July 1943 - January l944. The objective at last--Fortress Europe. The Canadian 1st Division, flanked by the British and Americans, pushes into Italy. Italians surrender but the Germans resist. Ortona, a 15th-century town, riddled with bullets and grenades, is taken by Canadians in fierce and costly street fighting.
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From the depressed thirties to the war-torn forties -- a time of testing and trial, of strength discovered and victory won. Here is Canada's story of World War II, as experienced by Canadians at home and on the battlefronts of the world. In thirteen half-hour films you re-live a vital era that changed the nation and the world.
July 1943 - January l944. The objective at last--Fortress Europe. The Canadian 1st Division, flanked by the British and Americans, pushes into Italy. Italians surrender but the Germans resist. Ortona, a 15th-century town, riddled with bullets and grenades, is taken by Canadians in fierce and costly street fighting.
Les élèves étudient le rôle qu’a joué le Canada dans la libération de l’Italie, les difficultés et les défis auxquels les participants ont dû faire face (en particulier les ingénieurs de l’armée, tenus de rebâtir les infrastructures que les Allemands avaient détruites en battant en retraite). Les élèves discutent des avantages et des inconvénients de l’utilisation d’images contemporaines pour la description d’événements historiques. Ils peuvent également aborder les questions relatives à la fiabilité des sources, au rôle des responsables de la censure au gouvernement, aux émotions et aux préjugés de l’époque.
Canada at War1962 13 filmsFrom the depressed thirties to the war-torn forties -- a time of testing and trial, of strength discovered and victory won. Here is Canada's story of World War II, as experienced by Canadians at home and on the battlefronts of the world. In thirteen half-hour films you re-live a vital era that changed the nation and the world.
