Crisis on the Hill

September 1944 - March 1945. On the eve of victory, Canada faces and internal crisis; acute shortage of men for overseas precipitates the conscription issue, threatening national unity and the King government. In Europe, Canadian divisions fight their way to the top of the Italian boot, then regroup for the final onslaught on Germany. They engage in the battles of the Reicwald and Hochwald forests and finally cross the Siegfried Line.