What we might have been

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  • Author: Brookes, Chris , Rumbolt, Curtis
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    Battery Radio

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    The tragic battlefield loss that ended the dreams of a nation. This documentary recreates the "war to end all wars", when the independent nation of Newfoundland raised a regiment to fight for Britain in World War One, when the Regiment was virtually wiped out on July 1, 1916 in France, and when the repercussions of that loss later catapulted Newfoundland into losing its independence and becoming a province of Canada.

    Genre: Canadian nonfiction
    Original Publisher: St. John's, Newfoundland , Battery Radio
    Language(s): English

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The tragic battlefield loss that ended the dreams of a nation. This documentary recreates the "war to end all wars", when the independent nation of Newfoundland raised a regiment to fight for Britain in World War One, when the Regiment was virtually wiped out on July 1, 1916 in France, and when the repercussions of that loss later catapulted Newfoundland into losing its independence and becoming a province of Canada.

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Canadian nonfiction
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St. John's, Newfoundland

Battery Radio

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