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The First World War: Canada Remembers
They called it "The Great War" and "The War to End All Wars" – though of course it didn't. When hostilities erupted in Europe in 1914, Canadians rushed to Britain's side. But the cost was terrible: more than 60,000 were killed, 172,000 wounded. There are no more Canadian combat veterans alive to recall the horrors of the First World War, but their voices and memories live on in the archives of the CBC. Lest we forget, here are some of their stories.
8 television clips
14 radio clips
Return to Vimy Ridge
Broadcast Date: April 7, 1987
CBC-TV's Allen Abel journeys back to Vimy Ridge with veterans visiting it for the 70th anniversary of the great battle.Return to Vimy Ridge
Medium: Television
Program: The Journal
Broadcast Date: April 7, 1987
Guest(s): Roy Henley
Host: Barbara Frum, Paul Griffin
Reporter: Allen Abel
Duration: 16:00
Last updated:
Nov. 9, 2006
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Radio
7:14
Nov. 6, 1917
Survivors remember the worst battle of the First World War.
Radio
31:20
On this week's Writers and Company: award-winning novelist M.G. Vassanji and war historian John Keegan.
For Teachers - Educational activities
- All GradesA Call to Arms
- 6-8Canada at Vimy Ridge
- 9-10Lest We Forget
- 11-12Canadians on the Western Front
- 9-10Innovations for War
Return to Vimy Ridge.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Nov. 9, 2006.
[Page consulted on Feb. 9, 2010.]