VE Day 1945 -2005 60th Anniversary
MEDIA
Canada.com
http://www.canada.com/national/features/veday/index.html
http://www.canada.com/national/features/veday/more.html
CBC
Main Page VE Day
http://www.cbc.ca/veday/
VE day In Depth
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/ve-day/
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/yourlondon/1945/ve_events.shtml
Globe and Mail - interactive map, timeline and audio of Veterans
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/special/VEDayInteractive2005/
Last Days of War - Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/generated/realtime/specialVEDay.html
Europe had Peace - Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050502.wxwar02/BNStory/International/
Front Pages of 1945 - start ( note that the pages can be read in Acrobat if
enlarged) Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050202.wwwiigallery/PhotoGallery01?slot=1
Hitler Dead Front Page - Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050202.wwwiigallery/PhotoGallery01?slot=79
SPECIAL
Veterans Affairs Canada
http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/general/sub.cfm?source=feature/veday
Canada War Museum -
Canadian War Museum
official web page
CBC web page for War Museum
http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/features/warmuseum/
Press Coverage of May 8, 2005 Coast to Coast
St. John's
Telegram - A mother’s work is never done
http://www.thetelegram.com/news.aspx?pname=Editorials&StoryID=34225
Halifax Herald - War's end
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/05/08/fEditorial184.raw.html
Ottawa Sun - High cost of war
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030321-sun.html
Ottawa Sun - Deep sense of loss in the midst of victory
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030320-sun.html
Ottawa Sun - Today's schedule
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030329-sun.html
Ottawa Sun - Long war for early recruits - To view corpses of brave brothers
was unbearable, writes Cliff Chadderton
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030328-sun.html
Ottawa Sun - Back where it all ended
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030330-sun.html
Ottawa Sun- 'We had quite a party' - Derek Puddicombe relates how some of our
vets celebrated VE Day
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/OttawaSun/News/2005/05/08/1030327-sun.html
Toronto Sun - They led the way: WWI Laid Ground For Modern Army
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Columnists/Worthington_Peter/2005/05/08/1030758-sun.html
Toronto Sun - Teach your children well
http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/Commentary/2005/05/08/1030277.html
Winnipeg Free Press - They were young, and brave
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/2765559p-3201538c.html
Calgary Herald - Proud legacy must be upheld. We honour military sacrifices
by supporting our forces today
http://www.canada.com/calgary/calgaryherald/news/theeditorialpage/story.html?id=2214cafe-94f0-4253-8bd3-cf751b5f8bf1
Victoria Times Colonist - The war that helped shape Canada
http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/news/monitor_comment/story.html?id=891590b4-789d-4a21-a8eb-e8f7fc3f5f82
May 1945: End of a long road
Canadian Press war correspondent Douglas Amaron travelled with the Canadian Army
and filed from the front lines for much of the Second World War. Here is his
dispatch the day the war ended in Europe.
http://www.canada.com/victoria/timescolonist/news/story.html?id=95b7a6d1-f972-4f12-ba99-b1f117c24280
CBC - Canadian Forces honoured with VE-Day parade
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/05/08/veday_europe050508.html
CBC May 8 - Veterans mark VE-Day at new war museum
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/08/ottsawa-ve050508.html
CBC May 7 Museum opening highlights VE-Day anniversary
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/05/07/veday_europe050507.html
CBC Archives - Victory! The End of the War in Europe
From the liberation of Holland through the German surrender, celebrations in
Canada and the servicemen's return, CBC Archives follows Canadians as the war
ends in Europe. 10 segments to view.
http://archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-71-1682/conflict_war/veday/
CBC - look for related items on this page, some are videos, others are radio
reports
Victory! The End of the War in Europe
Archives main page
http://archives.cbc.ca/index.asp?IDLan=1
CBC special web page in the archive section
For Teachers
CBC - sitemap
http://www.cbc.ca/help/sitemap.html
Created on May 5, 2005, revised on
Wednesday May 30, 2007
