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1.1 million Canadians - 10% of our total population - served in WW2. And unlike WW1 (where, in the aftermath, our government made it VERY clear we'll never be forced to aid Britian again), we actually _chose_ to get involved. So I'm quite pleased to see a major channel like yours talking about the sacrifices my country made (the red on our flag doesn't just represent Canada as a whole for a reason). I hope one day you'll consider a video on Canada's contributions to WW1, while the greater campaign was a failure, the battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the most important moments in Canadian history, and Canada's efforts in Pacchendale and the 100 Days Offensive solidified our emergence as an independant nation.
And 2nd battle of Ypres. Where we got gased, others ran so we spread out our lines, thinly, put on the bayonet and prepared for the incoming Germans. We held the line till reinforcements came. And after that day it is said that the Canadian didn't take prisoners... in retribution 😅😅 not proud of that just saying. My great grandfather was there. Survived but never talked about it.
@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them lest we forget world war 2 1939 1945 11 million Canadians served in the armed forces and in forces of the allies mostly in the European theater such as d day and liberation of western Europe
My grandfather was a Canadian who had been living in the States before the war, but he went back to Nova Scotia when the war started and enlisted. He was there on D-Day I think with the Canadian Scots and he talked about just running on to the beach scarred out of his mind straight into the gun fire. Thanks for posting this forgotten chapter in the war, my grandfather came home with German schrapnel and never forgot.
@@socialmediaaccount404 my grandfather did talk about it and it was pretty dark. He was in Africa with Monty and then in Northern Europe through France and the Netherlands. He talked about the Dutch eating their tulip bulbs. He went on to Germany itself and spent weeks in a fox hole with a dead German, wearing the same pair of ripped pants for a year. He never got over the smell of the Concentration Camps, the women in Paris who had slept with German officers getting their heads shaved. He would watch The Longest Day and everyone in the house had to be TOTALLY SILENT. When we had a German roommate in the 1990s, he whispered to my grandmother that she couldn't be trusted. So, I'm not sure if missed is the word, but that's what you "missed".
Some trivia. The Canadian and British Beaches were supposed to be named after fish. The British: Swordfish and Goldfish and the Canadian: Jellyfish! Commander Dawnay decided that we were not going to land on Jelly Beach and got it changed to his wife's name. The mother of the God of War!
I had heard that the re-naming of the beach came from Churchill, stating that he "disapproved of the name Jelly for a beach on which so many men might die". Can't say that is true, but just something else I had heard.
@Corinthian well for every video you can find of a Canadian doing something stupid I'm sure you could find five or more of Americans doing something stupid. You guys riot and burn cities down any time a black criminal is shot by police haha. You also have a lot of school shootings, but yeah Canada is a shithole because someone apparently called 911 over ¢10 13 years ago haha
@@chad_b Canadians aren’t war criminals and don’t invade countries to kill innocent civilians like in Iraq. I’d be embarrassed living next door to you if I was Canadian
French civilians who encountered the Chaudières and the Sherbrookes were astonished to hear what appeared to be British troops speaking French with what sounded like a Norman accent (many of the settlers of New France came form Normandy, two or three centuries earlier).
Call it romantic I call it ironic that the Francos voted to be exempt from the war So they missed out on of the greatest moments of their generation. These guys . Lol
Léo Major est un héros national ici au Québec! Léo Major is a national hero here in Québec! Captured a whole town by himself! Merci de parler de notre contribution au combat, ça fait chaud au coeur! 🫡
Thank you for doing a video on the Canadian contribution to D-Day. Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario - we learned of several former students from my high school who enlisted in a multitude of roles during the second world war. I was struck by how young and brave these men were. Unfortunately, Hamilton sent and lost many young brothers and sons to the Dieppe Raid of 1942 - the ultimate sacrifice. All of this makes it all the more special when you see the Lancaster Bomber still flying over Hamilton from time to time (one of two that still flies in the world).
