@@theselfishangryguy1946 Well i don't have any problem to believe that just knowing how we were slaves of the industry when we arrived in Europe we were on fire ain't the 2024 tiktokers generation for sure !
8:38 I died inside when you didn't know what Juno beach was, but then when you said you thought D-Day was the start of WW2, I realized you don't know even the ABC's of WW2 lol.
Thanks to the crappy US education system. Even Germans visit Juno and Omaha Beaches and Vimy Ridge. Many Americans don’t realize that they were driven back in the war of 1812 and that we burned down the White House……
Sadly most Americans think the start of WWII was when they entered the war... or D-Day for the most of them. Poor buggers don't even know about the campaigns in Italy or North Africa let alone the Battles of Britain or the Atlantic. Many of my cousins state side didn't even know the original "white" house and capitol building were burnt down in 1812 when the British took Washington, DC; let alone that the War of 1812 even happened. Their education system is quite slanted and they miss out on many tales, stories, and historical events.
1944 .... canadians had been fighting since '39 It kinda hurt a little to hear him say the start of WW2 But I do think it was a slip of the tongue Because most Americans would recognize Dec 7 1941 as the start of their war.
Just remember that he is an American and was never taught about Canadian history. Many Canadians don't know about JUNO Beach or much about Canadian military history.
Canada is one of the very few countries to have never lost a war. Of all the D-Day beaches, Juno Beach (where the Canadians landed) was the second best defended. Yet, the Canadians managed to move inland fast, they had to wait for other Allied troops to keep up.
@@ShidavTheVedmak Many Afghans who benefited from reconstruction efforts (schools, hospitals, safety for women from the Taliban etc.) would disagree with you. Many of my friends still in the CAF would also disagree with you.
I am not surprised an American would not learn about the British/Canadian perspective in the War of 1812, but I am shocked that the great Canada-Britain-USA victory on the Beaches of Normandy, June 6 1944 is not known. That saddens me.
That"s OK.. I did not know the U.S. participated at all. 1944 was not the start of the war. It started in 1938 with the Polish and the brits were suppose to back them (but they didn't)
The US was busy selling Arms to everyone. The Americans didn't want to get involved in WW11 as they were still recovering from the Great Depression. So we're the Canadians but we still went to assist where we were needed.
Just a Quick note they might have mentioned in USA History British USA victory at the time we were still a division of the British army not yet our own separate force
The Canadians were the only army which made its goal for that day. The fought through to the enemy held towns and had to wait for the other , US, UK, armies to arrive 48 hours later. Canadians had the widest front to overcome.
We ended up seeing our guys pay the price. Kurt Meyer and the SS Panzers went right at them . The Canadians were tasked with getting to Caen and Carpiquet Airfield in D day plus one or two. It ended up being a nasty battle over a month and change to get both and involved a good chunk of Brits as well.
No, Juno was not the widest front on D Day. Either Omaha or Gold was widest. Juno and Sword were the narrowest. But the fighting was hardest and cost more lives on Juno per the percentage of troops landed there. More men were killed on Omaha but the US landed more than three times as many troops there on D Day.
At that time, the Quebec government did not clear snow from secondary roads, so residents of these areas stored their cars for the winter season. The idea to build a winter vehicle came to Bombardier after a blizzard in which his young son fell ill and died because he could not be brought to the nearest hospital. After the war, business declined when the Quebec government began clearing snow from secondary roads in 1948. Bombardier went on to build smaller snowmobiles during the 1950s and developed a new market for recreational products for one or two people. The original name for these snowmobiles was Ski-Dog, but a typographical error in a Bombardier brochure changed the name Ski-Dog to Ski-Doo. Today they produce also planes and trains.
In January 1934, a blizzard prevented Joseph-Armand Bombardier from reaching the nearest hospital in time to save his two-year-old son, Yvon, who died from appendicitis. So that this would never happen to anyone else's child, in 1935 he designed and produced the first snowmobile using a drive system he developed that revolutionized travel in snow and swampy conditions. The first snowmobiles were 7-passenger "B7" snow coaches. The Ski-Doo was a smaller personal vehicle first built in 1947. Bombardier's company then branched out to start building buses, military equipment, aircraft, and now have added high-speed rail. They are one of Canada's biggest success stories.
It is absolutely disgraceful that they don’t teach you about Juno, gold, and sword beach. They were just as important as Utah and Omaha beach. I bet you’ve heard of them.
Yes, US had 2 beaches compared to the other 3 beaches where British, Canadian, and other forces landed, such as Free French, belgians, etc. Also casualties on Omaha may not have been as large if they'd not refused the use of more of the specialised armour offered by the Brits, apart from the limited DD shermans (swimming tanks), they actually used. Still, the US won WWII on their own, like later wars, without any help from their allies!
@@anthonywatson7735 - ''Still, the US won WWII on their own, like later wars, without any help from their allies!'' Yeah, sure. Typical US balderdash. You claim that the allies had left during WWII and didn't participate in later wars? Is that part of US history? I don't know how old you are but still, do you mentally ever leave your momma's basement? Yeah, I thought so. Consider this; expressing great pleasure and satisfaction at heightening it's glorious excessive pride and boastfulness is what makes MANY dislike the US. Such a weak ''super power'' you live in especially when you realize what is domestically going on IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, not just of late but from its very beginning. The ''UNITED'' States??? What a joke! You claim that the US won WWII on it's own, well It's time for y'all to get your own s**t together before you lose all credibility. Let's see if you can! For your own sake, I sure do hope so! .
Tyler, I'm not surprised you've never heard of the Battle of Queenston Heights. Americans tend to ignore the War of 1812 because they lost, including losing some major battles on American soil (just look up the Battle of Bladensberg, AKA the "Bladensberg Races" where the entire American Army ran away, for example). But in Canada, the battles in the war are well remembered. The Battle of Queenston Heights is even mentioned in "The Maple Leaf Forever", a patriotic song that almost became Canada's national anthem. The second verse reads like this: At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane, Our brave fathers, side by side, For freedom, homes and loved ones dear, Firmly stood and nobly died; And those dear rights which they maintained, We swear to yield them never! Our watchword evermore shall be "The Maple Leaf forever!"
Did the Americans lose? It was basically a draw. Yes the Americans didn't achieve their goals but the border remained the same after the war as it was before the war.
For the war of 1812. My Cree, Ojibwe and Metis Ancestors fought off the Americans four different times when they invaded the colony of Canada. I really don't like our history as a Nation but there are moments where we put aside our differences to fight a external enemy. Where brothers and sisters of all creeds come together to fight for our freedom and future.
@@TheErnie1964 Ernie not sure what to make of your comment 😂 I'll be honest it reads like my ancestors didn't come till the 1900s so it wasn't us but I'm glad the colonizers committed genocide and destroyed the indigenous populations so we could live her 🤔 now I'm hoping that wasn't your intention. My people of any tribe do not blame you or your relatives for colonization because in the beginning Colonizers were here as welcomed guests and my indigenous ancestors all over Turtle Island accepted the new people and taught them how to survive on our ancestral lands, our people taught them to farm, to hunt and how to build shelters and migration patterns of the species they'd hunt and the native plants they could and couldn't eat and which ones could make medicine. The first 150yrs weren't too bad and the letters of settlers back to their mother lands spoke of a docile and welcoming people who didn't use fences or roads to carve of property, where everything was shared and you only took what was needed so the next person or family could survive as well. It wasn't Until the Kings of Spain and England decided they should take and claim what wasn't theirs and to enslave and kill its original people and destroy their culture. Colonizers failed in as many areas as they succeeded because me and my people and my extended relatives all over Turtle Island exist in spite of all that was done to destroy and erase us. If you have a good heart and spirit and want what's best for your fellow man you are a welcomed guest on our land in your country. Stay blessed 👊🏼🪶
Bombardier is still around and as the clip mentioned they make everything from snowmobiles, trains, to aircraft. They have cut back on their air division but still hold a substantial part of the business aircraft market. You really need to listen to the whole minute without break you miss quite a bit breaking it up like that.
"You really need to listen to the whole minute without break you miss quite a bit breaking it up like that." Tyler feels his "never heard of that" is essential for the frequent breaks.
@@TomHuston43 I stopped subscribing to this channel due to the constant 'breaks', missing things, and 'oh I never knew that!' when he'd already commented on the exact same clip from another 'reaction show' I was surprised when this popped up on my 'recommendations', after unsubscribing a few mths ago! Bloody YT needs to sort itself out!
@@anthonywatson7735 typical American way of thinking. if it wasn't for the soviets crashing down on the German right flank, they could have used all their forces on the western front. you need a history lesson old man, it was a world war, not the german american war hahaha
@@theselfishangryguy1946 We were only talking about D-Day in this instance, but even Stalin eventually admitted if it wasn't for the US and UK aid throgh Lend-Lease russia wouldn't have managed themselves to push the germans back. Oh, and by the way, from me it's not 'typical American way of thinking', I'm a Brit and totally respect the Canadian Forces during WWII ! Canadians who fought weren't drafted or conscripted, they were all volunteers! All conscripted troops were given the choice to serve at home, or volunteer for active service overseas.😉
“I don’t want to get in to who’s right and who’s wrong”… in reaction to the war of 1812, this on top of thinking D-day was the start of the war…. Tyler, you’ve come a long way, still have much to learn. The fact you are even trying is awesome, keep it up!
Who was Johnny Lombardi? An Italian Canadian legend, a founder of Toronto's multicultural CHIN radio and TV, a philanthropist, a kind and much decorated entertainer, an a fixture of Little Italy where I lived for more than 25 years. "Assai, assai, assai." ❤️❤️❤️
I found this moment really interesting. When I heard him say Johnny Lombardi, my ears perked up. I hadn't seen that Heritage Minute before. But I remember him and his CHIN picnics etc.
The only think that makes his channel entertaining is always being amazed how dumb he is and that no matter how many videos he watches about Canada he never seems to learn anything.
@@drprogensteinphp3169 I watch reactions to Canada from people in other English-speaking countries and though no one expects them to be experts about other countries (especially if far away from their own) there seems to be a basic knowledge about others that Americans just don't have about any other country (and the fact that America doesn't at least have this basic knowledge for the country right next to them makes it all the more sad). It's for this reason I feel much more of a kinship with other nations than I do for our neighbours. In their defence.. we see their culture, history etc. on tv/movies and they see none of ours - so the fact that it's not considered important enough to learn about is sad.
