Sam's Army
Sam's Army

Sam's Army

10.0

1 hr 30 min

1999-03-01

1

Canada was led to war by a bigoted, ignorant, self-obsessed Minister of Militia, who may well have been clinically insane, but the importance of Canada's contribution in that war owes a great deal to him. The man of course, was Colonel - later made Lieutenant General by his own hand - Sam Hughes. Sam's Army is a compelling portrait of a complex man and the formidable military he built. Sam Hughes was not your standard-issue military leader. Canada's World War I Minister of Militia and Defence concentrated power in his own hands, insisted that the Canadian military use the ill-conceived Ross rifle and liberally promoted his cronies. But there was no denying Hughes was a visionary. He assembled the world's largest-ever volunteer army and bucked superiors to keep his ferocious fighting force together in one Canadian Corps.

Documentary

War

Trailers

Characters

Paul Gross

Paul Gross

Narrator

Bradford Jackson

Bradford Jackson

Brad Austin

Brad Austin

John Bayliss

John Bayliss

David Calderisi

David Calderisi

Benedict Campbell

Benedict Campbell

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