Driving back to Barrie from a golf trip to Niagara, the elder in the group (80 in 2002) suddenly perked up and said 'That sounds like a Lanc'. Sure enough it was and he recognized the sound 58 years after he'd last flown one in 1944. We took a side trip to the museum and he got a guided tour and a chance to sit in the left seat of their Lancaster. As you said, one of only two still flying. He got his wings at 18, completed his missions and instructed until war's end.
@@johnkidd1226 A RCAF aircrew member was statistically never supposed to finish their tour of duty, They would either be killed or shot down and taken prisoner. That man was a rare survivor. I met the widow of a RCAF bomber pilot who flew 60 missions and came home to marry her. She was in my church 40 years ago. He disappeared somewhere in the Northwest Territories in his bush plane in 1946 and was never heard from again. What are the odds of that?
As a german I want to thank all soldiers of the allies who sacrificed themselves to crush german fascism. Just because of you we can live in freedom today.
Is that what you people live in Germany today? Freedom? You can't say the wrong word, or have the wrong thoughts, or the else the new age Gestapo will beat down your door.
I played in a Legion pipe band in the early 80s, where we had a collection of WW2 and Korea vets. One guy in particular never spoke of his wartime experiences, but concentrated on the music. I found out one night after a few beers following band practice that he landed on the second wave at Juno Beach carrying his pipes. He was telling us that the movies made them out to be brave heroes running into the jaws of death. He broke that myth telling us they were a bunch of scared teenagers. He said “carrying” his pipes as he didn’t play, but rather just ran for his life. Can’t say as I blame him.
@@Desdichado-vs8ls true. He was a very soft-spoken and gentle individual; a pleasure to have known him. He did have a small brass plaque mounted on his base drone stock, just above where the stock rose from the bag. On it, he had the WW2 and Korean battles his pipes had been in. The print was extremely small, almost illegible. I do remember noticing his pipes were in pretty rough shape with missing ferrules and a few cracks. There was also a visible knick on the top of his base drone that looked a lot like it was done by a grazing bullet (probably not, but it would be cool if it did). Most of the rest of us had relatively new and undamaged pipes, but I don’t think he’d replace his for the world. He’s probably gone now, and I would like to think that his pipes are a treasured family heirloom and not collecting dust in someone’s attic.
2nd most well defended beach, yet we pushed further and faster than any1 else, with arguably the least well equipped. Canadian soldiers are a breed of their own.
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One of my uncle's served at Juno he was in the Regina Rifles he bought a old camera from home he took alot of pictures during his time over there he sent them back to Ottawa where his mom lived and my family holds these pictures To this day we can't sell them i cherish them to much
“Saving Private Ryan,” the best depiction of D-Day, doesn’t mention the fact that the British and Canadians also landed on the D-Day beaches. Some people the British only took part in the paratrooper operations.
They made an inference to it with ''Monty is taking his time around Caen'' but the movie itself was focused on the American Rangers landing on Omaha and later ''searching for Private Ryan''. dont quote me on that...
They mock the efforts of the British and Canadians in the dialogue. The dig about Monty taking his time. They thoth claim the Americans can't move on St Lo because Montgomery hasn't taken Caen, which is total nonsense. They were different objectives in different directions. Finally, the film steals one of the German units that made taking Caen difficult (the Tigers of Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101) and shows the Americans defeating them in the Cotentin Peninsula at the Merderet River. Its all pretty much a disrespectful insult to America's allies.
Great to see Canadian contributions to the liberation of Europe covered here. As a fun sidenote that I'm surprised I haven't already seen in the comments, one of the soldiers landing at Juno was Lt. James Doohan; better known as the Enterprise's chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek. Doohan actually lost his right middle-finger due to friendly fire from a Bren gun, but was spared a shot to the chest by a silver cigarette case his brother gave him. The amputated finger is often hidden on camera with a notable exception being during the 'Trouble with Tribbles' episode. He graduated from Air Observation Course 40 and flew as a Royal Canadian Artillery officer in support of the 1st Army Group. Although he was never actually part of the RCAF, Doohan was once labelled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force" For example, in the spring of 1945 on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles "to prove it could be done", which earned him a serious reprimand. Although I was aware of his lost finger from Juno, I was not aware of his air service, which just makes the experience of sharing the fun fact even more satisfying.
