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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
Favourite class I ever took was a World Wars class in my undergrad, we had an awesome prof from the University of Chicago teach it. He had recently left America due to political differences and his wife got some big chair at the UofS so here we were. He did an amazing job painting the pictures of all the battles and big events. One thing he talked about is how they would get the Canadians to switch uniforms with other units like British or Australian to fool the Germans. Because the Germans always lined their toughest up against the Canadians. We were known as finishers. Pretty cool heritage.
I always thought of my grand parents as so tough, to have lived through the depression and multiple world wars... just wow I couldn't imagine what would happen to the hipsters if they had to face that. RATIONS? WHERE IS MY ARTISAN CRAFT BREAD?!
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Canada is often credited with the invention of the trench raid.
The Canadians developed a reputation from the first major battle they fought in, The Second Battle of Ypres (Apr 1915). If you want a glimpse into hell read accounts of that battle.
It always makes me laugh when people talk about Canadians as Peacekeepers.
Canadians are Warriors.