I did not. I knew there were guys there. I had heard some talking about it when I was in, but I didn't hear much more than the casual conversation. It isn't really talked about in any of the CH history and looking at the website, I don't really see anything there either.
I did not. I knew there were guys there. I had heard some talking about it when I was in, but I didn't hear much more than the casual conversation. It isn't really talked about in any of the CH history and looking at the website, I don't really see anything there either.
Were you there?
This action involved elements of Charlie and Delta.
I was in Bravo.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
sorry, can someone summarize, or post a link to what happened. unfortunately i am at work now and don't want to watch a video and a quick search of the net yieled few clues as to the events of 09Sep93.
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The French Lieutenant-General Jean Cot, who was in charge of the operation and Calvin's superior officer, said:
“It was the most important force operation the UN conducted in the former Yugoslavia ... While we could not prevent the slaughter of the Serbs by the Croatians, including elderly people and children, we drove back to its start line a well-equipped Croatian battalion of some thousand men. Together, the Canadians and the French succeeded in breaking the Croatian lines, and with their weapons locked and loaded and ready, firing when necessary. They circled and disarmed an eighteen-soldier commando from the Croatian Special Forces who had penetrated by night into their location. They did everything I expected from them and showed what real soldiers can do”
sorry, can someone summarize, or post a link to what happened. unfortunately i am at work now and don't want to watch a video and a quick search of the net yieled few clues as to the events of 09Sep93.
Basically, a internationally (including Canada) denied operation that helped expose the atrocities in Croatia. Canadians went on the offensive which was technically not what peacekeepers are supposed to do. Four Canadians lost their lives trying to save the people in a village which had been slaughtered by the Croatians
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Basically, a internationally (including Canada) denied operation that helped expose the atrocities in Croatia. Canadians went on the offensive which was technically not what peacekeepers are supposed to do.
nothing on that tour was "technically" what peacekeepers were supposed to do.
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Four Canadians lost their lives trying to save the people in a village which had been slaughtered by the Croatians
This is incorrect.
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