Reaction To Why Do Canadians Go Ballistic During War

[@shanepye7078]

It’s why we are typically so polite. We want to exhaust ALL options before we unleash the beast.

[@TommyGun1979]

TRUE!!!

[@pax256]

Its the pressure cooker syndrome...

[@HarleyHutson]

dunno, I came from canadian airborne why ya think our moto is death from above instead of hurt from above.. :-\ ps its skill. I trained over a year before service,,, My Uncle was in the black watch.... they trained to the point he could light a might with a 30.3 for 100 yards away.... insane

[@brandond2394]

Yup

[@SeaJayAudit]

I will agree with that. War is the very last option. But if it comes down to it, we Canucks ain't pissing around. No half-assing it - we're in it to win it.

[@twomouse5572]

"We used these barbarian tactics because we wanted to end the war faster. We all just wanted to go home." - A Canadian Vet (wish I remember his rank and name.)

[@LadyOfRain1]

That's what came to my mind as well. I have a lot of family and friends in the Military. The general sentiment among our military is not to drag it out. It's not a game.

[@roonboo96]

For some context in WWI, the Canadians were seen as cannon fodder. The British High Command under Haig sent Canadians in with the express expectation that they wouldn’t survive many of the theatres of operations into which they were sent. By the time Vimy rolled around, Arthur Currie had had enough and trained the soldiers in Vimy to attack as one well-oiled machine. Each group had its own objectives, each group had its own timelines and knew their own positions. They made use of full scale maps and did many training sessions to ensure that each section of the force understood their goals. They were so efficient that at one point on Vimy (I believe it was an area called The Pimple, but I could be wrong about that), the Germans were so take by surprise that the Canadians had managed to get all the way to their mess tents where the Germans were being served food by waiters in white gloves. They had no idea the attack had even started, and here they were at the end…I’m not an expert (far from it), but I do know that the Canadians were used for impossible tasks. Maybe that’s why they rose to the occasion?? For anyone interested in Canada’s role in WWI and WWII, Norm Christie is a Canadian historian who goes back to the original battlefields in two series: For King and Empire (WWI) and For King and Country (WWII). They are good, rigorous video sources; I’ve used both of them in my Canadian history classes many times and the kids always enjoy them. I high recommend.

[@lordofdunvegan6924]

There is a street in Montreal named after Haig. To name a street after that butcher is a gross mistake. Change it now!!

[@johnnyschenk7769]

i have heard this as well

[@mitchd4929]

All colonials were, especially after they ran out of Irish (the war losses were a huge factor in 1916)

[@tooler731]

And it should be remembered that we Canadians (on the whole) have always been honest, hard workers - To us a deal is a deal. Now when you go into battle and the situation is "I'll kill you or you will kill me"... Can't let down the other side can we?

[@MrLoobu]

We weren't used any more than anyone else. It's just that we were still alive and better at it than anyone else.

[@MelioraCogito]

_“A warring nation Canada is not, though a nation of warriors she has sometimes been forced to become.”_ -Pierre Berton (1920-2004), Canadian author, broadcaster, historian and journalist.

[@lisat9707]

He was a treasure and his book VIMY should be mandatory reading for every Canadian.

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

Our national sport and identity is literally the only sport to allow bare knuckle fighting... (besides combat sports).... We are a fighting nation and a nation of fighters...

[@MelioraCogito]

@@thumpyloudfoot864 There's a difference between being warriors and fighters…

[@thumpyloudfoot864]

@@MelioraCogito yeah it means every man woman and child will fight tooth and nail....

[@SuperHappyFunAJ]

@@lisat9707 agreed!

[@Poos71]

Never mistake our niceness for weakness.

[@pamjones8497]

F N A eh

[@susanodonnell4609]

True story, I said that the other day,we just have really good manners, but underneath we're vicious

[@CorwinAlexander]

Don't mistake politeness for niceness

[@CorwinAlexander]

​@susanodonnell4609 we have really good manners BECAUSE we're vicious. If we didn't have really good manners we'd destroy ourselves

[@TommyGun1979]

Amen Brother

[@thomastims6763]

As a Canadian one of the best jokes I've ever heard was ''If you want Canadians to win a war, just give them hockey sticks and tell them that the enemy has the puck''

[@bryanheron2467]

I am a born and raised Canadian in Ontario and out of all jokes and stereotypes that joke is the first joke I have ever heard in 34 years of my life... Honestly that was hilarious lmfao 🤣🤣 and honestly it is actually kind of true cuz not only are we so brutal during war we are brutal in hockey games lol you gotta love irony lol 😂

[@midislander1]

😂😂😂😂

[@thomastims6763]

@ This is where it comes from. I didn't have it exactly right and I would have never said it came from Craig Ferguson if I didn't just google it, I don't remember it being him. I heard it a long time ago but it was definitely from this. It's a short video but if you want to skip to the Canadian Joke it starts around 50 seconds into the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4uok4WdgtdnrNk

[@davidbrock2450]

U should look up a video about Cpl Leo Major from Montreal. Early in the war a jeep he was riding in was blown up. Leo broke his back and lost an eye. He refused to be shipped home and with an eye patch he thought was cool because it made him look like a Pirate. He later was put forth forth a Distinguished Cross. He refused it because he thought the British officer was an idiot and waste of space. Later he won his 1st/[2nd] DSC when scouting a village with his partner they were ambushed and his partner killed. Leo went on with the mission.He started lobbing grenades' and firing his rifle to sow confusion. He would take German parishioners back to his camp in groups of 10. . Later he captured a German soldier and made him take him to the senior officer in the town. H convinced the German officer that the Canadians had the town surrounded and all the buildings targeted by artillery. This time he lead back 100 prisoners and liberated a whole town by himself. After the war he went back to Montreal and his jub as a plumber. He told no-one about his service in WW11. Later on the Korean war started. The Canadian Government called Leo up and reactivated him for combat. While taking a hill top and holding it for days before could come against a superior force. For this he was awarded his 3nd/[3rd] Distinguished Cross. making him the inly Commonwealth Solder to win the DSC in to different wars.. Again he told his family nothing. Then a CBC News team showed up to interview him. This was the 1rst time his family found out what a great warrior and Canadian he was.

[@benjaminforeman9317]

highly recommend this video

[@danielcloutier9464]

un grand guerrier quebecois !!!

[@davidbrock2450]

@@danielcloutier9464 He was a great quebecois and Canadian hero. Just like there are many 1st Nation/Canadian heros! .

