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The Fight to Fight: The No 2 Construction Battalion
Episode 1
Thursday, 26 September, 2019

This documentary tells the story of the No. 2 Construction Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) — also known as the Black Battalion. The battalion was authorized on 5 July 1916, during the First World War. It was a segregated non-combatant unit, the first and only all-Black battalion in Canadian military history.To learn more, visit: thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/…-battalion/