Sam's Army
Sam's Army
Watch sam's army on Soap2day. 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.
- Genre: Documentary, War
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- Director: Alan Erlich
- Cast: Paul Gross, Bradford Jackson, Brad Austin, John Bayliss, David Calderisi, Benedict Campbell, William Colgate, William Dunlop, Adrian Egan, Patrick Garrow, Linda Goranson, Keith Hampshire, David Hemblen, Joergen Fuglsang, Erica Jackson, Eric Koch, Gary Krawford, Ray Landry, Dan MacDonald, Shawn Mathieson, John McMullan,