[@Kinistino]

It's stories like this that should be taught in schools especially to male children. Instead, they are being brainwashed into becoming Woke Marxist Liberal's and Feminist Beta Males.

[@HitchHiker4Freedom]

Leo was the man!

[@mspicer3262]

Canadians were the reason that many of the Geneva Conventions Articles of War, particularly regarding the treatment of combatants and prisoners of war, currently exist.

[@bknight199]

We call it the Geneva checklist - its not a war crime the first time

[@yermomdotcom1]

Set the rules, we'll win by them.

[@LyonHall1]

Geneva suggestions

[@37sarcastic]

@@bknight199 "Learn the rules like a professional, so you can break them like an artist." - Pablo Picasso. Meaning; learn the rules so you can use creativity to get around them or find loopholes.

[@fredgfysmith6171]

There's no rules in war....

[@Sid-gu5qk]

The most decorated member of the Devil's Brigade was an indigenous Canadian named Tommy Prince.

[@PC58214]

He would be good to do a reaction on.

[@55MYAGE]

He was from the town of Scanterbury on the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation reserve, 10 miles south of me.

[@cpaton1284]

@@55MYAGE buried at brookside cemetery where there is a memorial statue honouring him as well

[@Heatx79]

@@cpaton1284 Don't think the Devil's Brigade he's referencing existed in any previous war. (I may be wrong, unofficially..)

[@cpaton1284]

Yeah read it while watching , and it appeared to be about ww1​@@Heatx79

[@blackswan0017]

I'm a Canadian so I just want to say this to you quick. Britain will always be our Ally.

[@trickiification]

too bad they voted for Brexit though.

[@burnyizland]

@@trickiification Sure, true, but what does that have to do with Canada?

[@Badgersj]

@@trickiification Oh shut up. You'll be blaming William Pitt the Younger next.

[@firstwavepuresoul]

Let's not forget the Glorious 107th 'Timber wolves' made up from first nations Cree, Salteaux, Lakotan, Dakotan, Ojibway from Manitoba and along the Red River. The gerries were afeared of them and deliberately avoided them around the salients on the western front.

[@michaelhamm6805]

That's not true at all.. The 107th were a Pioneer battalion. They were not an Infantry battalion. They were in support of the Infantry, and they would be behind the Infantry, not in front of it. The Germans would not be in fear of an Engineer Battalion. You are exaggerating their feats.

[@MelioraCogito]

*The Last 100 Days (Canada's Remarkable War Efforts in WWI)* The American Army's results compared to those of the Canadians during the last hundred days of WWI are instructive: • the 650'000 Americans engaged in conducted operations for 47 days; the 105'000 Canadians, for 100 days. • the Americans advance 34 miles; the Canadians, 86 miles. • the Americans met 46 German divisions; the Canadians, 47 German divisions. • American casualties suffered per division faced were 2'170; the Canadians suffered 975. • the Americans captured ~16'000 prisoners; the Canadians captured 31'537 German POWs. • the Americans captured 468 [artillery] guns; the Canadians captured 623. • American casualties numbered ~100'000; Canadian casualties numbered 45'830. The Canadian retort to the claim that the American entry into the war had brought victory to the allies was that their famous _“rainbow division”_ was aptly named, having arrived *_after_*_ the storm._ _“The Canadian Corps was the only force in France that went through the last hundred days of the war with unimpaired striking power. Replacing commanders and officers, absorbing reinforcements which kept it nearly at full strength,_ [enabling] _its 4 divisions to meet and rout 47 German divisions between August and November.”_ -LCol Wilfrid O. Bovey, Canadian Corps. _“A warring nation Canada is not, though a nation of warriors she has sometimes been forced to become.”_ -Pierre Berton (1920-2004), Canadian author, broadcaster, historian and journalist.

[@MyKarlm]

Canada has been in ever world war and has not lost , the kids table is on the left

[@wendybarclay7908]

Thank you for this awesome education on our Men that fought in WWI, and WW2 our Troopers 🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@DenyseLRoss]

TY but you confused the WARS 🤣❤️🇨🇦🍁 NO US citizens fought in WWI - it was WWII - just saying

[@MelioraCogito]

@@DenyseLRoss _“NO US citizens fought in WWI - it was WWII - just saying”_ You don't know shit. The US entered WWI on April 6th, 1917, fool. Not only that, but thousands of American “citizens” came north and joined the Canadian army, to fight in WWI, between the beginning of the war and America's entry into it. Learn some god-damn history. 😡

[@MW_Asura]

Congrats for actually getting into the war when it's already close to being over "American entry into the war had brought victory to the allies" - Hysterical lmao. Enters the war when it's already ending, barely does anything significant, and they still have the balls to say something like this. The Entente would have won the war regardless if the Americans and Canadians entered or not

[@mitchd4929]

This is my theory as a Canadian from the mining industry. We were lumberjacks, farmers, miners, and fishermen by and large. These industries have high casualty rates to this day comparable to that of active war zones (lumber and farming workers in Ontario didn't have the right to refuse dangerous work until this century). In mining at the time the average life span of a worker in the timmins gold camp was 4 years. These men were already used to death and brutal violent death at that. They went over already suffering of PTSD. Australians and New Zealanders had similar reputations; for what I guess are similar reasons.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

If you’re from Timmins, you’d know of South Porcupine. I was born there and moved to Toronto when I was 30 to work in the ER at Toronto General hospital until I retired. Small world, eh! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@mitchd4929]

@@Momcat_maggiefelinefan cheers!

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

@ Right back at ya! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@SeaJayAudit]

...and whatever the weather is like...we just put up with it.

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

@ Not like we could change it. Imagine the chaos! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@T-ShirtMagic]

Canadians are brave, fierce and willing to fight *just wars* (War of 1812, WWI, WWII and Korean War) Canadians are brave, intelligent and unwilling to fight *unjust wars* (Vietnam and Iraq Wars) Canadians are brave, ready and proud to defend *peacekeeping missions* (Worldwide)

[@Hrrrrrrrrrreng]

Canadians were in Afghanistan, but were a peacekeeping force. Not a warring one.

[@durwardsaar6000]

Nothing just about WW1 WW2 or Korea, History is worse than CNN.

[@T-ShirtMagic]

@@Hrrrrrrrrrreng Yes, Afghanistan was a *just war* with a purpose, Irag wasn't - no legit purpose

[@burnyizland]

@@T-ShirtMagic Both times in Iraq - once for oil and once in a misguided aim for vengeance. The American response to 9/11 is unforgiveable. I have never respected an American since that day. In my office where I previously had never paid attention to who was from where they made themselves known by crying out for bloodshed. Every single one of them told me they wanted to bomb immediately REGARDLESS of who was at fault. Hurting or not, I have no respect for that.

