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December 1943 - June 1944. Canada, war-seasoned, girds for the final assault. In London, Commonwealth prime ministers meet and Mackenzie King holds out for Canadian independence in foreign policy. In the Arctic, Canadian ships sail the Murmansk run with supplies for beleaguered Russia. The Italian campaign intensifies. In the south of England the Allies poise for attack.

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December 1943 - June 1944. Canada, war-seasoned, girds for the final assault. In London, Commonwealth prime ministers meet and Mackenzie King holds out for Canadian independence in foreign policy. In the Arctic, Canadian ships sail the Murmansk run with supplies for beleaguered Russia. The Italian campaign intensifies. In the south of England the Allies poise for attack.

 This work contains scenes of nudity and/or sexuality. Viewer discretion is advised.
  • producer
    Stanley Clish
    Donald Brittain
  • executive producer
    Peter Jones
  • script
    Donald Brittain
    Stuart Nutter
  • editing
    John Kemeny
  • sound editing
    Kenneth Heeley-Ray
    Jean-Pierre Joutel
  • re-recording
    George Croll
    Ted Haley
  • narrator
    Budd Knapp
  • music
    Robert Fleming
    Eldon Rathburn
    Maurice Blackburn
    Ken Campbell

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Ages 14 to 17
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Students choose a wartime leader and write a short “biography” of that person. Students will then write a fictional journal entry for that leader on the day before the D-Day invasion of Normandy. Students will discuss which activity was more challenging, and why. This activity could be adapted to look at an individual soldier and examine the thoughts and fears of the ordinary men on the eve of D-Day.

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