For King and Empire | Episode 3 | Storming the Ridge, Vimy Ridge, 1917 | Norm Christie
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2020
- Watch For King and Empire Episode 3, Storming the Ridge, Vimy Ridge, 1917 hosted by Norm Christie and Narrated by R.H. Thomsonon Breakthrough Entertainment channel.
Moving north after the charnel house of the Somme, the Canadians plan for their most difficult operation of the war to date; the attack on the German fortress position of Vimy Ridge. Thought to be impregnible, the Canadians would have to plan and execute to perfection to snath this vital position from the Germans. Nobody thought they could do it.
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.
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This series should be included in the High School curriculum across Canada.
In the current age they would sooner add in the history of punjabistan than anything remotely related to our own people and history.
Had the privilege of visiting the Vimy site, centre and monument with my family. Very moving. Two great uncles in the Great War but not at Vimy. Knew one directly. Also a grandfather who served in the German army, who I knew well enough. I wonder when war can cease. Yesterday is not soon enough.
The song is The Maple Leaf Forever, which in my opinion, should be our national anthem.
Every Canadian should read Vimy by Berton
Thank god some of these brave blokes kept record by sending letters which may have seemed unimportant at the time but leave us now with insight into the experience of this dreadful war.
Letters from and to home were so important to the men and their families at home I read some the ones that my Great Grandfather wrote to my Great Grandmother very heart felt letters and I felt like it kept him from wanted to to give up from heart break of losing his friends and buddies he enlisted in a pals regiment with guys he worked with in Leicestershire. The most heartbreaking one is the letter from one of the guys telling my Great Grandmother of my Great Grandfathers death and how it happened he never included the gory details but did tell her he will not have a marked grave . You can just feel the sorrow in that letter. I have been pretty lucky I found his regimental diary for the day he was KIA although he is not listed by name it is the only action that they saw on that day and matches up with what my Great Grandmother was told so I at least have place to visit and walk in his steps. I also found on You Tube the regimental historian of his regiment and it is of the battle were he was killed so I kind lucked out here almost like he ( my Great Grandfather ) is leading me to discover his service or that is how feels to me.
The taking of hill 145 was due to the tenacity of the North Novas' who were a work detail who had not been used for only menial work and for the making of roads and other tasks. Laughed at by others but used to take the toughest part of Vimy and get it done.
Outstanding!
Agreed
why the loss of audio for so long so many times/?? Can this be fixed plse??
I'll be there 2 weeks tomorrow. I've waited 41 years for this.
Im British and could someone tell me what the pipe music is at the start.?
Thank you to Canada for your service along side mine
@Olz Dee That marvellous piece of music is ‘The Maple Leaf Forever’, performed in this case by the Royal Westminster Regiment. It has long been considered Canada’s unofficial 2nd national anthem.
@@robdunnett1258 Thanks Rob and G Bless for replying. Ive been interested in Canada's Military History for some time and this series was a great find. Take care
does anyone know the opening theme tune with the bagpipes please? Norm Christie is a truly committed historian who relays the stories with a passion
The tune is The Maple Leaf forever. It was once considered as the Canadian National Anthem, but the people of Quebec thought it to British.
@@alexboos5084 Alex I am truly grateful to you!!!! it would be a stirring national anthem that i would be proud to stand up for.
The Maple Leaf Forever is still played by the PRINCESS of whales Own Regiment (PWOR) every Remembrance Day, whom my son of 17 years is a proud reservist serving In the unit who's battle honours are marked in every major battle of World War 1. So proud.
Good to see that the Canadians remember.... I know that Commonwealth nations were sometimes discarded by British nobility... along with the British common people.
Men of villages in the UK were wiped out.
Or like my Grandpa crippled for life.
@@zulubeatz1 A lot of people were ruined by the war.
You ever heard of People's Temple? Rev Jim Jones's dad served on the western front. He was gassed with mustard gas.
The elder Jim Jones could not walk more than a few feet without gasping for air. He never held down a serious job for the rest of his days.
Rev Jones's Mom earned most of the money and raised Jim. She was a piece of work, made Jim into a piece of work.
We could consider the mass killing at Jonestown to be one of the little side effects of the First World War. A small version of how the "Great War" created Hitler or the Soviet Union.
I hope that your Grandpa at least got a pension for his grief.
I would be a wreck at that monument. My family would have been a lot bigger if not for that War.
I was there and I was a wreck. Besides Mont St Micheal a bucket list from when I was a small child, this was the other. It was more overwhelming than I imagined.
I WAS MORE of a wreck when irreverent disrespectful teens were running all over the monument demanding I take their picture as they dry humped each other and made mock around the Mother Mourning... when I clearly was already weeping reading the names of my ancestors of sacrifice.
If they werent there, I would have spent the whole day there in solemn silence and consideration ...
volume??
Sick story
Holy heck, 8 commercials in 14 minutes? I'm super interested in this subject but just couldn't listen to it any longer. When you start making a video unwatchable because of the interruptions people began to resent the advertiser. Had to turn it off.
War...what is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
Ask the descendants of American slaves how war worked for them.
I'm a descendant of Union veterans. We were satisfied with our bit.
@@jamallabarge2665 Such a waste. Too bad they didn't have a Crystal Ball. I have 2 descendants that fought in the 116th Pennsylvania. My Great Great yada yada Uncle left a diary and mentioned how the Army of the Potomac suffered mass desertions when the Emancipation Proclamation was put forward. Almost like the Army was kicked in the balls knocking the wind out of it. Post War Veterans came back home and in many cases forced to take cuts in their pay to compete with the newly freed workforce. That's why so many Northern Cities rioted during the War. I agree with them.
@@generalbooger9146 Hi, General. The 116th? They were considered part of the "Irish brigade".
Some did not consider Irish people to be reliable employees. "No Irish Need Apply" was in the windows of many businesses. That was the prejudice of the times.
The big draft riots in the North, especially NYC in 1863, were of Irish immigrants. Angry over the draft system and the substitute system.
Stopping Dictators hell bent on controling the world? It is sad that mankind has yet to find a better way to solve its problems but without the contribution of these men the whole of Western Europe would be under German rule. Or a wasteland. Sometimes you have to fight a bully