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Sam's Army( 1999)

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Far from Home: Canada and the Great War - Part 1

Overview

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.

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      Paul Gross

      Narrator

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      Bradford Jackson

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      Brad Austin

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      John Bayliss

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      David Calderisi

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      Benedict Campbell

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      William Colgate

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      William Dunlop

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      Adrian Egan

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      Patrick Garrow

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      Linda Goranson

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      Keith Hampshire

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      David Hemblen

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      Joergen Fuglsang

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      Erica Jackson

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      Eric Koch

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      Gary Krawford

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      Ray Landry

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      Dan MacDonald

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      Shawn Mathieson

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      John McMullan

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      Paul Miller

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      Victoria Mitchell

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      John Ralston

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      Jacques Tourangeau

      Henri Bourassa

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      Richard Waugh

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      Roger Periard

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      Heinar Piller

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    Facts

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • canada
    • world war i
    • canadian army