[@soche3455]

Plenty of *war crimes* done by *Canada*

[@quexalcoatl]

We were taught all about Canadians in wartime here. It's sort of an odd point of pride that we're nice until we're not.

[@pongyi123]

10% of the Canadian population participated in WWII. Although we did have conscription for service in Canada, no conscripted soldiers went to Europe, all were volunteers.

[@michaelhamm6805]

Wrong....12,908 conscripted soldiers were sent to fight overseas, with only 2,463 reaching the front lines before the end of World War II in Europe. They lacked the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal after the war, and those with that medal would call them "Zombies". As a young soldier years ago, we would buy the Vets drinks in the Legion if they had War Medals. If we bought a Zombie a drink, the tested Vets would admonish us.

[@pongyi123]

@@michaelhamm6805 they were not, they volunteered to go overseas and never saw battle. All soldiers conscripted in Canada were conscripted for service IN canada. The ones that did volunteer to go over seas never saw battle.

[@Kate_P]

One of the reasons Canadians were so brutal in WWI is that the first major battle they were in was at Ypres, and was the first time the Germans used chlorine gas in the war. The Allies had no defences against it (no gas masks at all as it was the first use of chemical weapons like this in the war) and 6,500 Canadians (1/3 of the Canadian force present) became casualties of the battle. Worse the Canadian were organized into troops based on where they were from so the Canadian soldiers first experience with the war was watching their childhood friends and families die and be horribly injured by the chemical weapons. That led to them being fairly brutal throughout the rest of the war in retaliation. Not to mention they were often sent into some of the toughest battles as they were seen as more dispensable by the British commanders (and also gained a reputation for winning against hard odds). And they often had to keep plowing ahead with no one to watch their backs so they did kill a lot those that were captured and would be pows as they didn’t have the resources to capture and hold them and feared the captured soldiers could regroup behind them. Not saying it’s right. There’s a reason a lot of the Canadian actions wound up in the Geneva convention. But the actions didn’t just come from nowhere.

[@johnathonsnape-mclean3457]

We’re the OG Stormtroopers! 🇨🇦❤️

[@StaceyIsles]

Not just canadians but the natives The natives need more credit for sure From being used for sending secret coding so it couldn't be translated except by other natives to ingenious tactics They really are our greatest resource and Canada really needs to do more to help them out

[@PeterTurtlebury]

Agreed

[@jackvinn]

Didn't realize that natives weren't Canadians. Thanks for the information

[@jannytrash6171]

lmao shut up nerd.

[@moongirl786]

The who? Oh, you mean the Indigenous peoples, which include the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit? And they are not a resource, they are people. I appreciate that you mean well, but the best place to start is the language we use to talk about them

[@moongirl786]

@@jackvinn I mean, they are and they aren't. They often have status cards and unique rights as a result of the genocide conducted against them, and they have unique cultural identities. Its not necessarily incorrect to talk about them as separate cultural entities

[@bob-w9r3c]

In the Canadian Special Forces, the expectation is maximum aggression. You are issued a bullet proof, maroon sweatshirt, with those white jumper wings. We believe it. We live it. The Unit and the mission are everything. And we are heavily insured, for theatres of combat and afterwards for suicide too. You won't find that in any Walmart or Costco contract. We call it "unlimited liability". Means we can be ordered on a mission that we should not expect to survive. Canadians are generally uber polite, and hard to make angry. It is best to keep it that way. Otherwise, things tend to get messy... From a veteran of the Canadian Airborne Regiment. OSONS

[@michaeldowson6988]

The first battle between Canadians & Germans in WWI, the Germans launched the first major poison gas attack. That set the standard of civility for the war.

[@ninemoonplanet]

The British Command put the Canadian military forces at the front, knowing full well what the casualties would be. Multiple veterans still had deep anger at this.

[@michaeldowson6988]

@@ninemoonplanet The Canadians had French African territorial troops on one flank, and The Germans considered colonial troops as easy targets, that's why they attacked at that point. The French troops were badly decimated and panicked, so it almost worked, but the Canadians regrouped and rushed in reinforcements to halt the breakthrough.

[@bienerbina4555]

In WW1, the Canadians were still under British rule as a Dominion under the British Empire & not a sovereign country. It shows how the British used them as expendables. As such, they likely had to fight harder and with any means available as they watched their fellow countrymen fall around them.

[@michaeldowson6988]

@@bienerbina4555 The Canadian Army set its' reputation to some degree in the 2nd Boer War, by securing the surrender of the Boers at the bloody Battle of Paardeberg. The Royal Canadian Regiment is the only one in the Commonwealth awarded the right to keep the Royal Cypher of Empress Victoria as their cap badges in perpetuity due to that. At the end of WWI, despite London still deciding on Foreign Affairs & Defence, Canada became a signatory to the Treaty of Versailles, and became a member of the League of Nations.

[@Kinistino]

​@@michaeldowson6988 I live in Canada and up until 2005 I had a friend who was in her 90's. On a few occasions she shared with me stories about her father fighting in the Boer War.

[@lisascott7482]

Canadians have little tolerance for BS then or now.

[@peterjohnstone7867]

Yep, we have legal street fighting laws. Run your mouth in an aggressive manner, and someone will just walk up and punch you in the mouth😊

[@vlcccapt]

That's why Trump doesn't like us!!!! And we don't like him!!!!

[@eric6765]

I don't know....we've currently been tolerating it for the last 9 years.

[@bernardriverin1118]

Then we used to be a nation of hardened farmer, lumberjack, miner, hunter, mountain man, trapper, fisherman…. Now we have a gardened génération of adrogenic nail polish wearing gender challended soyboy….

[@cyclone8974]

Killing prisoners in war, especially the First World War, sounds like BS. I am really not socked to hear that Canadians would do something so despicable though.

[@oranganewton]

when trying to explain the Geneva Checklist to an American friend, and why invading Canada is a very bad idea "Germany is responsible for what you can't do to civilians, Canada is responsible for what you can't do to enemy combatants"

[@guyperon4408]

Canadians also worked very well with the British MI5 & MI6. Canadians with the British & Americans spies, for the European theatre, were trained at "Camp X" in Ontario, Canada. Their training was just as tough as the Devil's Brigade.

