: Horses for the War Effort
Posted in World War One, horses on +00002009-01-12T20:27:58+00:00312009bUTCMon, 12 Jan 2009 20:27:58 +0000 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Flickr picture)
Germany’s use of poison gas during World War 1 meant that one had to have a gas mask for one’s horse too
Over 8 million horses died on all sides during World War One . Two and a half million horses were treated in veterinary hospitals with about two million being sufficiently cured that [...]
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