Love the video makes me think of my Great Uncle who landed with the Queen Own Rifles Of Canada at Nan White he came back pretty messed up apparently and never talked about his time in the war
My Grandfather held london during the blitz as a conscripted underage teen. I'm only alive today because of the efforts of my fellow Canadians, British, and European allies. Was born here in Canada and will always serve the crown.
My grandad was on Juno He was in the 3rd wave his friends tank was destroyed and they had to build a bridge over it to get other tanks over and continue That tank is now a war memorial after being found 20' under dirt and mud
Interesting u didn't mention the paratroopers that also landed behind an took strategic placements, cross roads an villages to help with the beach landings an to cut off German reinforcements
Oh god I can only imagine how the québécois felt landing on *that* place, as they sometimes put it lol Guys trying to translate for his squad and just flips a table all pissed off
This might be biased since im Canadian, but its crazy how from Juno beach to the liberation of the Netherlands we are rarely mentioned in these, rather placed under “British forces” but hey its not that big of a deal ig
I don't think you guys are underrepresented at all, anyone who knows anything will see the Canadians had their own army in Europe (although it had many British and Polish units within it) and we all thank Canada for its important part, especially us brits :)
Can someone identify what the ships at 3:58 are meant to be? They look like the LCAs, but I can't recall if any of them were actually used for short bombardment.
I haven't seen the comments, but I assume it's a lot of Canadian pride. Not to understate them but this is probably more pride I'll see in Canadians then gaining independence.
I'm a french canadian and my mother always told us that my grandfather deserted the army and went into hiding before leaving for Europe. I don't remember if he was a conscript or a volunteer but honestly, it doesn't matter to me. Apparently, he told my mother that the very ship he was supposed to take sank and none of his comrades in arms came back. To think that if he went to war and died, he wouldn't have married my grandmother and wouldn't have had a familiy, thus I wouldn't exist today. This is basically what happenned to all the young men who died in that war without leaving any descendants. So much hopes and potential destroyed by war and hate.
i'm so upset, that because of the youtube algorithm channels as good as this are slowly disappearing, i don't know what's going on in youtube but youtube shorts is killing good channels
Regardless of the Canadian Army's failure to take the town, they did more that day than any other Allied force, and continued to do so in the coming days. What did Churchill say? "Give me British officers, American technology and Canadian soldiers, and I will conquer the world."
Americans never seem to realize (or remember) just how nasty we Canadians can get in a fight!Theirs a reason why me have never lost a war!! Unlike the US who always seems to forget that fact to!! And the fact that they lost a war to us!!!!
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The canadians were certainly underrated during D-day
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As a Canadian, thank you for talking about our fight! We’re often overlooked, so it’s great to see a large creator mention Canada!
I completely agree.
Now you Canadians are facing a fascist regime inside your own country.
@@joaopedrobaggio4475 Are you referring to Trudeau?
💯💯💯 we used to be FEARED in combat
@@AppleHistoryGuy yes.
1.1 million Canadians - 10% of our total population - served in WW2.
And unlike WW1 (where, in the aftermath, our government made it VERY clear we'll never be forced to aid Britian again), we actually _chose_ to get involved. So I'm quite pleased to see a major channel like yours talking about the sacrifices my country made (the red on our flag doesn't just represent Canada as a whole for a reason).
I hope one day you'll consider a video on Canada's contributions to WW1, while the greater campaign was a failure, the battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the most important moments in Canadian history, and Canada's efforts in Pacchendale and the 100 Days Offensive solidified our emergence as an independant nation.
And 2nd battle of Ypres.
Where we got gased, others ran so we spread out our lines, thinly, put on the bayonet and prepared for the incoming Germans. We held the line till reinforcements came. And after that day it is said that the Canadian didn't take prisoners... in retribution 😅😅 not proud of that just saying.
My great grandfather was there. Survived but never talked about it.
@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them lest we forget world war 2 1939 1945 11 million Canadians served in the armed forces and in forces of the allies mostly in the European theater such as d day and liberation of western Europe
Alot of men who weren't 18
@@timhick6 That too, my grandfather was one of them
Has he made a video on Canada and vimy ridge?
