Analysis Of Sergeant-Major Osborn's Video: This Heritage Minute

This Heritage Minute was about the battle of Hong Kong, one of Canada’s most forgotten about battles and the heroic effort by Sergeant-Major Osborn. Here a summary of the video will be given, with three main arguments. First, will be how it was one of the most forgotten, yet brutal battles in World War 2 that Canadians should be interested about their history. Also, give a bit of the background on this forgotten battle. Next, the truthfulness of this Heritage Minute. Finally, how this battle reflects Canadian fighting spirit and drive to never quit and the aftermath of the battles and how it affected the soldiers. During this heritage minute, it shows the battle in Hong Kong between the Canadians and the Japanese Army. With the Canadians

Sergeant-Major Osborn was prepping his troops to go out and fight the Japanese, when they were prepping to go out a grenade was thrown into the defensive area the Canadians were in. Sergeant-Major Osborn without hesitation yelled to warn the others, while simultaneously jumping on the grenade he would not be able to throw back, sacrificing his own life to save the lives of his troops. After his death he was awarded the Victoria Cross, one of the most decorated awards in the British Commonwealth. This Heritage Minute was to help Canadians of the almost forgotten battle in Hong Kong. The battle of Hong Kong is almost a forgotten battle in World War two, because of the small number of Canadians killed compared to many other battles during the war. Hong Kong was one of the first battles Canada took placed in during World War two. It was to help stop the advance of the Japanese military on Hong Kong, which at the time was a British colony.

They Canadians defended Hong Kong till the bitter end, until they were left with no choice, but to surrender. Not only was it non-of their homes, not even part of their country. The bravery and sacrifice these men made shall always be remembered. With many that lost their lives and the rest going to a POW camp ran by the Japanese, where they were treated like animals for 3 and a half years, some where able to go home after the war. Even if some were able to go home, the trauma/PTSD suffered by these soldiers was extensive “In the years immediately after the war, the surviving Hong Kong veterans tended to keep their stories to themselves. By the mid-1960s, as their terrible treatment as POWs began manifesting itself in a much higher than expected death rate among the middle-aged former prisoners, the Hong Kong Veterans Association of the Canada was formed to lobby for the better pensions, benefits, and compensation.” After World War two, Canada did not really take care of our veterans well. Once the death rates of these veterans Canada started to take care of our veterans. It may have taken a while, but they got what they deserved “In 1971, the government of Canada granted a basic fifty-percent disability pension for ‘undetermined disabilities.’ It took almost