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Originally Posted by cDnStealth
By far one of the most well known battles in Canadian history. What I find most interesting about our role in WWI was how much we were feared by the Germans. They got it done when others couldn't and the Germans knew that and respected our fighting ability. I have a lot of admiration for what those men accomplished. I haven't been to Vimy Ridge but I had a similar feeling as you when I walked the entirety of Juno Beach last summer.
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When you look at Canadian Military History its a fairly common theme, we're none as a nation that's hard to anger but when it comes time to make war we make our mark.
In World War 1 Canada cut its teeth with Vimy, Passchendale stood out as defining moments.
In World War 2, there was the obvious Juno Beach Invasion. But Canadian's fought bravely at Dieppe, The bloody house to house fighting in Ortona, the battle of Scheldt that lead to the conscription crisis
In Korea we fought in Kapyang in Korea
After that we had the Medak pocket, and Panjawi
We've had many winners of the Victory Cross, we had a Presidential Unit Citation in Korea.
We made up half of the legendary First Service Brigadge. The PPCLI is considered a legendary Military Unit known by nearly every military in the world.
We've spawned some legendary leaders in McNaughton, Currie, Harry Crerar, "Mad Jimmy" Dextraze (considered one of our best soldiers) and Hillier. On the Naval Side Leonard Murray, Prentice, Dewolfe and Ken Summers.
On the Airforce side, we had Breadner and Curtis.
you look at the list of actual Canadian War Heros we had guys like Billy Bishop, William Barker, Tommy Prince
We might not be a country that puts our military at the forefront, but people know when Canadian's hit the field.
We might be tiny in terms of military power projection but we always always punch above our weight class.