Here you go Tyler. What you should know about Juno beach. It is interesting to note that as Montgomery drew up his plans for the Normandy campaign, the Canadians found themselves assigned to the toughest section of the Normandy front. Why was it the toughest? Because it was so wide open in so many places that it was regarded as by far the most favourable territory for tank warfare. So the very terrain of the Juno Beach regions was far and away recognized as the worst for infantry. Hedgerows were fewer or farther between, but the wide open access for the excellent German armoured divisions made it a terrible place to fight for the generally inferior Allied armour. In response to this, D-Day plans called for double the number of artillery pieces to be landed on Juno than on any other Allied beach and immediately put into action, coordinated with the forward-most Canadian infantry units-the Regina Rifles and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles-both of whom had previously stormed the beach early on June 6. It was in precisely this sector of the Canadian front that the Germans planned to mass their armoured divisions and try to push the Canadians back into the sea, and then spread left and right to attack Gold and Sword beaches. This is what Montgomery realized when he drew up the plans for the Normandy campaign. The terrain literally dictated the Nazi’s strategy. During the lynch-pin Battle for Bretteville (June 7-10, 1944) this artillery support was vital and broke up numerous German infantry and 12 SS Panzer attacks. That and the sheer guts and unbelievable determination of the two aforementioned infantry regiments saved the day. These were some tough Canadian kids from the Prairies who took on the German SS Panzer divisions and beat them. The commander of the 12 SS Panzer division, Kurt Meyer, had smugly concluded that his men would sweep the Canadians back into the English Channel like so many “little fishes.” Needless to say, Meyer and his 12 SS Panzers were the ones licking their wounds and howling in misery when they finally fled from Bretteville-minus 43 dead, 99 wounded, 10 missing and 29 panzers destroyed including a good number of Panther Mark Vs. And other than the 29 lost panzers, that was just on the first night! The Royal Winnipeg Rifles claimed 6 more panzers in nearby Putot. It was here and at nearby Abbey d’Ardenne that Kurt Meyer’s 12 SS and the Canadians began executing each other’s prisoners tit for tat, with no quarter given. The two sides really hated each other and this made for likely the bitterest fighting in Normandy. Here is a limited account of the terrible fighting at Bretteville: www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/battlehonours/northwesteurope/brettevillelorgueilleuse.htm And here is an excellent and much more detailed scholarly account of the Battle of Bretteville in .pdf format: scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol16/iss4/2/ [Be prepared to meet Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the original Star Trek series fame, as he was actually right in the area, being a Canadian artillery officer who landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. I bet you didn’t know that! 😏] In fact, the Canadians made the greatest penetration of the German lines on D-Day, beating them back almost seven whole miles in the first 24 hours. Neither the Americans nor the British came anywhere close. Indeed, three Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1 Hussars actually reached their assigned D-Day objective-the Caen-Bayeux highway next to Carpiquet airfield-before having to pull back when they could not make radio contact with army HQ and request reinforcements. And it was hard fighting with the Canadians losing 359 men killed landing on the first day alone-second only to Omaha for men KIA, but suffering the highest casualties of all the Allied beaches when calculated as a percentage of troops landed! Perhaps the great progress was because the Canadian army was the only Allied army in Normandy that was entirely volunteer. And yes, the two British and one Canadian beaches faced the bulk of the German armour-something like 80% of all German armoured divisions in Normandy faced us around Caen. Indeed, German armour was lined up virtually cheek by jowl. Historians have carefully investigated the numbers involved and the Germans, Canadians and British had more tanks per square mile all around Caen than the Russians and Germans had at Kursk. Between Caen, Carpiquet and Bayeux alone, the Germans had eight panzer divisions supplemented by an additional battalion of more than 100 Mark V Panthers. They were Panzer Lehr, 2 Panzer, 9 Panzer, 116 Panzer, 1 SS Panzer, 9 SS Panzer, 12 SS Panzer and 21 Panzer. Though few people understand this, these were the heaviest, most concentrated tank battles of WW2. In his analysis of the fighting against the Canadians of the Regina Rifles Regiment at Bretteville (which contained a number of Sherman and Firefly tanks, as did virtually every Canadian and British regiment), Hubert Meyer, the commanding general of the 12 SS Panzer division (after Kurt Meyer had been captured in September 1944) wrote later in “The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Volume 1” that: “The tactic of surprise, using mobile, fast infantry and Panzers even in small, numerically inferior Kampfgruppen, had often been practiced and proven in Russia. This tactic, however, had not resulted in the expected success here against a courageous and determined enemy, who was ready for defense and well equipped. Through good battle field observation, the enemy had recognized the outlines of the preparations for the attack and drawn his own conclusions. The deployment of D Company [of the Regina Rifles] to Cardonville had prevented a breakthrough by 2./26 [of the 12 SS] from the farm south of the rail line to Bretteville, only 1,000 meters away. The anti-tank defenses all around the village were strong enough to thwart all attempts by the Panzers to by-pass the town to the south and north. The surprising use of parachute flares with glaring magnesium light blinded the Panthers and clearly outlined them to the enemy Pak [anti-tank guns like 6 and 17 pounders]. This enemy was especially strong in the defense and could not be taken by surprise. He fought with determination and courage.” [pages 186-87] One is unlikely to find higher praise from the SS than 12 SS Panzer General Hubert Meyer had for the Regina Rifles Regiment of the Canadian Army. And finally, let's look at the private sentiments of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a rarely noted statement from him, cited by esteemed British historian Andrew Roberts in his “History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900” 2007, on page 343, Eisenhower declared that “man-for-man the Canadians were the best soldiers in his army.” In hindsight, it is something of a feather in Montgomery’s hat that he beat his own estimate of 90 days for capturing Caen and destroying the German armies-by two full weeks minus one day-but who is counting when numbers are so great and the opposition so terrible? Lastly, Montgomery (and all the Allied generals) had insights into overall German strategy and counterattack plans through the Ultra intercepts at Bletchley Park, England. On many occasions he chose to withdraw his forces a short distance in order to preserve them, when informed that much superior German armoured divisions were being moved up to recapture territory lost. This was only sensible. You do not throw away large masses of men and armour to be ground up by superior numbers of enemy armour simply to display your bravado. No, you withdraw and rebuild your own forces until you can overcome what you positively 100% know is a much stronger force facing you only a short distance away. Many have questioned Montgomery’s leadership, perhaps with some reason. But how many know that he had to preserve his forces (as much as he could anyway) when Ultra intelligence revealed that not doing so would only be a futile gesture and the deliberate squandering of many men’s lives? Moreover, London had already told him that infantry reserves were virtually nil (though armour was abundant) and he had better save as many of his men as possible. So let’s try to be a little bit fairer in our criticisms of him. My hat comes off to the many, many brave and excellent fighting men from the US and Britain. They fought as hard as anyone else but it was a team effort between the three great English speaking nations of the world that defeated Nazi Germany in Normandy, as well as the many brave French, Polish and other freedom loving European soldiers who fought alongside us. Bravo to all involved! PS I am not trying to glorify war here, just so anyone who might think this to be so can understand that I do not approve of war-for all the good this will do. Sources for German armoured strength in Normandy. - Bernages, Georges “Panzers and the Battle for Normandy” 2001. - Zetterling, Niklas “Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness” 2000.
Thank you very much for the history lesson. It was very interesting. I read it to my son who has read and studied a great deal about the Second World War. Didn't know that "Scotty" from Star Trek was a Canadian Artillery Officer at The D-day invasion. I did know that the soldiers who were Hitler Youth were the ones that shot the Canadian soldiers who had surrendered to them at the Abbey. At least one wounded Canadian prisoner ran and hid in a wheat or corn field and lived to tell his fellow soldiers what they had done. Really good way to make your enemy really mad! I knew a veteran who had fought in a Canadian Tank division in Italy. They would booby-trap bicycles, and play other tricks to take out some of the enemy, and freak them out! They didn't "do war" according to the Germans standards of "doing war" it made the German's really hate going against the Canadians. We were unpredictable. I was a baby at the start of the war, a Prairie girl - I remember bits and have heard a lot of stories from people who were involved at home or overseas.
@@annbos3573 Hi Ann, yes "Scotty" landed at Courseulles-sur-mer, along with the Regina Rifles and Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Many men from those two regiments never made it off the beach. His artillery unit was attached to the Winnipegs. He led his unit of men to a small hamlet just a mile or so inland and either killed or drove out a German machine gun nest there. That night, as he was returning through Canadian lines, an overenthusiastic sentry shot him several times in the legs, with one bullet only stopped from going through his chest by a cigarette case his brother had given him. Another carried away one of his fingers when the doctors simply removed it, as it was barely hanging on by a few shreds of flesh. Thus he was returned to England for recuperation before being trained as a small aircraft artillery spotter pilot. In Star Trek he successfully hid the loss of his finger except for one scene in "The Trouble With Tribbles." 😉
Thank you. I knew some of this. Sincerely appreciate your explanation. My dad was right there. Injured July 44. Everyone forgets the wasp infestation on the coast. They suffered horribly and died due to exhaustion with their mouths open and wasps stung deep inside their throats. They threw away their useless rifles and dug deep down to try to evade the wasps
Very well written. My father flew his 18th OPS to Houlgate France that night in a RCAF 425 Squadron Halifax bomber. His 5 hour flight had a bomb load of 16x500lb. Marked as D Day in his logbook. Houlgate is a coastal town beside Caen.
@@janetyeoman1544 Thank you Janet! Your dad was a very brave man. Most did not complete their tour before getting shot down and killed or taken prisoner. Have you watched "Masters of the Air" about the USAAF bombers during this same time period? It is extremely well done! 🤷♂😟
A lot of Americans have no idea that it was the Canadians who broke the German lines, leading to the Normandy victory. Americans think it was them, but Americans were actually 100 miles south of the victory. Edit: I was taught about this during my year studying in France.
Canada lost a higher percentage of killed and wounded on Juno beach… than the Americans lost on Omaha/Utah beaches! They faced sea walls 12’ high…85% casualties in first wave!
And there were towns all along Juno Beach which meant there was less of a bombardment on the shores to try to spare civilian lives. Also, tanks couldn't be brought onto the beach in the first wave due to sandbars. All the beaches were tough but it's fair to say Juno was the toughest. Despite the heavy losses, the Canadians also reached almost all their inland objectives - more than either the Americans or the Brits did, I believe.
Canadians change when they hear the word "War" On D-day 15 000 troops, 1074 Wounded, 359 died From D-day and they captured their Objective before anyone else. From June 6 to July 24, 18 700 Canadians gave their life. If you like Canadian War History look up Leo Major, the story of a French Canadian Scout reclaiming the city of Zwolle from the Germans solo after his buddy got shot.
@@-HellsingQc- Actually, about 5,000 Canadian troops were killed during the 77 day Normandy campaign. Many more were wounded but I believe the real total casualties, not just killed in action, numbered about 18,700. Casualties stands for killed and wounded.
How does he miss the fact that the only reason they have the opportunity for a break is because of the way they were able to take the beachhead by nightfall. Greetings from PEI 🇨🇦❤️💯
At the Battle of Queenston Heights was significant in that the loss heavily demoralized the American forces. The American regulars crossed over first, but when the American militia units saw the casualties coming back they refused to cross the Niagara. The barrack's room lawyers pointed out that militia couldn't be used outside the country. Further plans to invade Canada were canceled.
American armies did take York (present day Toronto) and invaded Quebec. The locals finally persuaded them to go home again. To a large degree the War of 1812 was an American civil war, as most of the settlers in the York region were Americans who came to Canada for land to farm.
@ToddSauve Actually, some were descendents of former British soldiers who were given land after they cashed out after the French and Indian wars, and a large number were descendents of the UEL, the United Empire Loyalists, who fled the Terrors that followed the American Revolution. These weren't " Americans " who had simply moved casually in Canada.
17:43 Yes, Bombardier is still around today. The compagny in fact got so big that it had to split in half. BRP which focuses on ski-doo, sea-doo and other recreational vehicles and Bombardier which is one of the world leading manufacturer of private Jet aircrafts.
The whole point of Heritage Minutes is to watch the one minute clip and explore the history after. So Juno Beach shows a broadcast Canadian icon after the war for many decades but also his story at Juno Beach and the contribution of the Canadian contingent at D-Day. The expectation is that the viewer would be interested to followup on Juno Beach and perhaps on the life of the man.
Another French Canadian inventor you may know is Jean Cantius Garand, who invented the famous M1 Garand, the arguably best battle rifle of WW2, which the U.S. would use to equip almost all their riflemen with during the war.
Okay - I'm British and an ex soldier - you'd think I would be aware of that. I wasn't, thanks for bringing it up. In my 70's and it's proof if it were needed you're never too late to learn. It was arguable the best combat rifle of the war (the German semi auto rifles would surpass it eventually though) There has to be a story of how the Yanks adopted it and why Canada (which could produce firearms aplenty) and by association Britain and the rest of the empire did not get their hands on them. Going to do some research on that if I ever get the time. Who could guess retirement could be so busy eh!?
