For King and Empire | Episode 5 | Masters of War, Canada’s Hundred Days 1918 | Norm Christie
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2020
- Watch For King and Empire Episode 5, Masters of War, Canada’s Hundred Days 1918, 1917 hosted by Norm Christie and Narrated by R.H. Thomson on Breakthrough Entertainment channel
After 18 months of great victories the Canadians would be asked to break the back of the German Army. In three major battles; Amiens, Arras and Cambrai, the Canadian Corps cracks the German line, and forces the Germans back. On the run, the Germans are forced to end the war, with the Canadians hot on their heels. At Mons, where the war started for the British Army in 1914, the upstart Canadians are the ones to recapture the famous city on the last day of the War.
A documentary series about the Canadian Army's participation in World War I. Historian, Norm Christie, examines the old battlefields, visiting the cemeteries and memorials that hold the secrets to the legacy and sacrifices of the Canadians in the Great War.
Starring: Norm Christie, R.H. Thomson, Stefan Preisenhammer
Host: Norm Christie
Narrator: R.H. Thomsom
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My great uncle Pvt. Thomas Rayton fought in this, “The Hundred Day Battle” and died by German machine gun fire on August 9, 1918. He rests in Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery.
Thank you for posting this video.
My Grandmother's 1st cousin was killed that same day south of Caix. My Grandfather's 1st cousin was killed the following day near Dury. He lived where I live.
Sure makes me proud to know what we can do when we’re properly united and working together
My grandfather's battle and that of his two of his brothers was in the last 100 days. He was in a hospital in England by October before the war ended. Bullet wound.
All three survived and returned home. My Grandfather went over on a horse boat and came home on the same boat. He loved horses so that was fine with him. They all farmed before the war. He was in the 217th Saskatchewan Battalion, CEF but was combined into the 19th Reserve Battalion and fought with the 1st Canadian Division. Red shoulder patches. Still have his, and his cap badge, dog tag.
They all came home. Same for the second war with my uncles, 7 in all. One was badly injured but all survived. And my son in Afghanistan.
Luck of the Irish they say.
My great uncle Max was in the 1st Division and also was killed on 9 August taking the village of Vrely. He is buried in the Vrely Extension Military Cemetery. Max enlisted in 1915, was wounded twice and sent to England. After recovering he retured to France twice more. A few years ago I came across a trove of letters he sent home and got a sense of the of the hell those soldiers went through. Someone was kind enough to post a video of the Vrely Cemetery andd panned all of the headstones and I was able to view Max's. Thank you for making these videos. Max died too young but at least he was able to be part of the "Black Day" for Germany. I was able to go online with the Canadian war records and see his records as well as the secret battle plans fot the Battle of Amiens. I had one of his dog tags which was a great help having his service number. Excellent series of videos.❤🍁🙏
A true patriot and historian Norm is the man when it comes to being a canadian becon
You kind of forget sometimes that there was some urban fighting that happened on the western front, in this case Mons.
Canadas 100 days what a corp of chargers .So little is known about the final push of an army singled out from the other allies including the raw raw rainbow division of America .
Makes me proud to have carried on the torch, CHIMO! 2nd Canadian Division, 34 CER 2012
Curry ruined his reputation by sending men into a battle of vanity. Many who had lauded him never forgave him for such a move. He should have refused, as Ike did when urged to send US troops to Berlin, also for no practical reason. So they were happy that 'only' 38 died? Sad.
I was beginning to think that this Canadian General Curry was an exception to the rule. That all his planning and careful deliberation meant he cared for his boy's. This last attack on Mons shattered that thought. What a scumbag.
If you think of the mind thought and such loyalty to the small British Army back then it was almost inevitable that someone was going to seek revenge
@@michaelb9529 heh?
@@generalbooger9146 no in canada its eh I dont know if you are canadian or not but back then Canada and the Empire were considered as one. Most soldiers of the corps were of British decent or actually from Britain so there was almost a burning desire to avenge what had happened to the Old Contemptables as they made their heroic but vastly out number stand against the onslaught of tens of divisions of germans against what was about 6 infantry and 2 cavalry divisions of the BEF. Despite being wiped they did manage to make the germans loose their Schliffen(sp) plan and send the germans reeling
@@michaelb9529 The Schlieffen Plan was altered by Moltke before the War which basically means the German 1914 was not the "Schlieffen Plan" at all. The Germans didn't have sufficient forces to prosecute the plan when the sent forces to the East. German Units were far ahead and out of touch with high command. Instead of encircling Paris the Germans exposed their flank and delivered a wonderful present to the British and French who stopped the Krauts at the Marne. Germans were not sent reeling. Instead, they were totally spent from forced marches and endless combat since hostilities began. They made a very thoughtful and calculated withdrawal and dug in on high strategic occupied ground that cost a lot of lives on all sides. The Allied troops were almost exclusively in trenches on lower saturated ground resembling cesspools whilst the Germans were high, dry and living it up on Belgium and Frances dime.
@@michaelb9529 Oh....... Romance aside........ Empire troops went to War over things like... They wanted adventures, the Empire(Patriotic thing.. our bit), Life at home really sucked balls and My wife won't STFU! lol