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Title: Hiroshima: After the Bomb
 
Type: Sound
Description: With a blinding flash and a sky-high fireball, the world's first atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The American bomb killed about 70,000 Japanese instantly, and an equal number would soon die of radiation poisoning. The weapon saved American soldiers' lives and ended the Second World War, but it ushered in a new era of nuclear arms. CBC Archives looks at the atomic bomb, its impact on Hiroshima and its legacy.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: The Italian Campaign: Canada Declares War on Italy
 
Type: Sound
Description: A full year before the D-Day landings in Normandy, there were the Allied invasions of Sicily and Italy. Canada played a major role in the Allies' first breach of Hitler's "Fortress Europe" in 1943 and 1944. Canadian soldiers defeated entrenched German forces but paid a terrible price. Seaside towns and mountain passes became places of horror: Ortona, Cassino, Rimini. But with the events of D-Day and the Allied push across Europe, the Italian Campaign became a forgotten front, a deadly sideshow that cost nearly 6,000 Canadian lives. Sixty years later, their bravery is remembered.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Cold War Drill
 
Type: Sound
Description: CBC assesses damage and results of Tocsin B nuclear attack simulation exercise.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Comrades in Arms: Second World War Canadian soldiers, sailors and airm...
 
Type: Sound
Description: The CBC program "Comrades in Arms", which debuted in 1942 and continued till the war's end, dramatizes the life of soldiers in the Army, Navy and Air Force. This 1943 episode features the exploits of the RCAF Wolverine Squadron as they search out and destroy German U-boats in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: The Bombing of Dresden
 
Type: Sound
Description: The firebombing of Dresden, Germany in February 1945 sets the city ablaze, and would become one of the most controversial attacks of the Second World War. But as we hear in these wartime reports from CBC Radio, at the time of the bombing Allied forces are simply glad to see another part of the German war machine crippled. In the first part of this report, which aired on Feb. 14, 1945, RCAF Squadron Leader Les Powell describes the logistics of the Dresden attack. In the second part, which aired two days later, Powell interviews Flight Sergeant Frank Bramley, a Lancaster gunner who participated in the Dresden bombings. He describes the aerial view of the fires raging along the Eastern Front as "the finest sight I've ever seen" - proof positive that victory is in sight at last.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: VE-Day: UN Conference Capitalizes on Victory
 
Type: Sound
Description: May 8, 1945, was a day to celebrate. It was VE-Day, the long-awaited moment when the Allied forces triumphed over Nazi Germany to claim victory in Europe. But the joy brought by news of peace was dampened by the memory of fallen comrades and the ongoing war in the Pacific. From the liberation of Holland through the German surrender, celebrations in Canada and the servicemen's return, CBC Archives follows Canadians as the war ends in Europe.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: A Canadian in Hiroshima
 
Type: Sound
Description: With a blinding flash and a sky-high fireball, the world's first atomic bomb exploded over the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. The American bomb killed about 70,000 Japanese instantly, and an equal number would soon die of radiation poisoning. The weapon saved American soldiers' lives and ended the Second World War, but it ushered in a new era of nuclear arms. CBC Archives looks at the atomic bomb, its impact on Hiroshima and its legacy.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Women after the war
 
Type: Sound
Description: In this 1945 broadcast of the radio program "Servicemen's Forum," the position of women in Canada's postwar society is discussed. Talk turns to education for women, full employment, wage equity, and the possibility of introducing a family allowance.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Van Doos: 'Put Victory First!' - Paul Triquet and Victory Loans
 
Type: Sound
Description: Major Paul Triquet, recipient of the Victoria Cross, is honoured during a Victory Loan Luncheon in 1944.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
Title: Second World War: Greetings from the Beaver Club
 
Type: Sound
Description: From London's Beaver Club, Canadian soldiers send short radio messages to loved ones at home.
Site: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
 
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