We were the 1st to break through ahead of all armies on d-day.we were 30 miles behind enemy lines and we told to stop by Eisenhower. So everelse could catch up!!
Little known fact - James Montgomery Doohan ( March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. He first saw combat landing in the 2nd Wave in a Recce Party at Juno Beach on D-Day.
So much was missed with regards to Johnny Lombardi's importance in Canada. In addition to being a musician and entertainer, a Sergeant in the Canadian army, he was one of the first to introduce multicultural broadcasting in Canada starting up CHIN .( "C is for Canada, H for happiness, I and N for international. CHIN is the happiness of living in Canada in a multicultural, international environment.") and the CHIN picnics every year, which continue to this day. He broadcast in over 30 languages and also had an Italian language program on City TV. In addition to this, in 1933 at age 18, he gathered support of the Italian community in support of his Jewish friends in fighting in the largest race/anti-Semitic riot in Canadian history at Christie Pits. This event was also known as the 'Swastika Riots'. Check Wikipedia for more information on the honours bestowed on this absolutely beautiful man.
My grandpa was there on D-Day, and it's a total miracle we won. The musician having a bugle with him isn't weird. They used bugles to rally the troops, to announce a loss, all kinds of things. Bombardier is an airplane manufacturer.
No, there was nothing miraculous about it. It was well planned, well executed and once the beaches were linked just became inevitable from then on. Planning, guts, perseverence and a touch of genius here and there - no miracles involved anywhere along the line.
The first snowmobile was actually like a car on tracks. It later became the sporty, motorcycle like machine we have today. And yes Bombardier is a huge company to this day, they still make the ski doo, but they also make jetskis and theres a commercial and private plane branch. They also make the Can-Am Spyder, a three-wheeled motorcycle and the Polaris ATV and a whole bunch of other stuff
Here’s the thing about the War of 1812. Neither side can be said to have ‘won’. The casualties in both countries were staggering. No territory was ceded or gained. That’s why it’s not talked about, perhaps as much as other battles. Regarding M. Bombardier: I am surprised they did not tell the story of how he came to invent the ski-doo! He came home from work to find one of his sons to be ill. A winter storm was raging outside so no vehicle or horse and buggy could withstand the elements. No roads were plowed and he needed to get his son to the hospital. I think he got him there by sleigh. M. Bombardier did not want any other family to have to face such an issue, so he dreamed up a vehicle on one ski. And the rest is history.
Disagree. The US set out to invade/take parts of Canada - it was thrown back to its own borders. The British, with no intention of ever holding any part of the US set about raiding the Enemy capital, it did so successfully, the enemy forces and its government running as fast as it could had its capital city ransacked, its seat of government set alight and then they held a fighting withdrawal back where they had struck from. No matter what any treaty signed later for the sake of convenience says or how it was worded - that smacks of having the shite kicked out of you. Canada and a small force provided by Mum and dad handed the US its own arse on a platter and covered in maple syrup. I'm sure if a film were to be made it would be swung to the polar opposite of course but the facts decree otherwise.
Juno Beach is what ENDED the war, not the start. The war started in 1939 and Juno was part of D Day attacking europe. He had his trumpet because he was the bugler for his company. Trumpet commands to the troops can be heard over the gunfire.
The Heritage minutes about Bombardier was first film in french "Minutes du Patrimoine" with actors from Quebec (province). Gaston Lepage is the watchmaker and Vincent Bolduc young J.A. Bombardier. Older J.A. is Patrick Labbé. This Heritage minutes was filmed in the 90's.
I really appreciate that you’re trying to learn more about Canada. There are some that are coming across as judgmental that you don’t know more, but that’s on the school system. I would just ask that you share your Canadian knowledge with your friends and family, so that they might have more appreciation for Canada and our contributions. 😊
Thanks for another reaction! I would LOVE if you could react to more stuff about Canada in both World Wars, our role is vastly underestimated! (Specially WW1)
Tyler has no interest in history... The only reason he is even doing these Heritage Minutes is because he ran out of videos about maple syrup to "react to."
The US has a history of ignoring history that does not directly involve them or downplaying the actions of others and taking credit for events that they had only a peripheral role in. While this is not unique to them they have shown a desire to expand on this is several areas including making movies that tend to reinforce this.
American education. They didn't join 'til Pearl Harbour so D Day was the start of the war in Europe for them. I bet not even 1 in 100 Americans ever learned about the contributions of Canada or India or the Polish or French forces, or the mathematical fact that it was the USSR that defeated the majority of the Nazi army. Not Tyler's fault that his country treats history as an opportunity for propaganda rather than education.
Tyler needs to brush up on his history lessons in school about Pearl Harbour attack that drew in the USA into the war in 1941 whereas France, Britain & Canada was already in 1939.......D-day was 1944.
@@anncbower5564 Amen! Americans are so full of themselves, it's incredible. They think they're the only ones, ever, to do anything worthwhile. He just keeps propagating this notion. It's sad and, frankly, disappointing but funny at the same time. My father and uncle volunteered in 1939. My uncle was seriously injured in Belgium. Both returned to Canada, safe and sound, at the end of the war in 1944. So proud of them.
My Dad volunteered to go to war, he turned 18 on board the ship two days prior to landing on Juno Beach on D-Day, saying it was hell on earth, they advanced northeast through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The First Canadian Army, which included Canadian, British and Polish units, fought to clear the Scheldt Estuary. Dad survived the "buzz bomb", and several missions to the front line with bullet riddled tarp on his supply truck as evidence of close calls. I'm amazed he lived through that war, where so many didn't make it. He would have been 99 years old in June, however, we lost him just recently, he had hoped to live to be 100 years old. He'll be celebrating with Mom (R.I.P. Mom & Dad). Love you both. P.S. Dad was one who never spoke about the war saying that those that see action typically don't talk about it, and he had made a promise to Mom to not talk about it. When she passed, and at our request, he started talking about it. He shared what he could. There's an amazing war museum in Ottawa that we went through with Dad, the only part he couldn't go through was a replica of trenches, it was too real.
D-Day was far from the beginning of WW2. Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and many more were fighting the was since 1939. Our American friends joined the fight in 1941. D-Day was actually the beginning of the end of the European portion of WW2. Anyone with more knowledge than me, please correct me if I'm mistaken.
Bombardier is still a major company in Canada, mostly known for making Aircraft. Boeing tried going after them a few years ago for one of their new designs, so Bombardier partnered with Airbus as a fuck you to Boeing. Then Boeing had the audacity to try to sell their fighter jets to Canada to replace the Hornets, but why would we trust Boeing to defend our interests while they were attacking our interests?
@@TomHuston43 Bombardier also built the new fleet of subway/buses/streetcars for the Toronto Transit Commission, along with airplanes & trains, also transit streetcars for other countries in Europe.
Hey Tyler, I think it was a slip of the tongue when you said this was the start of World War II. D-Day was the turning point in the allied victory. My uncle George landed at Juno. He couldn’t really talk about it. He tried to watch the movie, Saving Private Ryan, but within seconds of the opening scene of the landing at Normandy he had to shut it off. His best friend was blown to pieces beside him seconds into them running onto the beach. We owe our entire world to the forces of World War II. All those oh so young who lost their lives, securing a future for us. One they would not live to see.
You basically only hear about the United States fighting in WW2. According to your history it seems like you took on the Axis forces single handed. But everyone else in the world knows it was a combination of nations (including the communist Russia) that defeated the Axis countries. But it wasn't so much for their military prowess than their workforce
Americans do not realize that many allied countries were fighting for years against Germany and Japan, before it had directly impacted us. It was only after Pearl Harbor that the US became involved.
Wow, I'm really surprised an american didn't know about other forces being involved on D-Day or any other theatre of WWII! Must be something about the fact the way they teach historyover there, especially when a lot of americans don't even know much about the war of independence, the war of 1812, or even the american civil war, never mind WWI, WWII, Korean War etc.
Have visited the memorial of this battle at Queenston Heights which is in Niagara Falls (the Canadian one). It was also where Sir Isaac Brock fell. There is a very tall memorial to him there. His red coat is on display at the Canadian War Museum with a bullet hole through the cloth on the chest.
Grandfather and uncles landed at Juno beach with the 19th field regiment RCA..also had grandfathers both my moms and dads side fight wiith Tecumseh to stop American expansion.we are Anishinabe from southern Ontario Canada.. we had all of our fighting aged men leave our reservation during times of war.. we have a proud fighting history..
Keep on keeping on. I love your enthusiasm for learning Canadian history and more importantly calling attention to it to more than just Canadians. Good on you.
When I saw your comment, I had to look up why the Juno awards were called Junos because I had no idea and thought isn’t that cool that they named them after Juno beach, but this is what I found: Originally called Gold Leaf Awards, they were renamed the Juno Awards in 1971. They were named after the Roman goddess and in tribute to Pierre Juneau, the first chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). 😊
The SKI DOO is the original snowmobile( think Henry Ford and the model T for Canada). It was supposed to be called a SKI DOG because it was going to replace sled dogs much like the car replaced the horse, however a spelling error named it SKI DOO and the name stuck and even though it is a brand name of snowmobile it became synonymous with ALL snowmobiles like Kleenex brand name became synonymous with ALL facial tissue.
Skidoo made skidoos, those yellow ones. Bombardier made their snowmobiles. I called them all by the generic term "skidoo" no matter the company. It is easier than saying snowmobiles. 2 syllables instead of 3. Bobs were blue & silver & heavier than skidoos.
@@bunzeebear2973 Do you say the Bombardier didn't started the Ski-Doo branding? If so do you have a reference for this? Can't find anything stating that Ski-Doo was not a Bombardier brand. They are still made by BRP today that is Bombardier Recreative Products. This branch has been sold but still started as a Bombardier company.
The direct competitors of Bombardier are more Embraer for regional jets and it Gulfstream for the business aircraft. Btw The A220 was created by Bombardier but following some difficulties and political BS with the US, Airbus acquired a participation on 50.01% in the subsidiary that produces the CSeries. Bombardier also produces through subsidiary De Havilland the Dash-8 which is a Turboprop regional aircraft and a real workhorse in which case the competition is ATR.
Tyler regarding your response to the War of 1812. Here are the times Americans have invaded Canada. 1775 - 1776, 1812-1814, the following times were not US Gov't invasions but invasions by militant Americans. A group known as the Hunters in 1838 invaded fought the Battle of the Windmill, in fact the US navy and US Army assisted in the arrest and sending the Hunters back to Canada, leaders were hung and others sent to Australia. Then the Irish Fenians invaded in 1866 they wanting to trade Irish Independence for a chunk of Canada. You could also count the Acadian deportation and cultural genocide in 1755 it was Americans from New England who invaded and destroyed everything there was of the Acadian culture. no hard feelings eh!
The Fenians were Irish American Civil War veterans and US CITIZENS and with planning and the full backing of West Point, invaded Upper Canada across the Niagara River in 1866, as you said, as a bargaining chip for a free Ireland. The next year the nation of Canada was formed due to the threat resulting from that US invasion in the little town where I live. We have them to thank the existence of Canada. They thought we would be thrilled to be part of the US. They were wrong. When Alaska was bought from Russia in the 1840's, they also demanded the entire west coast to join Alaska with Washington state, 54/40 or fight! The arrogance of "Manifest Destiny" and President Polk would have meant Canada would have no west coast. The same theory led to losses in the south west by Mexico. They thought "god" had mandated they control the entire continent. 🙄
@@susieq9801 the Fenian Brotherhood considered Thomas D'Arcy McGee to be too English and probably assasinated him, the guy they hanged never admitted to being the murderer. ua-cam.com/video/daFdUZLZimA/v-deo.html
A single bee is ignored but when millions come together even the bravest run in fear . The one thing the government fears is the day we all stand together
You know UA-cam will probably delete my comment as well because it’s not complementary towards the US but I only knew about all of those beaches and D-Day specifically because I read those or rather read about those things on my own because I was interested in history. This was when I was if I remember correctly in high school back in the 60s and you’re absolutely right it’s appalling the United States school system does such a poor job of teaching world history and the impact that other countries had on major events. I am a US American born and raised and I am also one who no longer lives in the United States I emigrated to Mexico four years ago and that was one of the best things I ever did in my life just for reference.
