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Voices of Never Ending Dawn

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IPR News Features
Date: 
09/11/2009

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During World War I, a group of Michigan soldiers were part of a regiment known as the Polar Bears. These soldiers fought the Bolsheviks in Russia in 60-below temperatures and waist-deep snow. Now, a new documentary is telling the little-known story of the Polar Bears. IPR's Brad Aspey has a look.

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Video documentary on Michigan Polar Bears

Submitted by Scott Hirko (not verified) on September 22, 2009 - 8:46am.
Michigan Humanities Council supported Michigan Television's documentary of a feature about The Polar Bear Brigade. Immediately upon the conclusion of World War I in 1918, allied leaders sought to intervene in Russia's civil war to prevent the Bolsheviks from taking power. A brigade of mostly Detroit based soldiers was sent to northern Russia and placed under British command. The unprepared soldiers suffered terribly in the harsh Russian winter and soon Detroit citizens were demanding their withdrawal by President Woodrow Wilson. You can view it here: http://www.michiganhumanities.org/programs/media/file_details.php?id=25 or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHDCf06r3O4

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