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[Talisker]

The link below is to archive footage, photographs, commentary and interviews regarding preparation and arrival of Canadian peacekeepers in Cyprus in 1964.
http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/pea ... lips/3004/

Set aside half an hour if you decide to view the entire broadcast.

Regards,
Talisker

[denizaksulu]

Thanks for that Talisker.

The arrival of these troops had given us hope of survival during those desperate days. But they soon became tools of the skullduggery of Cypriot politics. The scenes shown are still in my memories of those days.

[halil]

The link below is to archive footage, photographs, commentary and interviews regarding preparation and arrival of Canadian peacekeepers in Cyprus in 1964.
http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/pea ... lips/3004/

Set aside half an hour if you decide to view the entire broadcast.

Regards,
Talisker

Thanks Talisker,
i watched the archive . it was very informative , i hope more of them we can get in this forum . İf you have more please link them here . i copied this one for my archive .
i will put this link the tread was open by me Lokmacı today and yesterday to light one day history of the Cyprus.

[halil]

the tread about lokmacı-ledra was at below link
Lokmaci Yesterday and Today

http://www.cyprus-forum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16995

[Talisker]

And here's a link to a much shorter CBC broadcast about the Canadian peacekeepers leaving Cyprus in 1993:
http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/pea ... ips/14251/

[halil]

very good and helpfull Talisker . we must take notice at the end what the reporter concluded his last words .

[Oracle]

Slimy, creepy halil the archiving propagandist ... collect-collect, alter and disseminate ...... you nasty little man!

[halil]

Slimy, creepy halil the archiving propagandist ... collect-collect, alter and disseminate ...... you nasty little man!

[kurupetos]

very good and helpfull Talisker . we must take notice at the end what the reporter concluded his last words .

[Oracle]

Take note of this too ....

http://www.lermuseum.org/ler/mh/1945top ... yprus.html

Within 24 hours, the Turkish invasion force had gone beyond its initial objectives, securing the port of Kryenia, their beachhead in the northern part of Cyprus, and extending its territory into the Turkish sector of Nicosia. Their final objective was to be the Nicosia airport on the western end the city. Indian Lieutenant-General Prem Chand, who had also commanded the 1962 UN action against secessionist Katangan gendarmes and mercenaries, led the UN forces in Cyprus. He and his chief of staff, Canada's Colonel Clay Beattie, who was also the commander of the Canadian contingent, decided that to allow the Turks to take the airport would be an unacceptable blow to UN credibility.

An initial attack by the Turks was stopped by Greek Cypriot defensive fire, but, when word of an impending second assault reached the Canadian contingent, it reminded both sides that they had agreed to a ceasefire. The Canadian soldiers also clearly stated that they would defend their positions. The world press could then report a Turkish assault on UN troops. The Turks apparently believed that the Canadian contingent would stand its ground -- they certainly had the means to overcome these troops but chose not to do so. Bravado, credible because of the evident professionalism of Canada's soldiers, won the day. In addition to preventing the Nicosia airport from falling into Turk hands, the action defined a new style of .....