The Bombardier company has a factory outside of Kingston that focuses on light, rapid transit. Love driving by and seeing them testing these trains on their test track.
I heard about it briefly in my Canadian school. Americans don’t mention it because they lost. Having music brings up moral and spirit. Even though he could play an instrument, he’s still a full fledge soilder.
Little known fact - James Montgomery Doohan ( March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. He first saw combat landing in the 2nd Wave in a Recce Party at Juno Beach on D-Day.
The wounding included one of his hands, "going by memory" he lost fingers and his hand is disfigured and that's why you never see that hand during any of the TV or Star Trek movies.
DDay is not the beginning of WW2. D-Day took place in 1944. Canadians were fighting WW2 years before the Americans. It was pretty much the same for WW1. Canadians joined the fight in WW1 in 1915. Americans came in 1917, fighting for only 1 year.
Don't forget that a bunch of east coast Canadians went down to Washington and burned the White House. Then there was A defeat at Toronto's Fort York. The American troops were advancing, the Canadian troops set the powder magazine off into the advancing troops. WW2 did not start at the Normandy invasion, it was running for 4 years before that. Also in WW2 Canada had a training base for the OSS in Oshawa Ontario Known was Camp X. Probably a shopping mall now.. The Americans had an equivalent, they called Camp David. Canada was the training base for what is now the CIA. We have a mutual history, some bad, mostly good. By the way I have not forgiven the USA for the Avro Arrow. My late father was at Juno and Sword Beaches on the June 6/44, drove the landing craft.
The First Nations saved Canada from the Americans. They are all heroes, along with Isaac Brock, to whom there is a beautiful monument (you can climb!) in Queenston area.
and still dont have clean water after all the donation our gouverment suck.But we have nazi ukrainian "refuge" living the plaine and in our Gouvernement....
While it was a bit painful that Tyler has never heard of Juno Beach, or knows the exact start of WWII, the fact that he has this channel and is actually learning what he wasnt taught in school does make up for alot of it. I say its admirable for willing to learn more about your neighbours. Keep up the good work.
@@miriamepage6991 eisenhower didn't want to get involved in the second world war . The British couldn't afford to keep going. Eisenhower hated the British royal family. They eventually sent Princess Margret (the party princess ). Eisenhower liked her and changed his mind. (long story shortened ).
The large American army pictured at the end of the Queenston Heights segment was a composite made up of our 15 man 1812 reenactment unit dressed as US soldiers, and filmed multiple times in different positions. The Magic of the movies.
I am guessing you mean guerilla tactics? Instead of having a drummer announce you were coming. There is no such thing as overwhelming odds when the other guy has a machine gun.
People couldn't look anything up without Google or UA-cam? How did mankind survive? Apparently the list of things he's never heard of includes books and libraries.
The Grand River Warriors were Iroquois who has been relocated to Ontario from New York State after supporting the British in the American War of Independance. Also, General Isaac Brock, the commander of the the British forces in what is now Ontario, was an absolutely brilliant man. He took Detroit without a shot, he took Macinack with 1 shot... if he hadn't have died at Queenston, Britain/Canada would've won the War of 1812
Tyler, D-Day did not occur at the start of the war; this was when France was liberated from the Germans. It was the beginning of the end of WWII. As to why he just happened to have his trumpet handy in the midst of an invasion, n the military, Johnny was assigned as a bugler and bandsman before moving up the ranks to become a sergeant with Armoured Corps, Education Corps, and Engineers. He was awarded many decorations and honours for his service in the Military. In 1930s, he was employed as a lead trumpeter in the Benny Palmer Orchestra in London, Ontario. His other accomplishments include the foundation of CHIN Radio, a multilingual station, and the organization of International CHIN Picnic, which is the largest free picnic in the world, it lasts 3.4 days, and is held every Canada Day in Toronto. As for being bombed in the middle of his beach solo, there is always a critic in every crowd. Johnny Bombardier's son-in-law, Laurent Beaudoin, later helped take the Bombardier company onward and upward to include trains for Montreal and New York City's subways, and, later, jets with the purchases of Canadair, the leading Canadian aircraft manufacturer of Challenger widebody business jets, and the CL-215 amphibious firefighting aircraft. Bombardier is now a global leader in aviation - and it all started with a brilliant teenager being given an old Model-T to tinker with so he would stop taking the family car apart.
Lombardi was a musician, entertainer, entrepreneur, who started a multicultural radio station. Bill Mullen was a Scottish Piper who, against orders, stood up and played the pipes while under fire on D day. Captured Germans said they did not shoot at him because they thought he was mad.
Johnny Lombardi was a staple of what Toronto started as. People from all over the world working in one city. Some time after the war He started his own radio station And had time slots for people of other languages And music come on for a few hours Italian Portugese Chinese Even German The man was well known for his kindness And love of music broadcasting at that time in over 32 languages and is a vital community resource for many (CHIN currently broadcasts in close to 100 languages/cultures over three radio stations in Toronto and one in Ottawa). Even more important, for many of those listeners, it was their introduction to Canada, giving them an opportunity to learn about their new country in a familiar language
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian business jet manufacturer. Headquartered in Montreal, the company was founded in 1942 by Joseph-Armand Bombardier to market his snowmobiles and became one of the world's biggest producers of aircraft and trains.
If anyone goes to Normandy, I recommend the Juno Beach Memorial Museum. It's a starkly touching look at what soldiers faced that day regardless of their nationality. Included in the museum is the fact that the invasion of the beach was only the start of the battle as over 5000 Canadian soldiers died in the following weeks as they moved inland, liberating the local villages.
For WWII Juno was the Canadian part of the overload operation on D-day. There was also Utah and Omaha for USA and Gold and Sword for the British part (operations by air was mainly by USA and UK). Bombardier company is still in operation in Quebec. And you are right, all actors in the last clip are from the Quebec province so they were dubbed in english.
Americans will never make a movie about the Italian campaign. Three times the British 8th Army had to rescue the American 5th Army: Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio. July '43 to June '44 nothing happened in Europe as far as the US Army is concerned. Normandy landings were designed for the British and Canadian armour to draw the Germans armour coming from The Pas de Calais into a battle for Caen. Thus keeping the armour away from the American beaches.
I love how you try to learn about your neighbouring country and that you are actually interested. Btw, bombardier still exists and besides snow mobiles they make planes and trains including subway trains , many built for the US
My Uncle was there (Juno Beach) .. Wrote home to my aunt about it. My uncle Died 3 days later due to friendly Fire as the Canadians were advancing too fast. The British thought they were shelling a German Position.
The Canadians made it further in on D Day than anyone else.
Canadians were also the first to achieve their objectives June 6th 1944.
also took vimmy ridge and pushed out the Germans when all other nations failed to do so
@@theselfishangryguy1946 Well i don't have any problem to believe that just knowing how we were slaves of the industry when we arrived in Europe we were on fire ain't the 2024 tiktokers generation for sure !
@@davidlefranc6240@davidlefranc6240, what is a run-on sentence?
@@TomHuston43 Not too sure about that one.
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I died inside when you didn't know what Juno beach was, but then when you said you thought D-Day was the start of WW2, I realized you don't know even the ABC's of WW2 lol.
Thanks to the crappy US education system. Even Germans visit Juno and Omaha Beaches and Vimy Ridge. Many Americans don’t realize that they were driven back in the war of 1812 and that we burned down the White House……
Sadly most Americans think the start of WWII was when they entered the war... or D-Day for the most of them. Poor buggers don't even know about the campaigns in Italy or North Africa let alone the Battles of Britain or the Atlantic. Many of my cousins state side didn't even know the original "white" house and capitol building were burnt down in 1812 when the British took Washington, DC; let alone that the War of 1812 even happened. Their education system is quite slanted and they miss out on many tales, stories, and historical events.
1944 .... canadians had been fighting since '39
It kinda hurt a little to hear him say the start of WW2
But I do think it was a slip of the tongue
Because most Americans would recognize Dec 7 1941 as the start of their war.
Just remember that he is an American and was never taught about Canadian history. Many Canadians don't know about JUNO Beach or much about Canadian military history.
@@keithpeterson5127but the start of the war for the americans wasn’t even in 1944, it was 1941….
Canada is one of the very few countries to have never lost a war.
Of all the D-Day beaches, Juno Beach (where the Canadians landed) was the second best defended. Yet, the Canadians managed to move inland fast, they had to wait for other Allied troops to keep up.
Fight smarter, not harder :)
Second most defended with the least amount of troop and made it further!
True on all counts!
I think every time the CAF went into the Middle East was a loss on our part.
@@ShidavTheVedmak Many Afghans who benefited from reconstruction efforts (schools, hospitals, safety for women from the Taliban etc.) would disagree with you. Many of my friends still in the CAF would also disagree with you.
I am not surprised an American would not learn about the British/Canadian perspective in the War of 1812, but I am shocked that the great Canada-Britain-USA victory on the Beaches of Normandy, June 6 1944 is not known. That saddens me.
That"s OK.. I did not know the U.S. participated at all. 1944 was not the start of the war. It started in 1938 with the Polish and the brits were suppose to back them (but they didn't)
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*1939. Although some people consider the war to have started with Japan’s invasion of Manchuria in 1931.
The US was busy selling Arms to everyone. The Americans didn't want to get involved in WW11 as they were still recovering from the Great Depression. So we're the Canadians but we still went to assist where we were needed.
Just a Quick note they might have mentioned in USA History British USA victory at the time we were still a division of the British army not yet our own separate force
@@GillianMcGeorge-Cruikshank The Americans were officially neutral, until Japan attacked them.
The Canadians were the only army which made its goal for that day. The fought through to the enemy held towns and had to wait for the other , US, UK, armies to arrive 48 hours later. Canadians had the widest front to overcome.
We ended up seeing our guys pay the price. Kurt Meyer and the SS Panzers went right at them . The Canadians were tasked with getting to Caen and Carpiquet Airfield in D day plus one or two. It ended up being a nasty battle over a month and change to get both and involved a good chunk of Brits as well.
No, Juno was not the widest front on D Day. Either Omaha or Gold was widest. Juno and Sword were the narrowest. But the fighting was hardest and cost more lives on Juno per the percentage of troops landed there. More men were killed on Omaha but the US landed more than three times as many troops there on D Day.
At that time, the Quebec government did not clear snow from secondary roads, so residents of these areas stored their cars for the winter season. The idea to build a winter vehicle came to Bombardier after a blizzard in which his young son fell ill and died because he could not be brought to the nearest hospital. After the war, business declined when the Quebec government began clearing snow from secondary roads in 1948. Bombardier went on to build smaller snowmobiles during the 1950s and developed a new market for recreational products for one or two people. The original name for these snowmobiles was Ski-Dog, but a typographical error in a Bombardier brochure changed the name Ski-Dog to Ski-Doo. Today they produce also planes and trains.
In January 1934, a blizzard prevented Joseph-Armand Bombardier from reaching the nearest hospital in time to save his two-year-old son, Yvon, who died from appendicitis. So that this would never happen to anyone else's child, in 1935 he designed and produced the first snowmobile using a drive system he developed that revolutionized travel in snow and swampy conditions. The first snowmobiles were 7-passenger "B7" snow coaches. The Ski-Doo was a smaller personal vehicle first built in 1947. Bombardier's company then branched out to start building buses, military equipment, aircraft, and now have added high-speed rail. They are one of Canada's biggest success stories.
