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War brides: The last reunion

Surrounded by falling bombs, strict rationing and nightly blackouts, a generation of young women found love. They were the war brides: British and European women who married Canadian servicemen in the Second World War. After tearful goodbyes to their families, they embarked on a grueling journey by ship and train to join their husbands and in-laws in a new country. Once they arrived, many war brides had to confront culture shock and desperate homesickness before embracing their new lives in Canada.

War brides of Ontario and Quebec meet for the last time.
Medium: Television
Program: Saturday Report
Broadcast Date: Sept. 11, 2004
Guest(s): Paul Dumaine, Joan Dumaine, Pauline Tousignant, Elsie Williams
Host: Suhana Meharchand
Reporter: Kas Roussy
Duration: 2:45

Last updated: December 13, 2012

Page consulted on May 15, 2013

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