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By following Canadian soldiers to Europe, and into battle, CBC war correspondents forever changed Canadian radio. When the Second World War broke out, reporters hastily opened up CBC Radio's first foreign bureau in London in 1939 – three years before CBC Radio set up its own news service – to bring Canadians news from the front. Foreign correspondents including Marcel Ouimet, Frank Gillard, Matthew Halton, A.E. Powley, Warren Wilkes, Peter Stursberg and Bob Bowman broke new ground in radio reporting.

Rest and recreation at Ratzeburg

Broadcast Date: May 28, 1945

Canadian airmen awaiting transport home pass the time fishing, boating and horseback riding at a plush German villa.

Rest and recreation at Ratzeburg

Medium: Radio

Program: War Dispatches

Broadcast Date: May 28, 1945

Guest(s):


Reporter: Warren Wilkes

Duration: 3:51

Last updated:
May 4, 2005


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Radio
3:51 		May 28, 1945
Rest and recreation at Ratzeburg 		Canadian airmen awaiting transport home pass the time fishing, boating and horseback riding at a plush German villa.
Radio
13:29 		May 9, 1945
Tears, defiance as Germans sign Berlin surrender 		A ruined Berlin is the backdrop for a final surrender by Nazi commanders.
Radio
3:52 		May 8, 1945
Catching up at the Beaver Club 		A Canadian crew in London captures the sounds of celebration at a servicemen's club and an English pub.
Radio
4:29 		May 8, 1945
Tulips, flags, streamers greet Dutch liberators 		Marcel Ouimet reports on a marvellous VE-Day reception for Canadians in Holland.
Radio
6:03 		May 7, 1945
Germans sign unconditional surrender 		The war in Europe is over when German commanders capitulate at Allied headquarters in Reims, France.
Radio
4:43 		May 7, 1945
'I was all mixed up today' 		A Canadian soldier at home remembers fallen comrades as he walks among boisterous crowds on VE-Day.
Radio
14:06 		May 6, 1945
'Is it true?' 		Reporter Matthew Halton ponders the news that Germany has surrendered.
Radio
4:28 		May 5, 1945
Can it really be over? 		Despite meeting German officers carrying a white flag, a Canadian colonel can't quite believe fighting has ended.
Radio
9:31 		May 2, 1945
May 2: 'Agony of defeat' for Germans in Italy 		An 18th-century palace is the backdrop as German commanders sign an unconditional surrender, ending the war in Italy.
Radio
4:06 		May 1, 1945
May 1: A toast at Torgau 		Russian and American generals in Germany pledge their countries' friendship amid rumours of Hitler's death.
Radio
4:37 		April 30, 1945
Hope for starving Dutch as end of war draws near 		Nazis and Allies agree to terms that will feed the people of Holland after years of occupation in the Second World War.
Radio
8:56 		April 29, 1945
April 29: Historic meeting on the Elbe River 		CBC reporter Matthew Halton talks to Russian soldiers as they cross a German river to greet their American allies.
Radio
4:07 		April 25, 1945
April 25: Has Hitler fled from burning Berlin? 		The Allies overtake the German capital but still have to flush out Nazis they believe are hiding in the Alps.
Radio
3:59 		April 17, 1945
April 17: Canadian army repels desperate Germans 		German soldiers are taken prisoner or left dead after trying to reclaim a Dutch town from advancing Canadians.
Radio
3:59 		June 13, 1944
Liberté, égalité, fraternité 		Canadian soldiers get along famously with villagers in the towns they've liberated.
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