I did not know this thank you for the information
It is absolutely disgraceful that they don’t teach you about Juno, gold, and sword beach. They were just as important as Utah and Omaha beach. I bet you’ve heard of them.
Yes, US had 2 beaches compared to the other 3 beaches where British, Canadian, and other forces landed, such as Free French, belgians, etc. Also casualties on Omaha may not have been as large if they'd not refused the use of more of the specialised armour offered by the Brits, apart from the limited DD shermans (swimming tanks), they actually used.
Still, the US won WWII on their own, like later wars, without any help from their allies!
Well said! I threw a comment in above about what my take on it is.
Dates between 1939 and 1945 don't trigger any connections for some Americans (hem)
@@anthonywatson7735 - ''Still, the US won WWII on their own, like later wars, without any help from their allies!''
Yeah, sure. Typical US balderdash. You claim that the allies had left during WWII and didn't participate in later wars? Is that part of US history? I don't know how old you are but still, do you mentally ever leave your momma's basement? Yeah, I thought so. Consider this; expressing great pleasure and satisfaction at heightening it's glorious excessive pride and boastfulness is what makes MANY dislike the US. Such a weak ''super power'' you live in especially when you realize what is domestically going on IN YOUR OWN COUNTRY, not just of late but from its very beginning. The ''UNITED'' States??? What a joke! You claim that the US won WWII on it's own, well It's time for y'all to get your own s**t together before you lose all credibility. Let's see if you can! For your own sake, I sure do hope so!
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You're talking about Tyler here... I guarantee you he doesn't know any of the D-Day beaches.
Tyler, I'm not surprised you've never heard of the Battle of Queenston Heights. Americans tend to ignore the War of 1812 because they lost, including losing some major battles on American soil (just look up the Battle of Bladensberg, AKA the "Bladensberg Races" where the entire American Army ran away, for example).
But in Canada, the battles in the war are well remembered. The Battle of Queenston Heights is even mentioned in "The Maple Leaf Forever", a patriotic song that almost became Canada's national anthem. The second verse reads like this:
At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane,
Our brave fathers, side by side,
For freedom, homes and loved ones dear,
Firmly stood and nobly died;
And those dear rights which they maintained,
We swear to yield them never!
Our watchword evermore shall be
"The Maple Leaf forever!"
They ignore their defeats..like the Egyptians..
The Maple Leaf Forever is a beautiful song.
I live in the area where the Battle of the Thames took place with the aid of Chief Tecumseh
Amen!
Did the Americans lose? It was basically a draw. Yes the Americans didn't achieve their goals but the border remained the same after the war as it was before the war.
For the war of 1812. My Cree, Ojibwe and Metis Ancestors fought off the Americans four different times when they invaded the colony of Canada.
I really don't like our history as a Nation but there are moments where we put aside our differences to fight a external enemy. Where brothers and sisters of all creeds come together to fight for our freedom and future.
Thanks ,my ancestors didn't get here until around 1900.but I'm glad they made country for all of us.
until a puck hits the ice or lacrosse ball is thrown? (I do not know about the LB, just guessing.
Agree
We'lalin Nidap, Thank you Brother, couldn't have said it better myself 👊🏼🪶
@@TheErnie1964 Ernie not sure what to make of your comment 😂 I'll be honest it reads like my ancestors didn't come till the 1900s so it wasn't us but I'm glad the colonizers committed genocide and destroyed the indigenous populations so we could live her 🤔 now I'm hoping that wasn't your intention. My people of any tribe do not blame you or your relatives for colonization because in the beginning Colonizers were here as welcomed guests and my indigenous ancestors all over Turtle Island accepted the new people and taught them how to survive on our ancestral lands, our people taught them to farm, to hunt and how to build shelters and migration patterns of the species they'd hunt and the native plants they could and couldn't eat and which ones could make medicine. The first 150yrs weren't too bad and the letters of settlers back to their mother lands spoke of a docile and welcoming people who didn't use fences or roads to carve of property, where everything was shared and you only took what was needed so the next person or family could survive as well. It wasn't Until the Kings of Spain and England decided they should take and claim what wasn't theirs and to enslave and kill its original people and destroy their culture. Colonizers failed in as many areas as they succeeded because me and my people and my extended relatives all over Turtle Island exist in spite of all that was done to destroy and erase us. If you have a good heart and spirit and want what's best for your fellow man you are a welcomed guest on our land in your country. Stay blessed 👊🏼🪶
Bombardier is still around and as the clip mentioned they make everything from snowmobiles, trains, to aircraft. They have cut back on their air division but still hold a substantial part of the business aircraft market. You really need to listen to the whole minute without break you miss quite a bit breaking it up like that.
"You really need to listen to the whole minute without break you miss quite a bit breaking it up like that." Tyler feels his "never heard of that" is essential for the frequent breaks.
@@TomHuston43 I stopped subscribing to this channel due to the constant 'breaks', missing things, and 'oh I never knew that!' when he'd already commented on the exact same clip from another 'reaction show'
I was surprised when this popped up on my 'recommendations', after unsubscribing a few mths ago! Bloody YT needs to sort itself out!
Bail-outs from both Trudeau governments as well. Several times over the decades, if I remember correctly.
@@anthonywatson7735 typical American way of thinking. if it wasn't for the soviets crashing down on the German right flank, they could have used all their forces on the western front. you need a history lesson old man, it was a world war, not the german american war hahaha
@@theselfishangryguy1946 We were only talking about D-Day in this instance, but even Stalin eventually admitted if it wasn't for the US and UK aid throgh Lend-Lease russia wouldn't have managed themselves to push the germans back. Oh, and by the way, from me it's not 'typical American way of thinking', I'm a Brit and totally respect the Canadian Forces during WWII ! Canadians who fought weren't drafted or conscripted, they were all volunteers! All conscripted troops were given the choice to serve at home, or volunteer for active service overseas.😉
Johnny Lombardi, was a pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada. He founded CHIN radio in 1966 and CHIN-FM in 1967.
I remember watching the chin bikini contests till the Karen's shut it down ,but girls volleyball in a thong that's okay ,hypocrites
“I don’t want to get in to who’s right and who’s wrong”… in reaction to the war of 1812, this on top of thinking D-day was the start of the war…. Tyler, you’ve come a long way, still have much to learn.
The fact you are even trying is awesome, keep it up!
Indeed sir.
Who was Johnny Lombardi? An Italian Canadian legend, a founder of Toronto's multicultural CHIN radio and TV, a philanthropist, a kind and much decorated entertainer, an a fixture of Little Italy where I lived for more than 25 years. "Assai, assai, assai." ❤️❤️❤️
I thought he was Guy Lombardo's 2nd cousin?
I found this moment really interesting. When I heard him say Johnny Lombardi, my ears perked up. I hadn't seen that Heritage Minute before. But I remember him and his CHIN picnics etc.
Auld langs syne! 🎉
I'm not sure how or why but everytime I watch you I am reminded just how much an adult Canadian knows about the world.
The only think that makes his channel entertaining is always being amazed how dumb he is and that no matter how many videos he watches about Canada he never seems to learn anything.
I’d love to watch one of these about the USA and test myself.
@@clovers2618it's no big secret that the average Canadian knows far more about American history, geography, and culture than the other way around.
@@drprogensteinphp3169 I watch reactions to Canada from people in other English-speaking countries and though no one expects them to be experts about other countries (especially if far away from their own) there seems to be a basic knowledge about others that Americans just don't have about any other country (and the fact that America doesn't at least have this basic knowledge for the country right next to them makes it all the more sad). It's for this reason I feel much more of a kinship with other nations than I do for our neighbours. In their defence.. we see their culture, history etc. on tv/movies and they see none of ours - so the fact that it's not considered important enough to learn about is sad.
I think the same thing every time.. I also realize that no matter how much is "learned" it is never retained.
Here you go Tyler. What you should know about Juno beach.
It is interesting to note that as Montgomery drew up his plans for the Normandy campaign, the Canadians found themselves assigned to the toughest section of the Normandy front.
Why was it the toughest?
Because it was so wide open in so many places that it was regarded as by far the most favourable territory for tank warfare. So the very terrain of the Juno Beach regions was far and away recognized as the worst for infantry. Hedgerows were fewer or farther between, but the wide open access for the excellent German armoured divisions made it a terrible place to fight for the generally inferior Allied armour. In response to this, D-Day plans called for double the number of artillery pieces to be landed on Juno than on any other Allied beach and immediately put into action, coordinated with the forward-most Canadian infantry units-the Regina Rifles and the Royal Winnipeg Rifles-both of whom had previously stormed the beach early on June 6.
It was in precisely this sector of the Canadian front that the Germans planned to mass their armoured divisions and try to push the Canadians back into the sea, and then spread left and right to attack Gold and Sword beaches. This is what Montgomery realized when he drew up the plans for the Normandy campaign. The terrain literally dictated the Nazi’s strategy.
During the lynch-pin Battle for Bretteville (June 7-10, 1944) this artillery support was vital and broke up numerous German infantry and 12 SS Panzer attacks. That and the sheer guts and unbelievable determination of the two aforementioned infantry regiments saved the day. These were some tough Canadian kids from the Prairies who took on the German SS Panzer divisions and beat them. The commander of the 12 SS Panzer division, Kurt Meyer, had smugly concluded that his men would sweep the Canadians back into the English Channel like so many “little fishes.” Needless to say, Meyer and his 12 SS Panzers were the ones licking their wounds and howling in misery when they finally fled from Bretteville-minus 43 dead, 99 wounded, 10 missing and 29 panzers destroyed including a good number of Panther Mark Vs. And other than the 29 lost panzers, that was just on the first night! The Royal Winnipeg Rifles claimed 6 more panzers in nearby Putot.
It was here and at nearby Abbey d’Ardenne that Kurt Meyer’s 12 SS and the Canadians began executing each other’s prisoners tit for tat, with no quarter given. The two sides really hated each other and this made for likely the bitterest fighting in Normandy.
Here is a limited account of the terrible fighting at Bretteville: www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/battlehonours/northwesteurope/brettevillelorgueilleuse.htm
And here is an excellent and much more detailed scholarly account of the Battle of Bretteville in .pdf format: scholars.wlu.ca/cmh/vol16/iss4/2/
[Be prepared to meet Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the original Star Trek series fame, as he was actually right in the area, being a Canadian artillery officer who landed on Juno Beach on D-Day. I bet you didn’t know that! 😏]
In fact, the Canadians made the greatest penetration of the German lines on D-Day, beating them back almost seven whole miles in the first 24 hours. Neither the Americans nor the British came anywhere close. Indeed, three Sherman tanks of the Canadian 1 Hussars actually reached their assigned D-Day objective-the Caen-Bayeux highway next to Carpiquet airfield-before having to pull back when they could not make radio contact with army HQ and request reinforcements. And it was hard fighting with the Canadians losing 359 men killed landing on the first day alone-second only to Omaha for men KIA, but suffering the highest casualties of all the Allied beaches when calculated as a percentage of troops landed! Perhaps the great progress was because the Canadian army was the only Allied army in Normandy that was entirely volunteer.
And yes, the two British and one Canadian beaches faced the bulk of the German armour-something like 80% of all German armoured divisions in Normandy faced us around Caen. Indeed, German armour was lined up virtually cheek by jowl. Historians have carefully investigated the numbers involved and the Germans, Canadians and British had more tanks per square mile all around Caen than the Russians and Germans had at Kursk. Between Caen, Carpiquet and Bayeux alone, the Germans had eight panzer divisions supplemented by an additional battalion of more than 100 Mark V Panthers. They were Panzer Lehr, 2 Panzer, 9 Panzer, 116 Panzer, 1 SS Panzer, 9 SS Panzer, 12 SS Panzer and 21 Panzer. Though few people understand this, these were the heaviest, most concentrated tank battles of WW2.