My grandfather was a Canadian who had been living in the States before the war, but he went back to Nova Scotia when the war started and enlisted. He was there on D-Day I think with the Canadian Scots and he talked about just running on to the beach scarred out of his mind straight into the gun fire. Thanks for posting this forgotten chapter in the war, my grandfather came home with German schrapnel and never forgot.
Cool. I really wish I knew when and where my Grandfather was over there. He wouldn't talk about it. I've always wondered if he was on Juno beach.
@@socialmediaaccount404 my grandfather did talk about it and it was pretty dark. He was in Africa with Monty and then in Northern Europe through France and the Netherlands. He talked about the Dutch eating their tulip bulbs. He went on to Germany itself and spent weeks in a fox hole with a dead German, wearing the same pair of ripped pants for a year. He never got over the smell of the Concentration Camps, the women in Paris who had slept with German officers getting their heads shaved. He would watch The Longest Day and everyone in the house had to be TOTALLY SILENT. When we had a German roommate in the 1990s, he whispered to my grandmother that she couldn't be trusted. So, I'm not sure if missed is the word, but that's what you "missed".
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 “did more”💀 sure buddy.
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Yeah? Well my dad could beat up your dad so there!
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 i mean both did their own part
Some trivia. The Canadian and British Beaches were supposed to be named after fish. The British: Swordfish and Goldfish and the Canadian: Jellyfish! Commander Dawnay decided that we were not going to land on Jelly Beach and got it changed to his wife's name. The mother of the God of War!
Huh, that's really interesting!
They could have gone with Puffer.
I had heard that the re-naming of the beach came from Churchill, stating that he "disapproved of the name Jelly for a beach on which so many men might die". Can't say that is true, but just something else I had heard.
@@davidreichert9392 they got turned to jelly on that beach
@@lyndoncmp5751makes sense seeing as how popular cannabis is.
We owe these brave men everything. They saved the world.
It fills me with pride knowing my country Canada played such a big part in WWII
@Corinthian in some parts I agree lol. But it's not like the USA is perfect either
And look at Canada now. You can get arrested if you won't pretend a dude wearing a dress is girl.
I guess that's what all those guys died for?
@Corinthian well for every video you can find of a Canadian doing something stupid I'm sure you could find five or more of Americans doing something stupid. You guys riot and burn cities down any time a black criminal is shot by police haha. You also have a lot of school shootings, but yeah Canada is a shithole because someone apparently called 911 over ¢10 13 years ago haha
It was a rapid movement of Canadian paratroopers which prevented Denmark being taken over by the Soviet Union
@@chad_b Canadians aren’t war criminals and don’t invade countries to kill innocent civilians like in Iraq. I’d be embarrassed living next door to you if I was Canadian
Seeing the Canadians after crossing the Atlantic would be a huge morale boost for me. Thank you to all the Canadian veterans 🇨🇦🫡
Thank you for this. So vital to the war effort that we Canadians were assigned our own invasion beach for D-Day. Go Canada!
Finally someone from the u.s is. Recognizing Canadian bravery.
French civilians who encountered the Chaudières and the Sherbrookes were astonished to hear what appeared to be British troops speaking French with what sounded like a Norman accent (many of the settlers of New France came form Normandy, two or three centuries earlier).
It must have been sort of romantic for French Canadians to be stormih Normandy beach especially considering this. Thanks for that
Norman french is not mutually intelligible to standard french though
Call it romantic I call it ironic that the Francos voted to be exempt from the war
So they missed out on of the greatest moments of their generation. These guys . Lol
@@daveyboy_ But Francos went to war. Ever heard about Leo Major?
Léo Major est un héros national ici au Québec! Léo Major is a national hero here in Québec! Captured a whole town by himself! Merci de parler de notre contribution au combat, ça fait chaud au coeur! 🫡
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Thank you for doing a video on the Canadian contribution to D-Day. Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario - we learned of several former students from my high school who enlisted in a multitude of roles during the second world war. I was struck by how young and brave these men were. Unfortunately, Hamilton sent and lost many young brothers and sons to the Dieppe Raid of 1942 - the ultimate sacrifice. All of this makes it all the more special when you see the Lancaster Bomber still flying over Hamilton from time to time (one of two that still flies in the world).
