Bond of Strangers

Bond of Strangers: The Operation Husky Story

DVD release cover
Directed by Max Fraser
Produced by Max Fraser
Music by Jordy Walker
Edited by Brendan Preston
Release dates
  • October 30, 2015 (2015-10-30)
Running time
 54 minutes
Country Canada
Italy
Language English

Bond of Strangers: The Operation Husky Story is a 2015 historical military documentary, produced and directed by Max Fraser, that chronicles a 300 km-trek made by 10 Canadians through the mountains of Sicily in honour of the sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who served there during the Second World War.[1] They are part of Operation Husky 2013, a series of commemorative events that take place in Sicily on the 70th anniversary of the original Operation Husky in 1943.[2]

Fraser's father, James T. Fraser, fought in the Italian campaign with the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment.[3] Fraser's goal in making Bond of Strangers was to raise awareness about this important, but often neglected, part of Canada's military history.[4]

Veteran Sheridan Atkinson was part of the Italian campaign, and is featured prominently in the movie. Before his attendance at the Toronto screening of Bond of Strangers, he told the Toronto Sun, "the discussion of the war and Canada always ends up with Normandy. God bless those guys and I wouldn’t want to take anything way from them, but the participation of Canada in the Italian campaign ended up in filing cabinets with no recognition at all, which is sad.”[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Hansard" (PDF). Yukon Legislative Assembly. Yukon Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Canadians retrace Italian Campaign in new documentary". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ↑ Mahoney, Jeff. "Film shines a light on Canada’s role in Second World War Italian campaign". Hamilton Spectator (Metroland Media). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Operation Husky 2013" (PDF). Montreal Times pages 1 and 7 Retrieved 2016-5-4
  5. ↑ Connor, Kevin (8 November 2015). "Canadian troops 'forgotten' WWII campaign gets its due". Canoe Sun Media. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "ABCBookWorld". www.abcbookworld.com. Retrieved 2016-05-04.

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