[@denisejohnston9862]

My grandfather worked at “camp X”

[@BaloneySandwichWithKetchup]

This is why JTF X has the X in it's name. To honor Camp X. Many people don't even know this unit exists.

[@defender399]

Camp X was the birthplace and original training camp of what would become the US of A CIA! Fact!

[@chirpydragonfruit9464]

We were part of the devils brigade tyvm. 🫡

[@Michael-zz8yn]

Fucking right

[@sarahsnowe]

In terms of revenge, the soldiers would have heard of the unspeakable atrocities committed by WW1 German soldiers against Belgian civilians, including little kids and babies. This was the reason some of them joined up in the first place.

[@PlaidHiker]

Tulips sent your way

[@eileenmichl4771]

We weren’t the only ones

[@eileenmichl4771]

And we were fighting in a foreign continent

[@graham7255]

My grandfather was a commando in the Canadian Army and died during WW2 in the Raid on Dieppe. He is buried in France and one day I'd like to visit his grave. God bless him.

[@anxietyonline1947]

Hope you get to visit someday friend, my grandfather also fought in France, was shot and hit by grenade shrapnel but lived to tell the tale. Miss him dearly. RIP to both great men.

[@graham7255]

​@@anxietyonline1947 Thank you. I'm happy for you that you were able to enjoy time with your grandfather. God rest their souls.

[@goldbug7127]

Two things are overlooked in these analyses of Canadian fierceness. The primary reason (in my humble Canadian opinion) is the fact Canadians were volunteers. Conscripted soldiers want to make it back home. Volunteers want to get the job done so that they can go home sooner. Most important is that Canadians joined up for King and Country, but they fought for each other. The iconic Canadian poem, In Flanders Fields, never mentions freedom or flags. It's a call to carry the torch from fallen comrades. In essence, it's a call for revenge. It was written by a doctor in a front line trench during the gas attacks at Ypres. A Doctor, not a blood thirsty warrior..

[@ThisIsKatFood]

I don’t think I’d consider Flanders Fields a call for revenge, more a call to arms or a somber rally cry. It acknowledges brutality of war and the death of fallen comrades, but instead of calling for blood and revenge for the fallen it’s to remember what is being fought for and to not let those deaths be in vain. The torch is a symbol of hope and pride, a tribute to the lives lost and a light to guide the surviving forces forwards and into a brighter future. ‘Remember us, and finish what we could not.’ “…Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.”

[@goldbug7127]

@@ThisIsKatFood Thanks for your reply. Made me reconsider. I had to check my dictionary for the definition of revenge. I know full well the idea is uncomfortable, but I stand by what I wrote. McCrae was very particular about what he wrote and I wouldn't like to misrepresent him. He worked on this poem for five months before he was satisfied. I'm satisfied that McCrae drew his inspiration from Shakespeare and the loneliness of fear, the sullen earth, the larks and the memories of past loves from the 29th Sonnet. " When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state...." McCrae describes a land of death, the only life is the larks, the guns and blood red poppies, the symbol of sleep growing out of the winter's graves. It is not a poem to inspire enlistment, but a poem to inspire courage. Your analysis better describes The Gettysburg Address. Don't forget, I'm responding to the question, " Why do Canadians go Ballistic in war?" I think it's for each other. I knew a lot of WW Two vets, Canadians, and that's how they felt. Apparently, after this poem was published, Canadian soldiers in WW One took it to their hearts and memorized it, recited it and even embellished it.

[@ThisIsKatFood]

@@goldbug7127 I honestly agree with the first part of what you said, where I disagreed was labelling it as a poem about revenge. I said nothing about enlistment, but it was about ‘fallen comrades’, meaning to imply the ‘call to arms’ to fellow soldiers, those who have or are currently experiencing that brutality. During WW1, the Canadians were basically thought of as cannon fodder until they took the lead from British and French commands, taking Vimmy Ridge in days where they had failed to do over months, so yeah, a hell of a lot of men saw their fellow soldiers, friends, and family members die and probably were stirred with feelings of wanting revenge. I acknowledge that in war there will always be those who seek revenge, and sometimes it’s taken out on citizens not just enemy soldiers, even Canadian soldiers, but by in large Canadians had a good reputation among the civilian population across Europe in both world wars. Like you said Canadians were volunteers, they stepped up before they had any real skin in the game. Canadian citizens and land was safe, Canada didn’t declare war because they were being invaded, wanted revenge, or just because we’re part of the common wealth, but because human lives, integrity and the things Canada stands for as a nation were being threatened. If you compare that to America who strayed out as long as possible, who after Pearl Harbour basically dropped the sun on Japan, twice, there’s a bit of a difference there when considering the word revenge. Avenge I’d give you and that some soldiers had personal feelings of revenge, but Flanders Fields is still read across Canada every Remembrance Day for a reason, to pay respect to the fallen and remember the global impact it had on millions of lives. Even though the majority of the Canadian population haven’t been alive since the last time Canada was officially at war, we still need to keep that torch lit so to speak; if the time should ever come again, it’s the responsibility of all Canadians to rally and raise that torch once again. Again, not saying all Canadians pick up a gun, but remember the spirit of Canada and what we built, take pride in and represent as a nation. There’s a reason why people say things like you gotta watch out for the quiet ones or that wise men fear the anger or a gentle man.

[@Nerple]

The introduction reminds me of a college friend. I was friends with many Canadians in college, mainly through the hockey team. Largely they were extremely extroverted and social off the ice. There was this one guy who was extremely quiet, extremely polite, very studious. Basically the stereotype of Canada. But once in the game he unleashed all of his pent up frustration and just went nuts. One memorable game had a larger 6’4” or so defenseman on the team took to cheap shotting smaller 5’7”-5’10” players on my team and had knocked 2-3 players from my team out. Eventually the coach got tired of this behavior and tapped my buddy on the shoulder and over the side he went and beelined it directly to the opposing bully. Despite being only about 5’10” himself, he just destroyed the giant. At the time, the game set records for most penalty minutes in a game as it just got messy after that. Another buddy got kicked out for spearing after frustration overwhelmed him after being the victim of a few cheap shots. Moral of the story: Beware of the quiet Canadian. Their national sport involves hard hitting while skating at 30mph on sharp blades with a side show of regular fighting in the lower leagues.

[@sophrosyne5900]

Im a 4th generation Canadian . My dads side were Scottish/Welsh and my Moms side were English/Russian. Each side of my family made a name for themselves in the brigades for boxing ( The Golden Gloves). Seven of my uncles and including my grandfather stormed Vimy RIige. All my uncles and grandfather came back home. They were part of the Cape Breton Highlanders ( Nova Scotian). All of my family members also did multiple tours before and after the war. They were 6'3-6'5 tall too . Some of the kindest , no nonsence men you would have ever met in your life. These Canadian men were some of the toughest Mfers alive.

