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Hiroshima

Hiroshima

Mr Sperry talks about what it was like going to Hiroshima a few weeks after the Atomic Bomb was dropped.

After VE Day

After VE Day

Mr. Sperry talks about VE Day and the things that happened, for example, girls getting their heads shaved because they talked to the enemies.

Air Raids

Air Raids

Mr. Sperry describes the sound of an air raid and how it became real when his home town was bombed.

War Declared

War Declared

Mr. Sperry talks about where he was when war was declared.

Werewolf Operation

Werewolf Operation

Mr. Pollak talks about rumours of the Werewolf Operation, which was a fortified area in Austria of young SS who would continue to fight. He also discusses how the German High Command continued to exist after the end of the war and helped control the defeated army.

Crossing the Rhine

Crossing the Rhine

Mr. Pollak describes an incident while crossing the Rhine where the Canadian unit were able to decode more effectively than the British or Americans and they subsequently averted serious casualties from an artillery barrage.

21 Panzer Division

21 Panzer Division

Mr. Pollak describes the 21 Panzer Division and how useful their intelligence of the signalling patterns became in tracking the German’s movements.

Differentiation of Signals (Part 2 of 2)

Differentiation of Signals (Part 2 of 2)

Mr. Pollak describes how they were able to differentiate the origin of one signal from another.

The Rhine Drop (4 of 4)

The Rhine Drop (4 of 4)

Mr. Kelly describes the gliders used in the Rhine drop and talks of a medical officer he befriended.

The Rhine Drop (3 of 4)

The Rhine Drop (3 of 4)

Mr. Kelly talks about his run in with a British Lieutenant and the thrill from all the lost Canadians running together to get to battalion headquarters.

Getting the Hospital Set Up

Getting the Hospital Set Up

Mrs. Page talks about an erroneous rumour that went around, in effect saying that the soldiers thought the new arrivals had been sent 'for the comfort of the troops.' Then the casualties started pouring in, Allied and German.

Differentiation of Signals (Part 1 of 2)

Differentiation of Signals (Part 1 of 2)

Mr. Pollak describes how they were able to differentiate the origin of one signal from another.

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