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Sean Campbell: My Grandpapa's Experience Under British Command in the Second World War

Sean Campbell: My Grandpapa's Experience Under British Command in the Second World War

Update: 2021-05-13
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Season 2, Episode 4 Sean Campbell follows the displaced soldiers of Poland who were on a personal journey of redemption. In the British Army, they found themselves contributing to the Allied cause on several fronts from Bomber Command's air war to the Invasion of Italy of 1943. In " Hussar: My Grandpapa and the Polish Experience Under British Command in the Second World War " Sean Campbell follows the displaced soldiers of Poland who were on a personal journey of redemption. This talk charts the unique journey of General Stanislaw Mazcek's 1st Polish Armoured Division, attached to Crerar's First Canadian Army, during the liberation of Western Europe. It highlights men such as Sean's grandpapa who helped to redeem the Polish homeland as a member of the division's 2nd Motorized Artillery Regiment. Sean is the Visitor Experience Manager at the Diefenbunker: Canada's Cold War Museum in Ottawa. He is a graduate of Western University's Masters in Public History program in London Ontario. His primary research interest in Canadian military history has taken him to the First and Second World War battlefields of Europe to explore and bring to life the lives of his military ancestors from both conflicts. Contributors: Mark Vogelsang Sean Campbell Georgiana Stanciu The Royal Canadian Regiment Museum
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Sean Campbell: My Grandpapa's Experience Under British Command in the Second World War

Sean Campbell: My Grandpapa's Experience Under British Command in the Second World War

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