Hi all,
I'm new to this forum.I agree with servicepub also.Too much hype is put out by the big players,Britan , the U.S.,and Russia.
The U.S. and Britan put out good movies.The true facts, they distort to suit thier own objectives.Both countries contributated emincely to the war, but they leave out the '3rd Parties'.Canada leaves out the 4th parties.
Don't forget the contribution of the Australians,[best desert fighters],Poles,[who took Monte Cassino],the Gurka/Indian Reg'ts.
The 3rd and 4th parties did not contribute on the the scale the the others did,but what they did do, were turning points in the war.
I had an opportunity to talk to a German vet from ww2,while I was with NATO Forces in Germany,[1969].He told me the Brits were the best displined,the U.S. best equipped and the Canadians the best fighters.He had been left for dead twice.He had his left arm shot off by a Canadian tank.I said to him it may have been my fathers tank that shot his arm off.He replied by buying me a beer and said it's possible!No annomosity.
From the excerts of a documentry,shown 3 times on a U.S. P.B.S. station,once on Canadian,[History Channel],at the time,A German SS major says that he cannot understand the rapid advance of the enemy until he saw the Canadians.That was at Ortanio.
BTW Simmons was born in Briton and maybe that is why the Brits listened to him.
I have read that many Canadian Generals were ignored by the U.S. and would only talk to British Generals.
I think I have said enough for now,as I seem to be getting off track.
Wayne
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