[@chrismackenzie92]

Cape Breton Highlanders reached legendary status at Vimy Ridge (Pierre Berton's book talks about them at length - a must read if you haven't yet). I recently found out one of my Grandfather's cousins was in Maj Percival Anderson's Company - he wrote in a letter home something along the lines of "Percy will live in infamy for things he did that day" (I need to find the exact quote) - pretty amazing what they were able to accomplish that other nations could not.

[@caperbye474]

Yes MA By'e. My great grandfathers, great Uncles and Grandads fought in WW1 n 2 with the Highlanders. A bunch of humble miners until you pee them off. I knew a bunch of Highlanders from Sydney, The Bay area, New Waterford area, and The North side areas. All great people. Your uncles n granddads that boxed probably knew my grand dad Lighting Jack who was a great boxer

[@sophrosyne5900]

@@caperbye474 What's the last name ? I have boxers on both sides of my family - Willmott and Arbuckles . Thank you for the comment 💜 I love people from the East Coast . It's said because my grandpa survived many tours but ended up dying of a black lung from working the coal mines . God bless . Weirdly enough , lightening Jack sounds familiar . ⚡⚡

[@Migmaw]

Please do a reaction to Francis Pegahmagabow the deadliest sniper of either side in WW1, he had more confirmed kills than anyone in history at the time of 338, he was also very good at infiltrating behind enemy lines taking prisoners and intel by himself. He did a great service for Canada and all indigenous Nations in Canada and with his fame he started the AFN after the war which is the Assembly of First Nations which has Chiefs from every Nation represented and they work with Federal and Provincial government to help our people. Stay blessed 👊🏼🪶

[@SugarandSarcasm]

We have SO much to work on right now. I hope someday soon we'll be able to figure out how to finally live together peacefully ❤ (I'm not quite sure I like my wording here, but cannot think of how else to word it at the moment)

[@Migmaw]

@SugarandSarcasm no worries, I understand the intent of you comment and I do also hope for our future generations that we as human beings can get past the past and heal together and collaborate together in harmony for our future generations to inherit the Earth. Stay blessed 👊🏼🪶

[@SugarandSarcasm]

@@Migmaw 👊🏻 Blessings to you as well

[@cathymccarthy5982]

My grandfather and cousins fought in WW1 in the Canadian military. They were used as cannon fodder in both world wars by the British who saw us as subhuman. Our losses were far greater because of it. That’s why we fought like hell! It was that or be killed. If not by the enemy that by our Allie’s.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

most Canadians were off of farm homesteads: lean, fit, and good shots providng food for their families. ALL my homestead relatives served in WW2 and were reallyi good....at DUCKING. all came back. Most were infantryi. One was a radio Officer on loan to the Norwegina tankers: they had all the ships.

[@darrylhubbard931]

My father managed to come back from Diepe...

[@HitchHiker4Freedom]

My great uncle came back from WW1. They hated brit officers, who commaded them, so much early in the war that they shot a few to send a message to the rest of the officers.

Canadian troops back then were primarily of Irish, Scottish, Welsh , French (Quebecois)and aboriginal descent which made for tough customers

[@TheYoungWolfI]

It's not so much our national/linguistic backgrounds as it is our rugged yet peaceful environment. Don't break our peaceful lives, because a blizzard in the mountains is a walk in the park for many of us, and we will make you peaceful again if we have to.

[@crusader.survivor]

It's not just the ethnicities! It's the actions of the typical Canadian back then. Back then, most of the Canadians that enlisted were farmers, hard-labourers, hunters, outdoorsmen, construction workers, miners, lumberjacks, etc. We, as a whole, might not be like our past, but I (hunter) and others like me can still hold our own if we are ever called to fight!

[@OldGeezerWithNothingBetterToDo]

I think it had more to do with how tough you had to be to settle here than ethnicity.

[@themrlupo3591]

@@crusader.survivorfun fact, we were actually feared by the Taliban from our time in Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers didn’t half ass a lot of stuff the way the Americans did

[@crusader.survivor]

@@themrlupo3591 I heard about that at that time! It was a warm feeling of patriotism! I enlisted for that in CAF Infantry but unfortunately wasn't accepted.

[@MavenCree]

"...turned him into mist by putting a grenade into his great coat." Canadian me: giggling uncontrollably. 🤣🤣🤣

[@susanodonnell4609]

Me too 🤣😂 lol

[@YungJayCrb]

Me 3😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CorwinAlexander]

Fallout player me: nice pickpocket skill

[@DamienDarkside]

I giggled too. I love our warm crimes. We're just being silly billies.

[@tylereftoda4590]

😂😈

[@darylwilliams7883]

Actually, a big part of our reputation for being tough fighters comes from the fact that Canadian soldiers have always kept up their morale and ability to fight in the worst kind of weather. The weather our fighters experienced in the two world wars in Europe was nothing compared to what they had already experienced at home. You haven't lived until you've gone ice fishing for fun, LOL!

[@redrain72]

Been there

[@lindaboivin2650]

Being from British rule for so long we always keep a stiffer lip and marched on ..

[@collin6103]

Ice fishing is so much fun I try to go to lake nipissing every year.

[@darylwilliams7883]

@@collin6103 I've ben a couple of times here in Alberta, but our lakes are sloughs with muddy water and the fish are pretty skinny. Not like Ontario lakes at all.

[@collin6103]

@@darylwilliams7883 If you ever get the chance some great outfitters in Ontario for ice fishing huts. Nipissing seems to be one of the best, lots of pike, perch, burbot, musky, walleye and whitefish. Great fishing worth the trip.

[@davidleaman6801]

The Canadians were aware that the Germans liked to sleep at night instead of during the daytime.

[@PlaidHiker]

Sleeping? Rookie mistake.

[@swordofmanticore1253]

Canadians back then was heavily populated with Scotts and those who were Scottish descendants Historically, the Scotts are some of the toughest people. Even the Romans built a wall to keep them out of Briton. .

[@jeanettecampbell5205]

Yes!

[@caperbye474]

We are know to be tough

[@annastinehammersdottir1290]

My Grandfather survived Vimy Ridge. It was said he came back a different man but he never lost his soul.

[@Lancelot_2882]

Trump should take a view of this, then take a good long reflection of 1812. Finally remembering Canadians don’t lose wars.

