The Valour and the Horror

Mini-series investigating three significant Canadian battles in World War II.

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 1992

Still image for The Valour and the Horror season 1 episode 1: A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong

1. A Savage Christmas: The Fall of Hong Kong

The Japanese attacked Hong Kong from the north in 1941 and Hong Kong fell. It was manned by Canadian troops with virtually no training.

Still image for The Valour and the Horror season 1 episode 2: Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command

2. Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command

About the Canadian pilots in the British Royal Air Force Bomber Squadrons during World War II.

Still image for The Valour and the Horror season 1 episode 3: In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

3. In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

On the section speaking of the black watch getting massacred, they show the black watch carrying m16s into battle. The m16 was not invented until 1959.

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