For King and Country | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Battlefields Of Normandy | Norm Christie

Episode 5 deals with D-Day, covering the Landings and early exploitation into Normandy. Veteran Lockie Fulton of the Winnipegs takes us over his battleground, from the beaches to the Carpiquet airfield. The second part of the show covers the breakout from Caen, Operation Totalize, and finally the closing of the Falaise Gap. Normandy cost the Canadian Army 5000 dead. #ForKingAndCountry
Star: Norm Christie
For King & Country follows military historian Norm Christie to Canadian battlefields, monuments and cemeteries throughout the world. Norm guides us through the Second World War from the point of view of ordinary soliders who tell their stories in their own words. Using a unique mixture of archival footage, photographs, artwork, and actuality, the series creates a dramatic sense of what it was really like to fight "for king and country
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[@brucewood1827]

Norm, I've always enjoyed your videos and documentaries about the Canadians in both World Wars and Korea. I've watched them several times over the past few years. I hope that someday you'll do more on Canadian forces in WW1. Thanks for your great work.