[@burnyizland]

"And the White House burned, burned, burned And we're the one's that did it! It burned, burned, burned While the president ran and cried It burned, burned, burned And things were very historical And the Americans ran and cried like a bunch of little babies Waa waa waah! In the War of 1812!" ~Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie(band)

[@mtbelley]

@@burnyizland Yeah, that was a small group of men from Halifax Nova Scotia. You don't mess with Maritimers trying to get home in peace.

[@MW_Asura]

As if most of the effort from 1812 didn't come from Britain lmao

[@Lancelot_2882]

@@MW_Asura Britain has been amazing, don’t get me wrong. I’m talking about the White House part. Either way, we’ve always been sick of yappy Americans

[@burnyizland]

@@MW_Asura As if most of your side wasn't British and just decided to call themselves something else sooner, lmao. Hell, your country only had 18 states in 1812 and not all of them even wanted to fight... "New England"(that sounds like a pretty British name) covers how many states, 6? So one third of your nascent country was against it. Most of those who wanted it were from the South which... hmmm who lost your civil war again? Oh right - the South. So how do they even count?

[@tini4580]

what would you expect from a Country whose two national sports (summer - lacrosse and winter - hockey), it is permissible to fight (as long as you drop your gloves). There is an old adage about how we went to a boxing match and a hockey game broke out.

[@williamgregoire450]

I feel sorry for my neighbours to the South. I live in the greatest country in the world. Canada is lead by true Canadian people that are not criminals. We are true sttong and freee.🇨🇦

[@MyKarlm]

dont say our sorry

[@severianmonk7394]

Not at the moment. At the moment we are just mad.

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

The fact that you said, "led by true Canadian people that are not criminals with a straight face is impressive! Neither of those statements are accurate.

[@johnalden5821]

In graduate school I studied a concept known as "conflict chains." Different cultures have different approaches to conflict escalation and behaviors once a conflict reaches the stage of "kinetic" or open warfare. It turns out that cultures related to and descended from English culture have a conflict chain that goes something like this: (1) identify your interests and seek to find out the opponent's interests, (2) open a dialogue with the opponent to articulate your interests and seek an accommodation, (3) keep negotiating and communicating, (4) seek to freeze a conflict in place to avoid war, (5) clearly warn the opponent about the consequences of war, (6) wait to be attacked, (7) when attacked, open up a can of unholy, extreme violence upon the opponents until they are annihilated with extreme prejudice. Any opponent that jumps to the end of this chain and attacks without warning will automatically get number 7. This will explain the U.S. reaction to Pearl Harbor and 9/11, the British reaction to the Falklands invasion and, ironically, my brother's reaction to somebody trying to pick a fight with him in the middle school cafeteria. When dealing with English-speaking people, take the offer of negotiations. In this case, seven is nobody's lucky number.

[@dokskwyr4353]

Its also interesting to note that, until WW2, Canada's army was more powerful than the American military. Whereas the States had less than 200,000 troops Canada had over a million. And that's out of a total population back then of only eleven million people nationwide.

[@jo-annleake8198]

I come from a family with military involvement in different world conflicts. Focused and intent on the job. No excess hype. Results spoke for themselves. You do your duty and get on with it. My grandfather was at Vimy Ridge and lived to tell about it. Brutal business.

[@herbertjohnson4343]

We as Canadians were part of the British Commonwealth. along with other Nations. We just stuck out more and were used by the British. Only in 1967 did we free ourselves completely from British Control. Remember the BNA Act of Briton. (British North America Act).

[@SusanMiddleton1]

My grandfather too. He wrote a book about Vimy.

[@cathymccarthy5982]

My grandfather was gassed at Ypres but once back on his feet was sent back to the front.

[@susanodonnell4609]

My grandfather was at vimy ridge too,so cool, they might have known each other,who knows

[@SusanMiddleton1]

@@susanodonnell4609My grandfather was in Pierre Burton's book on Vimy. Macintyre.

[@darreng11]

Canadians were pissed because the UK made sure to put the Canadian soldiers right at the front lines and not their own soldiers to die.

[@jilltraver69]

Canadians: War=Hockey . Other team has the puck we can't have that.

[@ninemoonplanet]

WW1 "was" supposed to be fought like "civilised" military forces. One side fired, the other side ducked, then returned fire. The Canadian military forces watched and figured out how to , uhh how shall I put it, circumvent the way the other forces fought. As is often repeated, the Geneva Convention was designed to keep some of the brutality (good luck with that) out of wars.

[@realestreaIist]

Never mistake kindness for weakness. Dont fuck with us.

[@wocookie2277]

Francis Pegamagabo, the deadliest sniper of WW1, also an indigenous Canadian warrior. Went on to be band chief and helped his people throughout his life. Ever here about him in school? The Canadian Military May be hard on the enemy, but our reputation of treatment of the civilians in the war must be acknowledged as well. Basically we are gentle with the innocent, and brutal to the aggressor. We have never started a war, but we haven’t lost one either.

[@johnandrews3568]

We Canadians are polite and nice until we're not.

[@AaronJoseph-t4b]

We're nice until " it's time to not be so nice" then it's " Clobberin' Time!!"

[@chafouaube985]

So true

[@lindaboivin2650]

Don't poke the bear 😅

[@ChrisThiessen]

I am very proud of our Canadian troops!They are second to none!!

[@darcymartin7608]

Canadians at War - You're sorry. Canadians in Peace Time - We're Sorry.

[@davidleaman6801]

Canada had an all volunteer Army in the First World War.

[@cathymccarthy5982]

Not true! By 1917, English Canada started conscripting French Canadians. They were not provided French speaking officers, were not given proper weapons or equipment and again used as cannon fodder by the British.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

@@cathymccarthy5982 1917 the war was almost over. buit I can see why in WW2 the Quebecois were pretty choked up about fighting for the Brits under Brit regs. Still are.

[@haggis525]

@@cathymccarthy5982 Well... you are 100% wrong and full of bollocks. Go back to history class, Kate... you're way, way out of your lane.

[@DannnyLyzo]

No it wasn't, that was the second world War, they were forced to go to war in the Great War. Canada got to choose if not to go to war right away from the Westmintser Accords in 1931, and didn't join WWII until the early spring of 1940.

[@davidleaman6801]

My Bad. It's never to late to learn something. Thanks Danny and Cathy and Dwight.

[@pugle1]

@Mert Can All that happened before the Geneva Convention. The Canadian Forces today are a much more compassionate lot, but still very fearsome when they need to be.... Afghanistan...

