Season 5
8 episodes · Jan 1, 2005
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- S5E1
Osborn of Hong Kong
Jan 1, 20051mIn World War II, the troops in Hong Kong were the first Canadians to see combat. During an attack, Sergeant Major John Osborn of Winnipeg protected his company by throwing himself on a live grenade.
- S5E2
Mona Parsons
Jan 1, 20051mMona Parsons was sentenced to a Nazi prison camp for helping dozens of downed Allied airmen escape.
- S5E3
Tommy Prince
Jan 1, 20051mTommy Prince of the Brokenhead Objibway Nation is one of the most decorated soldiers in Canada's history.
- S5E4
Vimy Ridge
Jan 1, 20051mCanadian General Arthur Currie leads Allied forces to Canada's most significant victory of World War I (1917).
- S5E5
Andrew Mynarski
Jan 1, 20051mA young Canadian gunner stays behind to save his friend in a flaming Lancaster Bomber and dies in the attempt. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery.
- S5E6
Home from the Wars
Jan 1, 20051mAfter WWII, veterans confronted a politician about the lack of shelter, launching the construction of 10,000 units of Veterans' Housing.
- S5E7
Dextraze in the Congo
Jan 1, 20051mGeneral Jacques Dextraze of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force rescued a group of hostages from the Katangan rebels in the Congo.
- S5E8
Juno Beach
Jan 1, 20051mOn the evening of D-Day, musician and broadcaster Johnny Lombardi boosts morale on the edge of a Normandy Beach.