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The C. D. Howe Series in Canadian Political History Series. University of British Columbia Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-6855-6. Schlee, Gary (2018). Unknown and unforgettable : a guide to Canada's Prime Ministers. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 978-1-7753780-0-6. OCLC 1108336247. {}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher
The Valour and the Horror is a Canadian television documentary miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 1992. The series investigated three significant Canadian battles from the Second World War and was a co-production between the CBC, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Galafilm Inc. [1] The films were also broadcast by Radio-Canada, the French network of the CBC.
The series was produced by Edmonton-based Great North Productions [1] and each one-hour episode examines a historical Canadian. [1] It was a flagship program for History Television and represented its largest editorial involvement at the time, and was also the broadcaster's first foray into educational products including CD-ROMs, web ...
The series chronicled the events that led up to the infamous World War II Dieppe Raid on August 19, 1942, which resulted in 3,367 Canadian soldiers either being captured, wounded or killed. Cast [ edit ]
November 25 – World War II: German submarine U-1228 sinks HMCS Shawinigan in the Cabot Strait. All 91 sailors of Shawinigan ' s crew are killed: the worst case of military deaths in Canadian territory during the war. December 24 – World War II: HMCS Clayoquot sunk off Halifax by German submarine U-806
Charles Tupper served the shortest term in Canadian history, only sixty-eight days, in this way. [2] He was selected by the Conservative Party to replace Mackenzie Bowell just before the general election of 1896, which Tupper and the Conservatives lost. [9] John Turner [10] and Kim Campbell [11] both served short terms for similar reasons.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Canadian politicians. It includes politicians that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Biography portal
Canada: A People's History is a 17-episode, 32-hour documentary television series on the history of Canada. It first aired on CBC Television from October 2000 to November 2001. [ 1 ] The production was an unusually large project for the national network, especially during budget cutbacks.