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1.1 million Canadians - 10% of our total population - served in WW2. And unlike WW1 (where, in the aftermath, our government made it VERY clear we'll never be forced to aid Britian again), we actually _chose_ to get involved. So I'm quite pleased to see a major channel like yours talking about the sacrifices my country made (the red on our flag doesn't just represent Canada as a whole for a reason). I hope one day you'll consider a video on Canada's contributions to WW1, while the greater campaign was a failure, the battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the most important moments in Canadian history, and Canada's efforts in Pacchendale and the 100 Days Offensive solidified our emergence as an independant nation.
And 2nd battle of Ypres. Where we got gased, others ran so we spread out our lines, thinly, put on the bayonet and prepared for the incoming Germans. We held the line till reinforcements came. And after that day it is said that the Canadian didn't take prisoners... in retribution 😅😅 not proud of that just saying. My great grandfather was there. Survived but never talked about it.
@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them lest we forget world war 2 1939 1945 11 million Canadians served in the armed forces and in forces of the allies mostly in the European theater such as d day and liberation of western Europe
My grandfather was a Canadian who had been living in the States before the war, but he went back to Nova Scotia when the war started and enlisted. He was there on D-Day I think with the Canadian Scots and he talked about just running on to the beach scarred out of his mind straight into the gun fire. Thanks for posting this forgotten chapter in the war, my grandfather came home with German schrapnel and never forgot.
@@socialmediaaccount404 my grandfather did talk about it and it was pretty dark. He was in Africa with Monty and then in Northern Europe through France and the Netherlands. He talked about the Dutch eating their tulip bulbs. He went on to Germany itself and spent weeks in a fox hole with a dead German, wearing the same pair of ripped pants for a year. He never got over the smell of the Concentration Camps, the women in Paris who had slept with German officers getting their heads shaved. He would watch The Longest Day and everyone in the house had to be TOTALLY SILENT. When we had a German roommate in the 1990s, he whispered to my grandmother that she couldn't be trusted. So, I'm not sure if missed is the word, but that's what you "missed".
French civilians who encountered the Chaudières and the Sherbrookes were astonished to hear what appeared to be British troops speaking French with what sounded like a Norman accent (many of the settlers of New France came form Normandy, two or three centuries earlier).
Call it romantic I call it ironic that the Francos voted to be exempt from the war So they missed out on of the greatest moments of their generation. These guys . Lol
Léo Major est un héros national ici au Québec! Léo Major is a national hero here in Québec! Captured a whole town by himself! Merci de parler de notre contribution au combat, ça fait chaud au coeur! 🫡
Some trivia. The Canadian and British Beaches were supposed to be named after fish. The British: Swordfish and Goldfish and the Canadian: Jellyfish! Commander Dawnay decided that we were not going to land on Jelly Beach and got it changed to his wife's name. The mother of the God of War!
I had heard that the re-naming of the beach came from Churchill, stating that he "disapproved of the name Jelly for a beach on which so many men might die". Can't say that is true, but just something else I had heard.
The Canadian ground effort on the Western front from June 1944 to VE day is often overlooked. Great video from a great channel, love to see my country represented.
Yes, even as a Canadian, I understand our forces were within the British command structure and that’s the reason the Dominon’s contributions are often overlooked
I read my niece's textbook for history - grade 11 in Texas - and there was a single line denoting the British landings, but no mention of any Canadians.
The battalion was attached to the British 1st Parachute Division and only ever acted independently during their mad dash to Lubek to block the Red Army from reaching Denmark.
@Corinthian well for every video you can find of a Canadian doing something stupid I'm sure you could find five or more of Americans doing something stupid. You guys riot and burn cities down any time a black criminal is shot by police haha. You also have a lot of school shootings, but yeah Canada is a shithole because someone apparently called 911 over ¢10 13 years ago haha
@@chad_b Canadians aren’t war criminals and don’t invade countries to kill innocent civilians like in Iraq. I’d be embarrassed living next door to you if I was Canadian
As a canadian and a Québécois I say thank you. Thank you to have talk of the Regiment de la Chaudière and Les Fusilliers de Sherbrooke. Too often canada's actions are dissolve into British actions.
True, Much of history groups us in with Britain, but you also gotta remember what Canada was fighting for, it certainly wasn't fighting for Poland or the scary idea of Hitler taking over the world, it was for the British Empire and Britain.
