For King and Country

Name: S01:E02 - Disaster in Hong Kong
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 46 min 49 s
Cast: Norm Christie

2004 · 1 Season

TV-14

Military historian Norm Christie journeys to Canadian battlefields, monuments, and cemeteries throughout the world, guiding viewers through WWII.

S01:E01 - Battle of Britain Atlantic War

Canadians enter World War II (1939 - 1941)

1942. Canadian soldiers fight an uneven battle against the might of the Japanese Empire in the brutal and deadly struggle for Hong Kong.

Everywhere are Canadian memories: of battles fought, of struggles lost and won.

Canadians battle fanatical Nazi resistance in the Liri Valley, Ortona and the Gothic Line.

Canadians battle Nazi Tiger tanks and fanatical Hitler Youth, on the D-Day beaches and the Falaise Gap, in the fields of Normandy.