In his analysis of the fighting against the Canadians of the Regina Rifles Regiment at Bretteville (which contained a number of Sherman and Firefly tanks, as did virtually every Canadian and British regiment), Hubert Meyer, the commanding general of the 12 SS Panzer division (after Kurt Meyer had been captured in September 1944) wrote later in “The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Volume 1” that:
“The tactic of surprise, using mobile, fast infantry and Panzers even in small, numerically inferior Kampfgruppen, had often been practiced and proven in Russia. This tactic, however, had not resulted in the expected success here against a courageous and determined enemy, who was ready for defense and well equipped. Through good battle field observation, the enemy had recognized the outlines of the preparations for the attack and drawn his own conclusions. The deployment of D Company [of the Regina Rifles] to Cardonville had prevented a breakthrough by 2./26 [of the 12 SS] from the farm south of the rail line to Bretteville, only 1,000 meters away. The anti-tank defenses all around the village were strong enough to thwart all attempts by the Panzers to by-pass the town to the south and north. The surprising use of parachute flares with glaring magnesium light blinded the Panthers and clearly outlined them to the enemy Pak [anti-tank guns like 6 and 17 pounders]. This enemy was especially strong in the defense and could not be taken by surprise. He fought with determination and courage.” [pages 186-87]
One is unlikely to find higher praise from the SS than 12 SS Panzer General Hubert Meyer had for the Regina Rifles Regiment of the Canadian Army.
And finally, let's look at the private sentiments of General Dwight D. Eisenhower. In a rarely noted statement from him, cited by esteemed British historian Andrew Roberts in his “History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900” 2007, on page 343, Eisenhower declared that “man-for-man the Canadians were the best soldiers in his army.”
In hindsight, it is something of a feather in Montgomery’s hat that he beat his own estimate of 90 days for capturing Caen and destroying the German armies-by two full weeks minus one day-but who is counting when numbers are so great and the opposition so terrible?
Lastly, Montgomery (and all the Allied generals) had insights into overall German strategy and counterattack plans through the Ultra intercepts at Bletchley Park, England. On many occasions he chose to withdraw his forces a short distance in order to preserve them, when informed that much superior German armoured divisions were being moved up to recapture territory lost. This was only sensible. You do not throw away large masses of men and armour to be ground up by superior numbers of enemy armour simply to display your bravado. No, you withdraw and rebuild your own forces until you can overcome what you positively 100% know is a much stronger force facing you only a short distance away. Many have questioned Montgomery’s leadership, perhaps with some reason. But how many know that he had to preserve his forces (as much as he could anyway) when Ultra intelligence revealed that not doing so would only be a futile gesture and the deliberate squandering of many men’s lives? Moreover, London had already told him that infantry reserves were virtually nil (though armour was abundant) and he had better save as many of his men as possible. So let’s try to be a little bit fairer in our criticisms of him.
My hat comes off to the many, many brave and excellent fighting men from the US and Britain. They fought as hard as anyone else but it was a team effort between the three great English speaking nations of the world that defeated Nazi Germany in Normandy, as well as the many brave French, Polish and other freedom loving European soldiers who fought alongside us. Bravo to all involved!
PS I am not trying to glorify war here, just so anyone who might think this to be so can understand that I do not approve of war-for all the good this will do.
Sources for German armoured strength in Normandy.
- Bernages, Georges “Panzers and the Battle for Normandy” 2001.
- Zetterling, Niklas “Normandy 1944: German Military Organization, Combat Power and Organizational Effectiveness” 2000.
Thank you very much for the history lesson. It was very interesting. I read it to my son who has read and studied a great deal about the Second World War. Didn't know that "Scotty" from Star Trek was a Canadian Artillery Officer at The D-day invasion. I did know that the soldiers who were Hitler Youth were the ones that shot the Canadian soldiers who had surrendered to them at the Abbey. At least one wounded Canadian prisoner ran and hid in a wheat or corn field and lived to tell his fellow soldiers what they had done. Really good way to make your enemy really mad!
I knew a veteran who had fought in a Canadian Tank division in Italy. They would booby-trap bicycles, and play other tricks to take out some of the enemy, and freak them out! They didn't "do war" according to the Germans standards of "doing war" it made the German's really hate going against the Canadians. We were unpredictable. I was a baby at the start of the war, a Prairie girl - I remember bits and have heard a lot of stories from people who were involved at home or overseas.
@@annbos3573 Hi Ann, yes "Scotty" landed at Courseulles-sur-mer, along with the Regina Rifles and Royal Winnipeg Rifles. Many men from those two regiments never made it off the beach. His artillery unit was attached to the Winnipegs. He led his unit of men to a small hamlet just a mile or so inland and either killed or drove out a German machine gun nest there. That night, as he was returning through Canadian lines, an overenthusiastic sentry shot him several times in the legs, with one bullet only stopped from going through his chest by a cigarette case his brother had given him. Another carried away one of his fingers when the doctors simply removed it, as it was barely hanging on by a few shreds of flesh. Thus he was returned to England for recuperation before being trained as a small aircraft artillery spotter pilot. In Star Trek he successfully hid the loss of his finger except for one scene in "The Trouble With Tribbles." 😉
Thank you. I knew some of this. Sincerely appreciate your explanation. My dad was right there. Injured July 44. Everyone forgets the wasp infestation on the coast. They suffered horribly and died due to exhaustion with their mouths open and wasps stung deep inside their throats. They threw away their useless rifles and dug deep down to try to evade the wasps
Very well written. My father flew his 18th OPS to Houlgate France that night in a RCAF 425 Squadron Halifax bomber.
His 5 hour flight had a bomb load of 16x500lb. Marked as D Day in his logbook. Houlgate is a coastal town beside Caen.
@@janetyeoman1544 Thank you Janet! Your dad was a very brave man. Most did not complete their tour before getting shot down and killed or taken prisoner. Have you watched "Masters of the Air" about the USAAF bombers during this same time period? It is extremely well done! 🤷♂😟
In my childhood they were called commercials! 😂😂😂 The house hippo will always be my favourite! 😅😊
A lot of Americans have no idea that it was the Canadians who broke the German lines, leading to the Normandy victory. Americans think it was them, but Americans were actually 100 miles south of the victory.
Edit: I was taught about this during my year studying in France.
Canada lost a higher percentage of killed and wounded on Juno beach… than the Americans lost on Omaha/Utah beaches!
They faced sea walls 12’ high…85% casualties in first wave!
And there were towns all along Juno Beach which meant there was less of a bombardment on the shores to try to spare civilian lives. Also, tanks couldn't be brought onto the beach in the first wave due to sandbars. All the beaches were tough but it's fair to say Juno was the toughest. Despite the heavy losses, the Canadians also reached almost all their inland objectives - more than either the Americans or the Brits did, I believe.
Canadians change when they hear the word "War" On D-day 15 000 troops, 1074 Wounded, 359 died From D-day and they captured their Objective before anyone else. From June 6 to July 24, 18 700 Canadians gave their life.
If you like Canadian War History look up Leo Major, the story of a French Canadian Scout reclaiming the city of Zwolle from the Germans solo after his buddy got shot.
First wave was Newfoundlanders they got slaughtered.
@@marceldagenais1893- Wasn’t that at the Battle of the Somme during WW I?
@@-HellsingQc- Actually, about 5,000 Canadian troops were killed during the 77 day Normandy campaign. Many more were wounded but I believe the real total casualties, not just killed in action, numbered about 18,700. Casualties stands for killed and wounded.
How does he miss the fact that the only reason they have the opportunity for a break is because of the way they were able to take the beachhead by nightfall. Greetings from PEI 🇨🇦❤️💯
At the Battle of Queenston Heights was significant in that the loss heavily demoralized the American forces. The American regulars crossed over first, but when the American militia units saw the casualties coming back they refused to cross the Niagara. The barrack's room lawyers pointed out that militia couldn't be used outside the country.
Further plans to invade Canada were canceled.
American armies did take York (present day Toronto) and invaded Quebec. The locals finally persuaded them to go home again. To a large degree the War of 1812 was an American civil war, as most of the settlers in the York region were Americans who came to Canada for land to farm.
@ToddSauve Actually, some were descendents of former British soldiers who were given land after they cashed out after the French and Indian wars, and a large number were descendents of the UEL, the United Empire Loyalists, who fled the Terrors that followed the American Revolution. These weren't " Americans " who had simply moved casually in Canada.
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Yes, Bombardier is still around today. The compagny in fact got so big that it had to split in half. BRP which focuses on ski-doo, sea-doo and other recreational vehicles and Bombardier which is one of the world leading manufacturer of private Jet aircrafts.
The whole point of Heritage Minutes is to watch the one minute clip and explore the history after. So Juno Beach shows a broadcast Canadian icon after the war for many decades but also his story at Juno Beach and the contribution of the Canadian contingent at D-Day. The expectation is that the viewer would be interested to followup on Juno Beach and perhaps on the life of the man.
You believe Tyler is looking for a "point"?
@@TomHuston43after watching him for a year, i think hes on the spectrum
Check out John F. American reacts, he is very genuinely interested in Canadian history.
Another French Canadian inventor you may know is Jean Cantius Garand, who invented the famous M1 Garand, the arguably best battle rifle of WW2, which the U.S. would use to equip almost all their riflemen with during the war.
There is 0% chance Tyler has ever heard of him.
Okay - I'm British and an ex soldier - you'd think I would be aware of that. I wasn't, thanks for bringing it up. In my 70's and it's proof if it were needed you're never too late to learn. It was arguable the best combat rifle of the war (the German semi auto rifles would surpass it eventually though) There has to be a story of how the Yanks adopted it and why Canada (which could produce firearms aplenty) and by association Britain and the rest of the empire did not get their hands on them. Going to do some research on that if I ever get the time. Who could guess retirement could be so busy eh!?
D day was not the start of WW 2 Tyler . Wake up !
You gotta cut him some slack. He is an American.
Go easy on Tyler, he is taking an effort to learn, and taking an above average interest in getting to know his wonderful neighbours.
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Never too late to become aware :)
We were the 1st to break through ahead of all armies on d-day.we were 30 miles behind enemy lines and we told to stop by Eisenhower. So everelse could catch up!!
...and did "everelse" get caught up eventually?
Little known fact - James Montgomery Doohan ( March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. He first saw combat landing in the 2nd Wave in a Recce Party at Juno Beach on D-Day.
So much was missed with regards to Johnny Lombardi's importance in Canada. In addition to being a musician and entertainer, a Sergeant in the Canadian army, he was one of the first to introduce multicultural broadcasting in Canada starting up CHIN .( "C is for Canada, H for happiness, I and N for international. CHIN is the happiness of living in Canada in a multicultural, international environment.") and the CHIN picnics every year, which continue to this day. He broadcast in over 30 languages and also had an Italian language program on City TV. In addition to this, in 1933 at age 18, he gathered support of the Italian community in support of his Jewish friends in fighting in the largest race/anti-Semitic riot in Canadian history at Christie Pits. This event was also known as the 'Swastika Riots'. Check Wikipedia for more information on the honours bestowed on this absolutely beautiful man.
The Airbus A220 is Bombardier aerospace's CSeries.
Such a great aircraft!
A220-100 = Bombardier CS100
A220-300 = Bombardier CS300
My grandpa was there on D-Day, and it's a total miracle we won. The musician having a bugle with him isn't weird. They used bugles to rally the troops, to announce a loss, all kinds of things. Bombardier is an airplane manufacturer.
No, there was nothing miraculous about it. It was well planned, well executed and once the beaches were linked just became inevitable from then on. Planning, guts, perseverence and a touch of genius here and there - no miracles involved anywhere along the line.
