Here's a follow-up to Passchendaele : The german summer offensive of 1918. Guess who stood in their way and ruined their plan?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okWV6q06qZc
Look at this : Discharge certificate for Private Charles-Emile Viau, who served in Siberia.
Front :
And back :
Charles-Emile Viau also had this :
And these decorations :
:o Look what I just found on Youtube! It's a Dutch documentary about the Canadian contribution to the liberation of North-West Europe in World War II. I'm impressed. Narration mostly in Dutch with english speech untouched from the original newsreels.
Part 1 ...
Found on Youtube.
A farewell parade in Quebec City. Contrary to what the MSM would have you believe, the people of Québec love their brave heroes : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWVMndVGPII
The Vandoos Have Landed : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GhSt9nlzHQ
Royal 22e Régiment, montage ...
The crucible of Paschendaele. In the fall of 1917 the british army launched an offensive against German lines at Paschendaele. They gained a bit of ground and then the rain started.
Within days the battlefield turned into a bottomless swamp and the assault was bogged down in a quagmire. With...
"We're gonna hang our clothes on the Siegfried Line" said the song. before that, in 1937, Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie-King had met Hitler. About Hitler the PM would say : "He's a threat to nobody".
In 1939 the world plunged into the most destructive and murderous war in history. How did...
Easter 1917. After 3 years of bloody stalemate, a major turning point was achieved in the First World War. For the first time ever, an allied advance would end victoriously, holding the high ground for good against the Germans.
Twice before, both the French and the British had tried to seize...
A video to remember Dieppe : http://youtube.com/watch?v=dMwunLwmu50 :salute:
It truly is saddening that in my home province the memory of the Dieppe Raid has fallen prey to urban legends if not outright oblivion. Either people are entirely unawares of this tragic day in the most challenging...
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