My Great grandfather Landed on Juno beach with the "Regina Rifles". this Amazing channel made me really proud watching this video today, even brought a tear to my eye.. Thank you
I am a Cree, and had no relative in WW2. But I met a man in 2001 who did. In two short years he left a long last impact on my life. His name was Barry Miller of the Regina Rifles. He was my loveoned he was my relative. I later discovered that a relative did fight in WW1 Rank: Sapper. He was my Grandpas Uncle, My Grandfather was born April 4th, 1920 and passed this year June 2, 2023 aged 103. And Granny passed aged 96 on August 17,2017.
So much valor and blood and sacrifice for our Democracy, please do not let the weak and corrupt destroy what these brave MEN created and preserved for us.
@@captainyossarian388 I did, and i found it extremely odd that a channel which grosses over 4k per month from views aloneneeds more money. I'd love to see their exact numbers though. I know sponsorship deals easily double that income.
The art style of their videos doesn’t mix well with the animation, the Armchair Historian channel consist of more than 40 people, how is that even possible? Look at the credit, so many artists, sound designers and animators. How will the channel survive even? I mean, compare this channel to Mustard, Neo, Found and Explained, Yarnhub and Oversimplified. All of them have so much less people to work on their content. The animation/artstyle of their videos are unique and works very well togethee, however The Armchair Historian is a mess, in a way that attracts less people who are interested to watch.
Heck Yeah! Finally some 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 recognition! The fact Juno was a very difficult target, we advanced more than anyone else did with more men, took almost as many casualties as the Americans with way more men, shows the airport was a unfathomable task that should’ve had more support but we took it eventually! Goes to show how badass they were and I thank them everyday for their sacrifice! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️
@@laurag7295 Well they were commanded to stop by the Brits & Americans so that the others could catch up - to avoid the german counter offensive being able to flank / encircle the Canadians. It's entirely plausible the Canadians could have gotten the airport but they would have been cut-off from the rest of the D-Day invasion and very likely could have been crushed by the german counter-offensive.
God bless the Canadians, but there is a bit of exaggeration here. The deaths on D-Day included 2,501 Americans, 1,960 British, and 370 Canadians. The days after D-Day were bad for the Canadians. By the end of the day, yes 3 tanks got about 7 miles forward but had to settle back at the 6-mile line with the rest of the Canadians and the two British divisions. But the British 3rd Division had 21st Panzer Division against them on D-Day. Also at Sword Beach, the British had 27 German strongpoints and 2 super-strongpoints including Strongpoint Hillman to overcome, The Brits at Gold had 28 German strongpoints to overcome, and the Canadians had just 7 German strongpoints to overcome. The most heavily defended beachhead was Sword, but the worst terrain was at Omaha.
This made me so happy. The Canadian side is often overlooked in favor of the US or the British. It's a tedious effort to find good documentaries or videos talking about it, with so few out there.
I don't think its swept in favour of the British, more that the whole empire and its contributions get placed under Britain during WW2 So when documentaries refer to UK they often mean the whole commonwealth and empire. But yeah its nice that the old dominion countries get their fair representation and acknowledgment. Also Ww1 the empire poured many troops into the western front and Canadians were a very large and long lasting component.
@Alanine speaking of ww1. There are stories of the Canadians being sent into battles that were considered a nightmare to take. And the Canadians would take it.
@@Acclay22 True in some way but in the Netherlands and Italy and MANY other occasions the Canadians would do the fighting and were told by the British to hold back while the British did the victory parade through town. And in the history books it is claimed a s avictory for Britain but not Canada.
As a Canadian, thank you so much for posting this video. The landings at Juno and most of the Canadian war effort are so underrepresented. I would love to see a video about Cean, the liberation of the Netherlands, or the struggle in Italy
As a german I want to thank all soldiers of the allies who sacrificed themselves to crush german fascism. Just because of you we can live in freedom today.
Is that what you people live in Germany today? Freedom? You can't say the wrong word, or have the wrong thoughts, or the else the new age Gestapo will beat down your door.
As an American. I visited Sword beach when I went to Normandy a second time. I didn’t realize the difficulties the Canadians endured. I saw the remnants of the German concrete bunkers about 5-8 kilometers inland. It was amazing they built those and how well preserved they still are. Thank you to our Canadian Allie’s for everything they did to retake Europe.
You don’t know Canadian history because like the rest of your country you think the world revolves around you. If I was Canadian I’d be ashamed to live next door to you clowns.