DDay was the START of WWII ? That one hurts.
The first snowmobile was actually like a car on tracks. It later became the sporty, motorcycle like machine we have today.
And yes Bombardier is a huge company to this day, they still make the ski doo, but they also make jetskis and theres a commercial and private plane branch. They also make the Can-Am Spyder, a three-wheeled motorcycle and the Polaris ATV and a whole bunch of other stuff
subway cars
Here’s the thing about the War of 1812. Neither side can be said to have ‘won’. The casualties in both countries were staggering. No territory was ceded or gained. That’s why it’s not talked about, perhaps as much as other battles.
Regarding M. Bombardier: I am surprised they did not tell the story of how he came to invent the ski-doo!
He came home from work to find one of his sons to be ill. A winter storm was raging outside so no vehicle or horse and buggy could withstand the elements. No roads were plowed and he needed to get his son to the hospital. I think he got him there by sleigh. M. Bombardier did not want any other family to have to face such an issue, so he dreamed up a vehicle on one ski. And the rest is history.
Disagree. The US set out to invade/take parts of Canada - it was thrown back to its own borders. The British, with no intention of ever holding any part of the US set about raiding the Enemy capital, it did so successfully, the enemy forces and its government running as fast as it could had its capital city ransacked, its seat of government set alight and then they held a fighting withdrawal back where they had struck from. No matter what any treaty signed later for the sake of convenience says or how it was worded - that smacks of having the shite kicked out of you. Canada and a small force provided by Mum and dad handed the US its own arse on a platter and covered in maple syrup.
I'm sure if a film were to be made it would be swung to the polar opposite of course but the facts decree otherwise.
Juno Beach is what ENDED the war, not the start. The war started in 1939 and Juno was part of D Day attacking europe. He had his trumpet because he was the bugler for his company. Trumpet commands to the troops can be heard over the gunfire.
The Heritage minutes about Bombardier was first film in french "Minutes du Patrimoine" with actors from Quebec (province). Gaston Lepage is the watchmaker and Vincent Bolduc young J.A. Bombardier. Older J.A. is Patrick Labbé. This Heritage minutes was filmed in the 90's.
I went to Juno beach in Normandie, there is a Memorial and and museum for Canadian troups to visit
Lombard was a war reporter
I really appreciate that you’re trying to learn more about Canada. There are some that are coming across as judgmental that you don’t know more, but that’s on the school system. I would just ask that you share your Canadian knowledge with your friends and family, so that they might have more appreciation for Canada and our contributions. 😊
Thanks for another reaction! I would LOVE if you could react to more stuff about Canada in both World Wars, our role is vastly underestimated! (Specially WW1)
Tyler has no interest in history... The only reason he is even doing these Heritage Minutes is because he ran out of videos about maple syrup to "react to."
The US has a history of ignoring history that does not directly involve them or downplaying the actions of others and taking credit for events that they had only a peripheral role in. While this is not unique to them they have shown a desire to expand on this is several areas including making movies that tend to reinforce this.
And also teach their children this way.
The Grand River warriors were originally Natives from the USA that were given refuge in Canada.
Tyler you keep mentioning that D day was the beginning of the war. Look at the date in the video. It was almost the end of the war and the Germans.
American education. They didn't join 'til Pearl Harbour so D Day was the start of the war in Europe for them.
I bet not even 1 in 100 Americans ever learned about the contributions of Canada or India or the Polish or French forces, or the mathematical fact that it was the USSR that defeated the majority of the Nazi army.
Not Tyler's fault that his country treats history as an opportunity for propaganda rather than education.
Ya no kidding the war was 5 years long and D-day was less than a year before it ended in Europe.
Tyler needs to brush up on his history lessons in school about Pearl Harbour attack that drew in the USA into the war in 1941 whereas France, Britain & Canada was already in 1939.......D-day was 1944.
@@anncbower5564 Amen! Americans are so full of themselves, it's incredible. They think they're the only ones, ever, to do anything worthwhile. He just keeps propagating this notion. It's sad and, frankly, disappointing but funny at the same time. My father and uncle volunteered in 1939. My uncle was seriously injured in Belgium. Both returned to Canada, safe and sound, at the end of the war in 1944. So proud of them.
I don't think Tyler reads the comments, to be honest.
Bombardier makes revolutionnary planes... Their secret? They don't fall apart in flight...
Bombardier also make subway cars as part of the SkyTrain system here in Metro Vancouver, BC.
Bombardier subway trains and street cars throughout Toronto also.
My Dad volunteered to go to war, he turned 18 on board the ship two days prior to landing on Juno Beach on D-Day, saying it was hell on earth, they advanced northeast through France, Belgium and the Netherlands. The First Canadian Army, which included Canadian, British and Polish units, fought to clear the Scheldt Estuary. Dad survived the "buzz bomb", and several missions to the front line with bullet riddled tarp on his supply truck as evidence of close calls. I'm amazed he lived through that war, where so many didn't make it. He would have been 99 years old in June, however, we lost him just recently, he had hoped to live to be 100 years old. He'll be celebrating with Mom (R.I.P. Mom & Dad). Love you both.
P.S. Dad was one who never spoke about the war saying that those that see action typically don't talk about it, and he had made a promise to Mom to not talk about it. When she passed, and at our request, he started talking about it. He shared what he could. There's an amazing war museum in Ottawa that we went through with Dad, the only part he couldn't go through was a replica of trenches, it was too real.
D-Day was far from the beginning of WW2. Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and many more were fighting the was since 1939. Our American friends joined the fight in 1941. D-Day was actually the beginning of the end of the European portion of WW2. Anyone with more knowledge than me, please correct me if I'm mistaken.
You are correct. The Nazis invaded Poland in 1939 starting WW2.
5:03 Tyler really avoiding the fact that it was his country trying to invade us.
They were being "pesky."
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Bombardier is still a major company in Canada, mostly known for making Aircraft.
Boeing tried going after them a few years ago for one of their new designs, so Bombardier partnered with Airbus as a fuck you to Boeing.
Then Boeing had the audacity to try to sell their fighter jets to Canada to replace the Hornets, but why would we trust Boeing to defend our interests while they were attacking our interests?
Bombardier is almost a synonym for "snowmobiles."
A shame Dassault pulled out its proposal for the Rafale.
@@TomHuston43 Bombardier also built the new fleet of subway/buses/streetcars for the Toronto Transit Commission, along with airplanes & trains, also transit streetcars for other countries in Europe.
BRP division also have: trike named Spyder, offroad 4x4, side by side, motorcycle
Rest in Peace "AVRO ARROW". A victim of American propaganda. By the " No need for fighter jets when you have missiles myth".
There was recently (a couple of years ago) a squabble raise by Boeing about a new aircraft designed and built in Canada by Bombardier.
Hey Tyler, I think it was a slip of the tongue when you said this was the start of World War II. D-Day was the turning point in the allied victory.
My uncle George landed at Juno. He couldn’t really talk about it. He tried to watch the movie, Saving Private Ryan, but within seconds of the opening scene of the landing at Normandy he had to shut it off.
His best friend was blown to pieces beside him seconds into them running onto the beach.
We owe our entire world to the forces of World War II. All those oh so young who lost their lives, securing a future for us. One they would not live to see.
You basically only hear about the United States fighting in WW2. According to your history it seems like you took on the Axis forces single handed. But everyone else in the world knows it was a combination of nations (including the communist Russia) that defeated the Axis countries. But it wasn't so much for their military prowess than their workforce
the urgency to drop the bomb on Japan was in part due to fear Communist Russia was turning their attention to Asia and slowly advancing to Japan
And Russian Winters were especially harsh in those years. I mean when the eye lids get frozen to the eyeball=damn cold
Americans do not realize that many allied countries were fighting for years against Germany and Japan, before it had directly impacted us.
It was only after Pearl Harbor that the US became involved.
I would love to see your take on when Canadians / British burned the White House in the war of 1812!
I expect it isn't widely taught.
The invasion of Normandy was hard enough as it was - imagine if Germany didn't also have so many resources dedicated to the Eastern Front.
Wow, I'm really surprised an american didn't know about other forces being involved on D-Day or any other theatre of WWII! Must be something about the fact the way they teach historyover there, especially when a lot of americans don't even know much about the war of independence, the war of 1812, or even the american civil war, never mind WWI, WWII, Korean War etc.
Have visited the memorial of this battle at Queenston Heights which is in Niagara Falls (the Canadian one). It was also where Sir Isaac Brock fell. There is a very tall memorial to him there. His red coat is on display at the Canadian War Museum with a bullet hole through the cloth on the chest.
@dorothyfielding8209 There is also a University in Sir Major-General Issac Brock. Brock University. If you can walk and talk you can go to Brock.
Grandfather and uncles landed at Juno beach with the 19th field regiment RCA..also had grandfathers both my moms and dads side fight wiith Tecumseh to stop American expansion.we are Anishinabe from southern Ontario Canada.. we had all of our fighting aged men leave our reservation during times of war.. we have a proud fighting history..
Keep on keeping on. I love your enthusiasm for learning Canadian history and more importantly calling attention to it to more than just Canadians. Good on you.
Lombardi....famous Canadian musician had his own Big Band.the Canadian Music Awards are actually called “The Junos”
When I saw your comment, I had to look up why the Juno awards were called Junos because I had no idea and thought isn’t that cool that they named them after Juno beach, but this is what I found:
Originally called Gold Leaf Awards, they were renamed the Juno Awards in 1971. They were named after the Roman goddess and in tribute to Pierre Juneau, the first chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).
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I am so pleased that you are willing to learn about our Canadian history. We learn about world history in our schools as well.
Tyler is learning about Canadian history?🤣
There is a folk song about General Brock and the battle. MacDonnell on the Heights. Our choir has sung it many times.
Composed by Stan Rogers | © Fogarty’s Cove Music
Too thin the line that charged the Heights
And scrambled in the clay
Too thin the Eastern Township Scot
Who showed them all the way
And perhaps had you not fallen
You might be what Brock became
But not one in ten thousand knows your name
To say the name, MacDonnell
It would bring no bugle call
But the Redcoats stayed beside you
When they saw the General fall
Twas MacDonnell raised the banner then
And set the Heights aflame
But not one in ten thousand knows your name
You brought the field all standing
With your courage and your luck
But unknown to most, you’re lying there
Beside old General Brock
So you know what it is to scale the Heights
And fall just short of fame
And have not one in ten thousand know your name
At Queenston now, the General on his tower stands alone
And there’s lichen on ‘MacDonnell’ carved upon that weathered stone
In a corner of the monument to glory you could claim
But not one in ten thousand knows your name.
The SKI DOO is the original snowmobile( think Henry Ford and the model T for Canada). It was supposed to be called a SKI DOG because it was going to replace sled dogs much like the car replaced the horse, however a spelling error named it SKI DOO and the name stuck and even though it is a brand name of snowmobile it became synonymous with ALL snowmobiles like Kleenex brand name became synonymous with ALL facial tissue.
Bombardier started by making Skidoos, today they make planes, ATVs, boats and more. They are a direct competitor to Boeing and Airbus.
Skidoo made skidoos, those yellow ones. Bombardier made their snowmobiles. I called them all by the generic term "skidoo" no matter the company. It is easier than saying snowmobiles. 2 syllables instead of 3. Bobs were blue & silver & heavier than skidoos.
More like a direct competitor to Embraer, once they get back into production.
@@bunzeebear2973 Do you say the Bombardier didn't started the Ski-Doo branding? If so do you have a reference for this? Can't find anything stating that Ski-Doo was not a Bombardier brand. They are still made by BRP today that is Bombardier Recreative Products. This branch has been sold but still started as a Bombardier company.