Driving back to Barrie from a golf trip to Niagara, the elder in the group (80 in 2002) suddenly perked up and said 'That sounds like a Lanc'. Sure enough it was and he recognized the sound 58 years after he'd last flown one in 1944. We took a side trip to the museum and he got a guided tour and a chance to sit in the left seat of their Lancaster. As you said, one of only two still flying. He got his wings at 18, completed his missions and instructed until war's end.
@@johnkidd1226 what a cool story, thanks for sharing. Gave me goosebumps. That man is a legend and I'm so thankful for what he did. Certified hero.
@@johnkidd1226 A RCAF aircrew member was statistically never supposed to finish their tour of duty, They would either be killed or shot down and taken prisoner. That man was a rare survivor.
I met the widow of a RCAF bomber pilot who flew 60 missions and came home to marry her. She was in my church 40 years ago. He disappeared somewhere in the Northwest Territories in his bush plane in 1946 and was never heard from again. What are the odds of that?
As a german I want to thank all soldiers of the allies who sacrificed themselves to crush german fascism.
Just because of you we can live in freedom today.
I am also grateful for the allies! From a canadian
Is that what you people live in Germany today? Freedom? You can't say the wrong word, or have the wrong thoughts, or the else the new age Gestapo will beat down your door.
My great Uncle landed there with the Canadian Scottish. 2 months later he was KIA at the Battle of Caen.
He fought with distinction and vigor no doubt… not many can say they got off those beaches alive
My great great uncle died in the battle of Caen
Was your uncle at Putot?
Thanks for finally doing the Canadian one. My father was in the Regina Rifles and landed here on that day. It was interesting to see it played out.
Amazing and informative. Thank you.
I’ve visited Juno before and it was very interesting
Thank you to all the Canadians that fought in WWII🫡 love from UK🇬🇧
Love your videos! Keep it up!
Thank you
I was there for the 80th anniversary, truly beautiful beach. Wouldn't ever think of it being a place of such suffering
I played in a Legion pipe band in the early 80s, where we had a collection of WW2 and Korea vets. One guy in particular never spoke of his wartime experiences, but concentrated on the music. I found out one night after a few beers following band practice that he landed on the second wave at Juno Beach carrying his pipes. He was telling us that the movies made them out to be brave heroes running into the jaws of death. He broke that myth telling us they were a bunch of scared teenagers. He said “carrying” his pipes as he didn’t play, but rather just ran for his life. Can’t say as I blame him.
@@Desdichado-vs8ls true. He was a very soft-spoken and gentle individual; a pleasure to have known him. He did have a small brass plaque mounted on his base drone stock, just above where the stock rose from the bag. On it, he had the WW2 and Korean battles his pipes had been in. The print was extremely small, almost illegible. I do remember noticing his pipes were in pretty rough shape with missing ferrules and a few cracks. There was also a visible knick on the top of his base drone that looked a lot like it was done by a grazing bullet (probably not, but it would be cool if it did). Most of the rest of us had relatively new and undamaged pipes, but I don’t think he’d replace his for the world. He’s probably gone now, and I would like to think that his pipes are a treasured family heirloom and not collecting dust in someone’s attic.
Austria-Prussian War perhaps?
What about life in Napoleonic France
You're on the wrong video. This is Canada's perspective of D-day.
Thanks for covering this man. Love canadian WW2 history. Great channel!
Glad to hear the old music soundtrack in this video I missed it
As a Nova Scotian, this is epic
2nd most well defended beach, yet we pushed further and faster than any1 else, with arguably the least well equipped. Canadian soldiers are a breed of their own.
Very impressive indeed! The 🇨🇦 should not be underestimated.
My Grandma was born in Winnepeg
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In Canada, we get a lot of commemoration of the D-Day efforts, but we rarely hear how hard the battle was and what it cost.
Give the Canadians, they helped save the world.
