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The Canadian Encyclopedia offers more than 19,500 bilingual articles focused on Canada and Canadiana, and now offers a podcast. Each episode is produced with input from subject experts and fact-checked for accuracy.

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  1. The Fight to Fight: The No 2 Construction Battalion

    2019-09-26

    The Fight to Fight: The No 2 Construction Battalion

    This documentary tells the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) — also known as the Black Battalion. The battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916, during the First World War. It was a segregated non-combatant unit, the first and only all-Black battalion in Canadian military history. To learn more, visit: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/…-battalion/

    15 min
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