[@mtbelley]

A Large contingent of Canadian forces that fought a Juno beach were from the area I was born in Northern New Brunswick. I had extended family members fight at that battle, only a couple made it home.

[@nadinesawtell3267]

A large number of prairie Canadians had to hunt to eat at times. They were used to primitive conditions They were fighters and survivors in WW 1 and their sons fought in WW 2

[@mikesecom]

As a proud Canadian, all I can say is..."It's not a war crime the first time." 😊

[@Momcat_maggiefelinefan]

Canadian soldiers, in the First World War, dug a tunnel underground, beyond the barbed wire and guns. Many were from the many mining towns like the one I grew up in, 800 k north of the Canada/USA. Our miners blew up the Germans, and we capture Vimy Ridge, an important point from which the soldiers could attack the Germans. Did a similar move at The Somme. That why they proclaim Canada has never lost a war! 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦

[@timmytwodogs]

After 20 or so Canadian winters anyone would go "berserk", but politely...

[@rosemorin81]

Check out the late Tommy Prince..He was the one thatvwould sneek up to the enemy line use to play with the enemies minds .Germans would wake up with one deaceased while they slept it was the moccasin footwear he wore.made less noise light on the feet.we the indigenous ppls respect the soldiers who died for us...

[@lauriepardoe7390]

It's shocking to think of it now, but the Geneva Conventions regarding prisoners of war only came into effect in 1949. Apparently, the rules of engagement were considerably differnt in WWI!

[@lbcmotors9316]

Aye Laddie, and the best of the best were Highland and Black Watch Regiments😊 Scots to the bone

[@jeanettecampbell5205]

Yes!

[@fraudbuster1456]

Here’s something interesting. America has never lost a war in which Canada participated. Canada considered Vietnam an unjust war so refused to aid in it. How did the most technologically advanced military in the world fare in that war? In World War II, the landing on the beaches of Normandy was Canadian soldiers. They charged German machine gun nests with such ferocity that Germans abandoned their positions from fear.

[@alexrompen805]

As a Canadian who was in the Army.... its because we don't LIKE to go to war, we like to be relaxed and friendly... But if you FORCE us into war, you best be sure we are bringing an utter ass kicking along with us. There's a saying, in peacetime we are sorry, in wartime we will make YOU sorry.

[@MyKarlm]

yes sir , support our miltary 100 %

[@randyedwards3244]

My Great Uncle Harold fought at the First Battle of Ypres. My grandmothers brother, he gave his life in that battle. In 2020, while visiting my mother, I came across his "Dogtag". It was hand stamped on a piece of red leather. Around the same time I remember aking mom about how an aunt I remembered from childhood was related. As I knew mom had only 1 sibling, a sister, her origin was puzzling. Our "Auntie Winnie" was Harry,s fiance, after his death she became a member of our family as if she was married into it. I remember her as seeming to be in her 70's as I was around 8 - 10 in the mid '60's.

[@bartiboguesunset3167]

The Canadian Vandoos from Quebec, a legendary ruthless army core know for never taking prisoners

[@michaelhamm6805]

The R22R are not an Army... they are a Regiment.

[@BrendaButchart]

Thank you for sharing. My father served in the Canadian Military for over 30 years. This was very educational. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@SilentBob731]

Someone should show this to Trump (in three-to-five minute increments so he doesn't get too distracted).

[@cathymccarthy5982]

I have no doubt the Americans would be overwhelmed by Canadian fighting ferocity if they were stupid enough to send an invasion force across the border.

[@darrenrandy7358]

Umm, What! Holy LIB TARD alert BatCunt! Back to your AlphabetPedo Cult...

[@Badgersj]

😆

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

Your TDS is showing!

[@darrenrandy7358]

Thanks Mert! This was entertaining and informative.

[@clonejones7955]

Most of our population is rural.We are tough because we live in a harsh environment.

[@sonyabzuwki3705]

We are pretty laid back and easy going. That being said, we also really love a good fight.🇨🇦

[@daletrecartin1563]

Trench raids. Everyone was doing raids early in the war but there were too many causalities and the troops generally didn't like doing them so they became less and less common except when the intelligence people really wanted some info. This was apparently not the case for the Canadians though. They kept doing raids long after everyone else had dialed back. By 1918 the Germans had formed specialized units, storm troops, to essentially do trench raids especially at the start of major assaults to disrupt the defences. Between the trench raids and the frequency of the Canadian Corps being the spearhead of British assaults the Germans hated finding themselves facing the Canadians.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

in the end almost all of my neighbours in the mountians are German, Swiss, or Austrian. Canada won again: virtually all are job creators, entrepreneurs, and farmers who ask for nothing from anyone but themselves.

[@WayWillow]

Canada is honoured to have mother Scotland's son's approval. 😊

[@paulfranklin4276]

Americans found out three times It looks like Trump wants a taste

[@RockyAlajoki]

I'm sure we'll all be able to defend ourselves GREAT with our outdated millitary and out scary "millitary style assault weapons" those mossburg 22LR with high capacity mags will sure turn the tide in THAT battle. I can see why Trudope wants us to send them all to Ukraine.

[@christineelsey3104]

Glad I found this video.. My dad's oldest brother was one of those Canadian 1st Special Forces soldiers. 😊 A few of my cousins & I started finding out about our uncle's involvement & what it meant apx 5 years go. Man, what they had to be able to do was mind blowing !! Their fathers were also been in the regular Canadian Forces during WW2. We knew one was bomber guy. One became a Dr in the Navy.. & I had 2 aunts who became nurses in WW2. We were very lucky & they all got home safely. We had no idea what my uncle had been involved with until after his death in the early 2000s.

[@wjdietrich]

Moral of this!...... "BE WARNED " Allies who no longer behave as allies and threaten Canadian SOVEREIGNTY!!!😮 (Canadian eyes slowly peering southwards)🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤

[@guyperon4408]

Absolutely!!!

[@lindsayambler9706]

Duck Trump!

[@ubetcha631]

Don't piss off peaceful Canadians, eh. Remember the peaceful truckers. Next time maybe not so peaceful?

[@sandman_says_runrunner4701]

That Canada doesn't exist anymore. Besides, as an Albertan we would be better off in the U.S.!

[@GailBurfoot]

Every one in my family was first generation Canadian Scot’s. They were fighting for our family remaining in Scotland. That’s our story and we knew many other immigrants from other European countries who enlisted for the same reason. Canada also has many First Nations Heroes that gave their lives against the Nazis.

