For King and Country
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
- 2004-2004
- 1 season
- History Channel
- Documentary
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
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2004
Episode 1
Battle of Britain Atlantic War
Part 1: Canadians pilots and aircrew fight in The Battle of Britain to assist in the the first defeat of the Nazi's in World War II. Part 2: Canadian Sailors in the RCN and Merchant seaman battle Nazi U-Boats and fierce Atlantic storms and weather to deliver vital supplies to Britain 1939-45.
Episode 2
Disaster in Hong Kong
1942. Canadian soldiers fight an uneven battle against the might of the Japanese Empire in the brutal and deadly struggle for Hong Kong.
Episode 3
Invasion Italy
Episode 4
Ortona Deathtrap
Canadians battle fanatical Nazi resistance in the Liri Valley, Ortona and the Gothic Line.
Episode 5
Battle of Normandy
Canadians battle Nazi Tiger tanks and fanatical Hitler Youth, on the D-Day beaches and the Falaise Gap, in the fields of Normandy.
Episode 6
The Final Battle
Canadians fight deadly battles liberating France and Holland, and defeating Nazi Germany, Japan 1944-45.