Sword beach was a harder fight than Armchair makes it out to be. Americans make out the British troops had an easy time of it because they had such a hard job at Omaha - due in part to a complete fiasco on the US part ; from the arieal bombardment, the totally inept handling of DD tanks etc - but the Canadians were at Juno .
thank you from a Canadian. I hope to see more of our contributions in the war on your channel and possibly a battle of Caen episode in the future. It's nice to see finally some recognition as we contributed a substantial amount of resources and Canadian blood to this war and yet we are almost entirely ignored
Thanks for uploading this! It's pretty rare to hear about the Canadian part of the landings or even their involvement in the latter parts of the war (or at least where I'm from). It's a shame considering how impactful their involvement was.
I feel like the Canadians are very underrepresented in pretty much all WW2 media, despite the role they played. To be completely honest, I didn't even know Canadians were involved in the D-day landings to such an extent. Great work for shining light on those heroes of maple leaf land
Unforunately when one your national qualities is humbleness, and you get pitched in a battle between the The United Kingdom and The US of A, it's pretty easy to get washed out, especially since both other parties feel that you were technically a vassal state of them at the time.
@@charliecoke7396 I agree. The Canadians were actually very effective fighters and contributed a great deal to the war effort through their support of material and supply. The Canadian troops were extremely determined and had a pretty good fighting record at least to my knowledge. My great grandfather told me, that the only allied troops he truly feared were the Canadians and ANZAC forces due to their gritty and determination
@@redmedic1266 Check out the Longest Day film and you will find: 1) all-American heroes with chiselled jaws; 2) British weirdoes, eccentrics and cuckolds; and 3) dashing French commandos and resistance heroes. This has set the representation of D-Day. A lot of it was bollocks, but they made a great film - and the Canadians had no place in it. It's a disgrace, but it was all about doing a job for the American audience, making them feel good about themselves and their destiny as the redeemers of all bad things in history.
Many times the Canadians would liberate a town and quickly move to there next objective because the Americans and British wanted to claim them…best example is Rome in the Italy campaign
Really glad to see this oft-forgotten perspective. Thank you to all these men from Canada, the US, Britain, and other allied countries. Europe owes everything to these people.
Would love to see a follow-up for the battle of Carpiquet. As a Canadian growing up in school, we only ever learned about Juno and Vimy Ridge. I'd love to see context on Canadians that's a little less known.
Thank you for doing a video on the Canadian contribution to D-Day. Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario - we learned of several former students from my high school who enlisted in a multitude of roles during the second world war. I was struck by how young and brave these men were. Unfortunately, Hamilton sent and lost many young brothers and sons to the Dieppe Raid of 1942 - the ultimate sacrifice. All of this makes it all the more special when you see the Lancaster Bomber still flying over Hamilton from time to time (one of two that still flies in the world).
Driving back to Barrie from a golf trip to Niagara, the elder in the group (80 in 2002) suddenly perked up and said 'That sounds like a Lanc'. Sure enough it was and he recognized the sound 58 years after he'd last flown one in 1944. We took a side trip to the museum and he got a guided tour and a chance to sit in the left seat of their Lancaster. As you said, one of only two still flying. He got his wings at 18, completed his missions and instructed until war's end.
@@johnkidd1226 A RCAF aircrew member was statistically never supposed to finish their tour of duty, They would either be killed or shot down and taken prisoner. That man was a rare survivor. I met the widow of a RCAF bomber pilot who flew 60 missions and came home to marry her. She was in my church 40 years ago. He disappeared somewhere in the Northwest Territories in his bush plane in 1946 and was never heard from again. What are the odds of that?
Thank you for doing these prospective videos. Growing up in America, the only thing I learned in history class, what how strong and powerful America was.
Seriously, history class in the 80s consisted of telling us how strong America was and how vile and evil the Soviets were. Yes, I'm that old. I am a cold war baby
@@nighttow8780 Man those must have been good times. Or maybe a good place idk. I spent most of my history class (Late noughties) learning about how evil Britain is (am British)
Yeah, when we say Canadian, we mean all Canadians. We aren't excluding the French just because half of the ones in Quebec want to separate. If you'd notice, he included all regiments involved. Of course, he's going to include the French as well.
My regiment was one of those mocked as 'D-Day Dodgers'. But our country's involvement in the war was significant considering how small our population was at that time. Glad to see our involvement is getting recognized. Same with other less well-known participants. Paratus!
As a Canadian I was very happy to see this video when looking through your channel and i think you did a really good job of representing my great country. I would really love to see more about Canada's contributions to the war effort like the liberation of the Netherlands. Keep up the great work.
