A 'deafening silence': Canada still struggles with the Second World War's legacy, says historian - News Summed Up

A 'deafening silence': Canada still struggles with the Second World War's legacy, says historian


The Second World War ended at that moment. It's reflected in the title of his latest book: The Fight for History: 75 Years of Forgetting, Remembering and Remaking Canada's Second World War. (CBC News)Following the First World War, Canadians built monuments from coast to coast. "I argue in the book that it too has contributed to the silencing of the Second World War." Many of the international institutions that were born out of the Second World War are under attack today.


Source: CBC News September 02, 2020 07:52 UTC



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