In this episode, host Russell Hillier talks to William Ray, veteran of the battle of the Medak Pocket.
In 1993, Canadian peace-keepers were sent to the Medak Pocket, with the goal of protecting Serbian civilians from a planned Croatian offensive. What happened next was an intense battle between Canadian and Croat forces. Medak Pocket was Canada's largest battle in the decades between the Korean War and Afghanistan. Yet instead of being thanked for their courage, veterans of the battle were told not to talk about it. As far as the government was concerned, the battle never happened.
The One Soldier Podcast studies military history from Canada and around the world, by talking to authors and veterans about their experiences, books and memoirs.
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One Soldier Podcast 24: Lord of the Rings Historical Analysis with Professor Gerard McLarney.
Episode 23: Rhodesian Light Infantry with John Van Zyl
Episode 22: Battle of Cut Knife Hill
Episode 21: Alberta Independence with Paul Hinman
Hunting Taliban with Chuck Prodonick
Episode 19: The South African Border War with Granger Korff
Episode 18: The Canadian Airborne Regiment And How To Rob A Bank With Darnell Bass
Episode 16: With Master Sniper Jody Mitic (Part 1)
Episode 15: Saint Lazarus Day and Robin Speer
Episode 14: Joel Struthers and the French Foreign Legion
Episode 13: Blood of the Black Donnelly's
Episode 12: A Terrible Glory (Custer and the Little Big Horn)
Episode 11: Civil War Submarine Mystery
Episode 10: The Rhodesian Bush War with Tim Bax
Episode 9: The Fenian Invasion and the Battle of Ridgeway
Episode 8: Scott Casey and Canadian Peace-Keeping
Episode 7: General Robert E. Lee vs. Isaac Brock
Episode 6: The Taliban Don't Wave
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