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  • History Canada
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Baptism of Fire: The Canadians at Ypres - 1915
Episode overview
Fresh off the boat, Canada's amateur soldiers march straight to the most dangerous sector on the Western Front: the "bulge" in the Allied line around the Belgian city of Ypres. Germany launches the first mass poison gas attack in history.
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Slaughter and Sacrifice: The Canadians on the Somme - 1916
Episode overview
On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 60,000 British soldiers fall before Canadian troops are ordered in. Tanks are used in battle for the first time.
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Storming the Ridge: The Canadians at Vimy - 1917
Episode overview
On Easter Monday, Canadians sweep to victory in a brilliantly planned attack on Germany's formidable fortress on Vimy Ridge. Their reputation as elite troops is confirmed, but at the cost of 21,000 dead, wounded and missing.
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Slaughter in the Mud: The Canadians at Passchendaele - 1917
Episode overview
n midsummer, British commander Sir Douglas Haig launches a disastrous three-month offensive from the city of Ypres, resulting in a quarter of a million of his soldiers killed, wounded, .. show full overview
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Masters of War: Canadians in the Last 100 Days - 1918
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A great German offensive in France and Belgium In the spring of 1918 puts an Allied victory at risk. In August, the Allies strike back, spearheaded by the Canadian Corps, which wins .. show full overview
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Shadows of the Great War
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In the 1920s along the old Western Front, men turn to the gruesome task of exhuming and reburying hundreds of thousands of bodies. While Canadians argue over the cost of memorials to .. show full overview

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