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Love and War: Canadian War Brides
Surrounded by falling bombs, strict rationing and nightly blackouts, a generation of young women found love. They were the war brides: British and European women who married Canadian servicemen in the Second World War. After tearful goodbyes to their families, they embarked on a grueling journey by ship and train to join their husbands and in-laws in a new country. Once they arrived, many war brides had to confront culture shock and desperate homesickness before embracing their new lives in Canada.
9 television clips
11 radio clips
An original war bride
Broadcast Date: June 3, 1984
Peggy Holmes, a war bride of the First World War, recalls coming to Canada in 1919.An original war bride
Medium: Radio
Program: Voice of the Pioneer
Broadcast Date: June 3, 1984
Guest(s): Peggy Holmes
Host: Bill McNeil
Duration: 8:18
Last updated:
Dec. 14, 2004
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Radio
2:18
Feb. 2, 1947
After three years of transporting war brides and their children to new homes in Canada, the Red Cross Escort Officers are hanging up their hats.
Radio
7:19
Sept. 10, 1939
As England and France go to war, Prime Minister Mackenzie King tells Canadians, "To save one, we must make up our minds to save all."
Topic from Radio-Canada
For Teachers - Educational activities
- All GradesChoices for Life
- 6-8To a New Life
- 9-10The War Bride’s Journey
- 11-12Trials and Triumphs
- 9-10Looking Back
An original war bride.
The CBC Digital Archives Website.
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Last updated: Dec. 14, 2004.
[Page consulted on Feb. 15, 2012.]