The direct competitors of Bombardier are more Embraer for regional jets and it Gulfstream for the business aircraft. Btw The A220 was created by Bombardier but following some difficulties and political BS with the US, Airbus acquired a participation on 50.01% in the subsidiary that produces the CSeries. Bombardier also produces through subsidiary De Havilland the Dash-8 which is a Turboprop regional aircraft and a real workhorse in which case the competition is ATR.
Tyler regarding your response to the War of 1812. Here are the times Americans have invaded Canada. 1775 - 1776, 1812-1814, the following times were not US Gov't invasions but invasions by militant Americans. A group known as the Hunters in 1838 invaded fought the Battle of the Windmill, in fact the US navy and US Army assisted in the arrest and sending the Hunters back to Canada, leaders were hung and others sent to Australia. Then the Irish Fenians invaded in 1866 they wanting to trade Irish Independence for a chunk of Canada. You could also count the Acadian deportation and cultural genocide in 1755 it was Americans from New England who invaded and destroyed everything there was of the Acadian culture. no hard feelings eh!
The Fenians were Irish American Civil War veterans and US CITIZENS and with planning and the full backing of West Point, invaded Upper Canada across the Niagara River in 1866, as you said, as a bargaining chip for a free Ireland. The next year the nation of Canada was formed due to the threat resulting from that US invasion in the little town where I live. We have them to thank the existence of Canada. They thought we would be thrilled to be part of the US. They were wrong. When Alaska was bought from Russia in the 1840's, they also demanded the entire west coast to join Alaska with Washington state, 54/40 or fight! The arrogance of "Manifest Destiny" and President Polk would have meant Canada would have no west coast. The same theory led to losses in the south west by Mexico. They thought "god" had mandated they control the entire continent. 🙄
@@susieq9801 the Fenian Brotherhood considered Thomas D'Arcy McGee to be too English and probably assasinated him, the guy they hanged never admitted to being the murderer. ua-cam.com/video/daFdUZLZimA/v-deo.html
A single bee is ignored but when millions come together even the bravest run in fear .
The one thing the government fears is the day we all stand together
You know UA-cam will probably delete my comment as well because it’s not complementary towards the US but I only knew about all of those beaches and D-Day specifically because I read those or rather read about those things on my own because I was interested in history. This was when I was if I remember correctly in high school back in the 60s and you’re absolutely right it’s appalling the United States school system does such a poor job of teaching world history and the impact that other countries had on major events. I am a US American born and raised and I am also one who no longer lives in the United States I emigrated to Mexico four years ago and that was one of the best things I ever did in my life just for reference.
I always stop by to watch your videos when I'm feeling stressed so I can feel better. Thank you for your lovely vibes.
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We brought Trumpets and Bagpipes to that beach
Queenston Heights is directly across the Niagara River from Lewiston New York. It’s now a huge park that I have gone for picnics many, many times
The Bombardier company has a factory outside of Kingston that focuses on light, rapid transit. Love driving by and seeing them testing these trains on their test track.
Bombardier also made trains and jet aircraft (eg. the Air Bus).
I heard about it briefly in my Canadian school. Americans don’t mention it because they lost. Having music brings up moral and spirit. Even though he could play an instrument, he’s still a full fledge soilder.
I just recently visited Queenston heights, the history in the area is amazing!
Little known fact - James Montgomery Doohan ( March 3, 1920 - July 20, 2005) was a Canadian actor and author, best known for his role as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in the television and film series Star Trek. He saw combat in Europe during World War II, including the D-Day invasion of Normandy, in which he was wounded, apparently by friendly fire. He first saw combat landing in the 2nd Wave in a Recce Party at Juno Beach on D-Day.
The wounding included one of his hands, "going by memory" he lost fingers and his hand is disfigured and that's why you never see that hand during any of the TV or Star Trek movies.
This is serious event in W W2 It was 1944 not first day of war
DDay is not the beginning of WW2. D-Day took place in 1944. Canadians were fighting WW2 years before the Americans.
It was pretty much the same for WW1. Canadians joined the fight in WW1 in 1915. Americans came in 1917, fighting for only 1 year.
Bombardier is one of the largest companies in Canada and has thousands of staff.
Don't forget that a bunch of east coast Canadians went down to Washington and burned the White House. Then there was A defeat at Toronto's Fort York. The American troops were advancing, the Canadian troops set the powder magazine off into the advancing troops. WW2 did not start at the Normandy invasion, it was running for 4 years before that. Also in WW2 Canada had a training base for the OSS in Oshawa Ontario Known was Camp X. Probably a shopping mall now.. The Americans had an equivalent, they called Camp David. Canada was the training base for what is now the CIA. We have a mutual history, some bad, mostly good. By the way I have not forgiven the USA for the Avro Arrow. My late father was at Juno and Sword Beaches on the June 6/44, drove the landing craft.
"Literally the start of WWII, D Day"
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The First Nations saved Canada from the Americans. They are all heroes, along with Isaac Brock, to whom there is a beautiful monument (you can climb!) in Queenston area.
and still dont have clean water after all the donation our gouverment suck.But we have nazi ukrainian "refuge" living the plaine and in our Gouvernement....
While it was a bit painful that Tyler has never heard of Juno Beach, or knows the exact start of WWII, the fact that he has this channel and is actually learning what he wasnt taught in school does make up for alot of it. I say its admirable for willing to learn more about your neighbours. Keep up the good work.
Province of Québec. Valcourt is a city. Still around; They a plane company they are building Seadoos.
Dear Tyler the war did not start in 44 maybe that’s just when the States decided they might actually help out !
umm no. Operation Torch (the invasion of north Africa) was in 1942.
Pearl Harbour was Dec.6th , 1941. After that attack the USA declared war.
Actually the US jumpted in after Pearl Harbour but they focused mainly on other regions and not much Europe until later.
@@miriamepage6991 eisenhower didn't want to get involved in the second world war . The British couldn't afford to keep going. Eisenhower hated the British royal family. They eventually sent Princess Margret (the party princess ). Eisenhower liked her and changed his mind. (long story shortened ).
@@Angela-fi3cm wtf He was an isolationist as were most Republicans of the time. He knew little anout the UK .
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Tyler is trying to learn but his questions show how little Americans know about history as a result of their poor American focussed education? system.
ad infinitum is infinity just said in Latin?
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Our reenactment unit got to participate in the filming the Queenston Heights segment. It was fun and informative.
The large American army pictured at the end of the Queenston Heights segment was a composite made up of our 15 man 1812 reenactment unit dressed as US soldiers, and filmed multiple times in different positions. The Magic of the movies.
They taught the British how to hide behind a tree and shoot instead of lining up like domino's getting shot in the face !
I am guessing you mean guerilla tactics? Instead of having a drummer announce you were coming. There is no such thing as overwhelming odds when the other guy has a machine gun.
@@bunzeebear2973 Don't think they had machine guns in the war of 1812 ?
@@bunzeebear2973 I like to call it common sense ,as apposed to the sacrificial approach.
@@bunzeebear2973 Just explaining the stupidity of the chorus line of death.
@@marceldagenais1893 not till late 1800's
People couldn't look anything up without Google or UA-cam? How did mankind survive? Apparently the list of things he's never heard of includes books and libraries.
The Grand River Warriors were Iroquois who has been relocated to Ontario from New York State after supporting the British in the American War of Independance. Also, General Isaac Brock, the commander of the the British forces in what is now Ontario, was an absolutely brilliant man. He took Detroit without a shot, he took Macinack with 1 shot... if he hadn't have died at Queenston, Britain/Canada would've won the War of 1812
Tyler, D-Day did not occur at the start of the war; this was when France was liberated from the Germans.
It was the beginning of the end of WWII.
As to why he just happened to have his trumpet handy in the midst of an invasion, n the military, Johnny was assigned as a bugler and bandsman before moving up the ranks to become a sergeant with Armoured Corps, Education Corps, and Engineers. He was awarded many decorations and honours for his service in the Military.
In 1930s, he was employed as a lead trumpeter in the Benny Palmer Orchestra in London, Ontario.
His other accomplishments include the foundation of CHIN Radio, a multilingual station, and the organization of International CHIN Picnic, which is the largest free picnic in the world, it lasts 3.4 days, and is held every Canada Day in Toronto.
As for being bombed in the middle of his beach solo, there is always a critic in every crowd.
Johnny Bombardier's son-in-law, Laurent Beaudoin, later helped take the Bombardier company onward and upward to include trains for Montreal and New York City's subways, and, later, jets with the purchases of Canadair, the leading Canadian aircraft manufacturer of Challenger widebody business jets, and the CL-215 amphibious firefighting aircraft.
Bombardier is now a global leader in aviation - and it all started with a brilliant teenager being given an old Model-T to tinker with so he would stop taking the family car apart.
Duh!! D-day was the beginning of the end of WW 2, not the start.
no the begining of the end was the summer of 1940 , The Battle of Britain determined the eventual outcome of WW2
American education is truly lacking!
Lombardi was a musician, entertainer, entrepreneur, who started a multicultural radio station. Bill Mullen was a Scottish Piper who, against orders, stood up and played the pipes while under fire on D day. Captured Germans said they did not shoot at him because they thought he was mad.
2 years after Dieppe we took our beach on D Day and made it further inland and told to slow down
Unlikely you will EVER see any of this history in YOUR books. Next time you visit the White House look for the burn marks.....
Johnny Lombardi was a staple of what Toronto started as. People from all over the world working in one city. Some time after the war He started his own radio station And had time slots for people of other languages And music come on for a few hours Italian Portugese Chinese Even German The man was well known for his kindness And love of music
broadcasting at that time in over 32 languages and is a vital community resource for many (CHIN currently broadcasts in close to 100 languages/cultures over three radio stations in Toronto and one in Ottawa). Even more important, for many of those listeners, it was their introduction to Canada, giving them an opportunity to learn about their new country in a familiar language
Watched two videos and hit the button. As a Canadian these are great and important videos that should be shown in American schools
Bombardier Inc. is a Canadian business jet manufacturer. Headquartered in Montreal, the company was founded in 1942 by Joseph-Armand Bombardier to market his snowmobiles and became one of the world's biggest producers of aircraft and trains.
If anyone goes to Normandy, I recommend the Juno Beach Memorial Museum. It's a starkly touching look at what soldiers faced that day regardless of their nationality. Included in the museum is the fact that the invasion of the beach was only the start of the battle as over 5000 Canadian soldiers died in the following weeks as they moved inland, liberating the local villages.
For WWII Juno was the Canadian part of the overload operation on D-day. There was also Utah and Omaha for USA and Gold and Sword for the British part (operations by air was mainly by USA and UK). Bombardier company is still in operation in Quebec. And you are right, all actors in the last clip are from the Quebec province so they were dubbed in english.
Americans will never make a movie about the Italian campaign. Three times the British 8th Army had to rescue the American 5th Army: Salerno, Monte Cassino, Anzio. July '43 to June '44 nothing happened in Europe as far as the US Army is concerned. Normandy landings were designed for the British and Canadian armour to draw the Germans armour coming from The Pas de Calais into a battle for Caen. Thus keeping the armour away from the American beaches.
I remember watching the skidoo one. So amazing at his young age
Thanks, Tyler! I really appreciate hearing your take on things. Love your enthusiasm! 🍁
I love how you try to learn about your neighbouring country and that you are actually interested. Btw, bombardier still exists and besides snow mobiles they make planes and trains including subway trains , many built for the US
D-Day wasn’t the beginning of World War II. It was in 1944. The war is generally considered to have started in 1939.
Yeah, but Tyler is just a "simple, average American." You can't expect him to know basic facts about history.
My Uncle was there (Juno Beach) .. Wrote home to my aunt about it. My uncle Died 3 days later due to friendly Fire as the Canadians were advancing too fast. The British thought they were shelling a German Position.