[@swapshots4427]

It is the Scottish and Irish heritage mostly. Those folks had had enough of oppression.

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

There's been a lot of crossbreeding with all sorts of peoples and a few animals.

[@GWNorth-db8vn]

@@Ihdtfdt9 - Which ones depend on whether someone is fast enough to catch one or slow enough to get caught by one.

[@bethgarnet1593]

As a Canadian I had family I never met die in the war I know the stories and the pain of their deaths had. I could never ever be more proud of my history and I am even more proud of the history we bring now ❤

[@manricobianchini5276]

War is war. Period.

[@Furniture121]

The other thing to remember with Canadians in WWI is that they weren't close to home. The UK troops might have gone home on leave on occasion, but the Canadians were there for the long haul, away from home and "civilization". The sooner the war ended, the sooner they got back home to Canada... Christmas truces, and other frivolities might have appealed to troops a few miles from home, but for people who knew rest was at the end of the fight, those truces were just more time away from home, in hell.

[@PnCBio]

It's not that widely known apparently, but we kindly Canadians are largely why there are rules in modern war. Small correction, we were fighting for Europe's freedom, not ours. We were being used as meat for the grinder, so we got real innovative and put an end to all that by winning stuff the great powers couldn't. We did, however, commits some (now) war crimes to get there.

[@37sarcastic]

It's not a war crime the first time

[@PnCBio]

@ someone knows our exuberant military beginnings 😉

[@Playingwith3D]

@@PnCBio People in TNEB are wondering where you've been. Your presence was missed.

[@PnCBio]

@@Playingwith3D a lot of sleeping in ;) Now that there's news again I'll br there with coffee an croissants as regularly scheduled :)

[@MW_Asura]

No you aren't. The European countries are the ones who are responsible for the Geneva Conventions

[@jakewilliams5429]

Great commentary :) I was in tears. (Canadian Military)

[@therealhotdog]

in the Korean war a small group of Canadians held on to hill 355 with wave after wave of Chinese attacking while others retreated

[@K1ddkanuck]

Led by Leo Major, the one eyed Canadian who was the original Rambo (who only died in 2008). How there isn't a major motion picture about this man, I'll never know.

[@dwayneharms8336]

@@K1ddkanuckBecause he’s not American 🤷‍♂️

[@nonagon9192]

I used to work with a guy who served with a vet of the korian war. He said the guy often talked about cutting down swarms of solderes like they were nothing. They were more likely to run out of ammo then kill all the soldures rushing them.

[@shanephillips4011]

​@@nonagon9192seems to be the Asian method of combat....

[@ShawnMatheson-rw5xm]

I thought it was 655. Either way, they called down artillery strikes on their hill to stop the Chinese. Turned the tide of the war. Gave the Americans the time needed to organize and start the most devastating offensive push of the war.

[@TommyGun1979]

Get that... When a Canadian man, gen X and older, hears that kind of stories, he laughs and say "Yup! Way to go!" Have you heard about Léo Major? That man was the French Canadian Rambo.

[@AlixCampbell-n3t]

Canadians were conscripted but only volunteers went to the front.

[@benninger123]

It's because we're very proud of our heritage and our fighting skills. We're calm by nature but once we are put over top , look out .

[@cpaton1284]

This was the war with mustard gas. Ant the war where, men were returned to.battle again and again. It was a brutal war, like there had never been.before

[@insaneapples1559]

We have a fighting spirit. It's engrained into us from a young age, and part of our culture going back hundreds of years.

[@shanephillips4011]

"War crime" is a stupid notion. Do what you must to win.

[@severianmonk7394]

All is fair, if not mandatory.

[@charliestephens7874]

My uncle was in the battle for Juno beach. He was a tank gunner. In the first wave of tanks to hit the shore. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@johnnyschenk7769]

most Canadians in ww1 were volunteers i believe

[@Furniture121]

Same for WWII, there were few conscripts.

[@johnkufeldt3564]

Watching from Alberta, great job.

[@DwightStJohn-t7y]

the one time and circumstance when being passive/aggresive really pays off. ??

[@themissing5592]

My great-grandfather was part of the Canadian Forestry Unit during World War I which eventually became the Canadian Engineers. Their job was to design, dig and acquire trenches, among many other things. I can only imagine the things that he did and witnessed. I have some of his service records but there's a lot of information missing.

[@billbrown6402]

Because We Can..👍✌🇨🇦

[@brianpruden6576]

My grandpa was training guys in GB after being wounded. I remember him telling me about trench raiding teaching Gerkha technics. Best tie up those boots properly.

[@Progressive_Canadian]

We treat war like we do a hockey game.

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

Although the term "face-off" has an entirely gruesome meaning in war.

[@davescott1491]

An old friend’s father was a ww2 German tank commander. When he was very old, he told us when going into battle, they feared the Canadian soldiers the most.

[@BrimHawk]

Weren't we the reason The Geneva Convention came into being? I've always wondered they had the Canadians speak with Scottish accents, on the Devils Brigade. Why not Russian or Italian accents?

[@akumacv2075]

There was a large emigration of Scottish people to Canada in the 18th and 19th Century - there's a neat summary of the reasons why on the Wikipedia Article "Scottish Canadians"... so in those older times the predominant accent would have been developed from Scottish accents passed through generations. Other traditions including kilts as part of certain military uniform and bagpipes in military ceremony have stayed a part of our country ever since. The Russians and Italians did not settle early Canada en masse and ingrain their accent and culture into our historical identity. Tl;dr... The Canadian accent was (and in some regions, still is-!) pretty darn Scottish.

[@37sarcastic]

@@akumacv2075 So many forget that we have a province named New Scotland (Nova Scotia)

[@BrimHawk]

@@jeniferdouglas I went through the StatsCan website for the 1940's in Canada. Approximately 11.5M Canadians in 1941. 10% of the entire country was made up of Scottish folk. Irish 9.6%. English 23%. Yet, 100% of the Devils Brigade was Canadian of Scottish descent? For my own personal reference, I was born in '63. A lot of my family was from the Middlesborough area of Northern England. Not far at all from Scotland. Not ONE parent, grandparent, or great grandparent had any UK accent. The point is, it was historically inaccurate to the degree it was portrayed. Just my opinion.

[@MW_Asura]

No, aside from the same old repeated myth you like telling yourselves but don't actually do any research to prove it

[@lauriemccreary6744]

Best snippers in the world! Like the first and Second World War the USA started both but was last to enter them!