One of my uncle's served at Juno he was in the Regina Rifles he bought a old camera from home he took alot of pictures during his time over there he sent them back to Ottawa where his mom lived and my family holds these pictures To this day we can't sell them i cherish them to much
My grandfather was in the Fort Gary horse. It was nice to see them listed at 7:50 mark!
Greatest soldiers in history !
“Saving Private Ryan,” the best depiction of D-Day, doesn’t mention the fact that the British and Canadians also landed on the D-Day beaches. Some people the British only took part in the paratrooper operations.
Saving Private Ryan wasn’t about D Day per se it was about the effort to locate and save an individual
They made an inference to it with ''Monty is taking his time around Caen'' but the movie itself was focused on the American Rangers landing on Omaha and later ''searching for Private Ryan''. dont quote me on that...
The US taking all the credit? Never 😂
They mock the efforts of the British and Canadians in the dialogue. The dig about Monty taking his time. They thoth claim the Americans can't move on St Lo because Montgomery hasn't taken Caen, which is total nonsense. They were different objectives in different directions.
Finally, the film steals one of the German units that made taking Caen difficult (the Tigers of Schwere SS Panzer Abteilung 101) and shows the Americans defeating them in the Cotentin Peninsula at the Merderet River.
Its all pretty much a disrespectful insult to America's allies.
Why would it, it's primarily set in Omaha beach :/
Great to see Canadian contributions to the liberation of Europe covered here. As a fun sidenote that I'm surprised I haven't already seen in the comments, one of the soldiers landing at Juno was Lt. James Doohan; better known as the Enterprise's chief engineer Montgomery "Scotty" Scott in Star Trek.
Doohan actually lost his right middle-finger due to friendly fire from a Bren gun, but was spared a shot to the chest by a silver cigarette case his brother gave him. The amputated finger is often hidden on camera with a notable exception being during the 'Trouble with Tribbles' episode. He graduated from Air Observation Course 40 and flew as a Royal Canadian Artillery officer in support of the 1st Army Group. Although he was never actually part of the RCAF, Doohan was once labelled the "craziest pilot in the Canadian Air Force" For example, in the spring of 1945 on Salisbury Plain north of RAF Andover, he slalomed a plane between telegraph poles "to prove it could be done", which earned him a serious reprimand.
Although I was aware of his lost finger from Juno, I was not aware of his air service, which just makes the experience of sharing the fun fact even more satisfying.
Amazing story! Didn't know Scotty was Canadian.
As a Canadian, I enjoyed this video quite a bit
My Dad was in ww2 and he never talked about it till the last year of his life.War is hell on earth.was in service from 1941 to 1945.
My uncle Joe was the same. Only spoke of it once when he was in his 70s. Even his sons said he never spoke of it to them.
Love the video makes me think of my Great Uncle who landed with the Queen Own Rifles Of Canada at Nan White he came back pretty messed up apparently and never talked about his time in the war
7:41 it's ready to begin in Ernst? Poor Ernst, that guy always has a hard time of it...
Yess finally Canada's perspective, thank you so much!
Always surprised smaller ships weren't brought in closer to provide cover fire against bunkers 🤔
My Grandfather held london during the blitz as a conscripted underage teen. I'm only alive today because of the efforts of my fellow Canadians, British, and European allies. Was born here in Canada and will always serve the crown.
Good. Thanks.
Been waiting for our side of the story for a while. Always a great feeling to see you upload another video!
You can always rely on Canada to punch above its weight.
those tracers across the ground look deadly.
It would have been nice to hear about how a bunch of Canadian recruits went head to head vs the 12th SS for a month.
One of those tanks is still around in London, Ontario.
We need a D-Day from the French perspective.
8:28 The aspect of the fields is typical of fields maintained by tractors, but there was no tractors back then.
Hello to our Canadian cousins 🇬🇧❤️🇨🇦
Thank you for telling my ancestors story
It always disappointed me that the extent of Canadian coverage in the film, The Longest Day, was a brief fly-by over Juno Beach.
The best part of these videos is to hear the host trying to pronounce French names XD
nice sofa/couch
Didn’t Know i needed this!
Excellent video thank you.
The ramps are facing backwards backwards at 6:09
GOAT, amazing video, excellent.
My grandad was on Juno
He was in the 3rd wave his friends tank was destroyed and they had to build a bridge over it to get other tanks over and continue
That tank is now a war memorial after being found 20' under dirt and mud
Interesting u didn't mention the paratroopers that also landed behind an took strategic placements, cross roads an villages to help with the beach landings an to cut off German reinforcements
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Would you be able to do a video on Vimy Ridge? I would love to see more videos on Canadian battles.
Concidering British cammand thought we be wiped out because the resistance was too strong on juno, I'd say we did alright.
Oh god I can only imagine how the québécois felt landing on *that* place, as they sometimes put it lol
Guys trying to translate for his squad and just flips a table all pissed off
I've been waiting for this.
I'm shocked most tanks didn't make it through.
Can you make a video comparing German and American combat medics. Talking about mentality, training, equipment including weapons and medical supplies.
yes
The armchair historian would be a great principle
wow I didnt know 10% of our population fought in the war, 3:00. Thats insane
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This is an amazing video. I hope that you will do a video about the role of Newfoundland (which was independant at the time) in the world wars.
Canadians. One of the fiercest allied stormtroopers at normandy.
Carpiquet Airfield is a fun, but pain in the ass mission in Company of Heroes.
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LETS GO
This might be biased since im Canadian, but its crazy how from Juno beach to the liberation of the Netherlands we are rarely mentioned in these, rather placed under “British forces” but hey its not that big of a deal ig
I don't think you guys are underrepresented at all, anyone who knows anything will see the Canadians had their own army in Europe (although it had many British and Polish units within it) and we all thank Canada for its important part, especially us brits :)
Can someone identify what the ships at 3:58 are meant to be? They look like the LCAs, but I can't recall if any of them were actually used for short bombardment.
Not sure but I think they were LCT’s converted to fire unguided rockets.
luxembourg when?
Operation Eclipse at Wismar,Germany is a good one as well Canadians stop Stalin from marching into Denmark,May/3/1945
I haven't seen the comments, but I assume it's a lot of Canadian pride. Not to understate them but this is probably more pride I'll see in Canadians then gaining independence.
I'm a french canadian and my mother always told us that my grandfather deserted the army and went into hiding before leaving for Europe. I don't remember if he was a conscript or a volunteer but honestly, it doesn't matter to me. Apparently, he told my mother that the very ship he was supposed to take sank and none of his comrades in arms came back. To think that if he went to war and died, he wouldn't have married my grandmother and wouldn't have had a familiy, thus I wouldn't exist today. This is basically what happenned to all the young men who died in that war without leaving any descendants. So much hopes and potential destroyed by war and hate.
Dude just making sure everyone is included
3rd Division could have pushed in further inland but Rod Keller was too cautious a general. Pushing through the night would have been a better call.
Could you do Australian Perspective of The Battle Of Tobruk Or Spanish perspective of the eastern front
i'm so upset, that because of the youtube algorithm channels as good as this are slowly disappearing, i don't know what's going on in youtube but youtube shorts is killing good channels
Canada has always been willing to help. Until recently that is.
Do evolution of British planes!!!
Next video: D-Day from Equatorial Guinea’s perspective
Did they use shields or bright lights?
No, why? People were chipper, somehow for those in charge ?
What
@@randomelite4562 humanity!
@@carlosachu5359 bullets would easily pass through a handheld shield dude
Brits also get overlooked but not as much as our Canadian brothers
Now from german perspective ! Then from french résistance perspective 🤪
Really interesting vid pretty much like the other two
Gallipoli could make a very interesting vide imo
Regardless of the Canadian Army's failure to take the town, they did more that day than any other Allied force, and continued to do so in the coming days. What did Churchill say? "Give me British officers, American technology and Canadian soldiers, and I will conquer the world."
Americans never seem to realize (or remember) just how nasty we Canadians can get in a fight!Theirs a reason why me have never lost a war!! Unlike the US who always seems to forget that fact to!! And the fact that they lost a war to us!!!!
Cover the dirty CIA war in Laos. No one has done that yet.