I played in a Legion pipe band in the early 80s, where we had a collection of WW2 and Korea vets. One guy in particular never spoke of his wartime experiences, but concentrated on the music. I found out one night after a few beers following band practice that he landed on the second wave at Juno Beach carrying his pipes. He was telling us that the movies made them out to be brave heroes running into the jaws of death. He broke that myth telling us they were a bunch of scared teenagers. He said “carrying” his pipes as he didn’t play, but rather just ran for his life. Can’t say as I blame him.
@@Desdichado-vs8ls true. He was a very soft-spoken and gentle individual; a pleasure to have known him. He did have a small brass plaque mounted on his base drone stock, just above where the stock rose from the bag. On it, he had the WW2 and Korean battles his pipes had been in. The print was extremely small, almost illegible. I do remember noticing his pipes were in pretty rough shape with missing ferrules and a few cracks. There was also a visible knick on the top of his base drone that looked a lot like it was done by a grazing bullet (probably not, but it would be cool if it did). Most of the rest of us had relatively new and undamaged pipes, but I don’t think he’d replace his for the world. He’s probably gone now, and I would like to think that his pipes are a treasured family heirloom and not collecting dust in someone’s attic.
2nd most well defended beach, yet we pushed further and faster than any1 else, with arguably the least well equipped. Canadian soldiers are a breed of their own.
Thanks for making this. My great uncle was with Fort Garry Horse so this is close to my heart (I am proudly in possession of his cap badge). He was from Ontario so I never understood how he got placed with this unit. Most of the boys were from out west in Fort Gary Horse.
Thank you for doing this video. My great uncle Rifleman Leroy Easterby of the Regina Rifles fought in the D-Day invasion. He was killed in battle on July 28, 1944 fighting against the 12th SS Panzer Division near Caen. He was only 24 years old at the time. Lest we forget.
It may have not been intentional but thank you for this birthday gift since today is my birthday. Your channel is great and your videos taught me about parts of the Second World War that I didn't even know about, and also about the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. Once again thank you
2:57 “no other nation supported the war effort like Canada” Incorrect. 1 million *Australians* joined the armed forces, with Australia itself only having a population of ~7 million at the time. Canada: 1 in 10 Australia: 1 in 7
Excellent point. Do you have a reliable source for that? I am not doubting your assertion as I highly respect Australia and New Zealand too. A tough bunch on the Kokoda Trail. A friend from Oz told me two of his uncles fought there, and one day a Japanese soldier surrendered to them because the rest of his group in the army had decided he was on the menu that day. My friend said his relatives almost never talked about the war because it was so terrible.
For Australia, wartime exigencies required a rapid expansion of the Army and during the war 730,000 personnel enlisted in either the Militia or the AIF, a figure which represented around 10 percent of Australia's population of just seven million. Canada had a gross numbers that indicate that 1.1 million, or 10 percent of the total population of 11 million. 10% for both countries.
Fun fact Canada during Ww2 was the most mechanized field force in the entire world. Canada also had the 4th most powerfull Air Force and the 4th most powerful navy during the war. For a nation that had like what 12 millions population it’s actually really good. Compared to other major nation who had like more then 100 millions population. Canada is also a major reason why uk didn’t loose battle of the Britain.
@@dalj4362Canada was the home of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan that trained many pilots for Britain, and also along with the USA, Canada built many fighters and bombers for the UK. Our most famous plane was the DeHaviland Mosquito built of a plywood composite, and one of the fastest fighter bombers of WWII.
Fun Fact: In Canada Natives were exempt from serving in WW2 but signed up anyways at a higher rate than the white Canadians. In America Natives were forced to fight ages 18-80
I found out a few years ago I had a grand-uncle who went aground at Juno and while he was over there, he lost a leg. He came home and never said another word about the war to anyone. I'm always gonna wonder what he saw that made him so unwilling to talk about it.
Most vets I met would not talk about the killing and dying involved. Only with family or friends on rare occasions. Funny stories were fine but not the meat grinder.
My Great Grandpa was apart of the landing engineers. At one point, his squad leader ordered them to follow him to the right, he didn’t hear because of the gun fire and explosions, so he went left. When he looked back at them, they were hit by a explosion which killed them all. Crazy luck for him and very unfortunate for the others. Thanks to him going left I’m here today.
Just started watching but I hope there will also be a video from the French perspective. I'd be curious to see what the Resistance was up to during all of this.
So, the Canadians 'failed' to take the air field because they received orders to stop a mere 5km from it. I think the command screwed up. Which does happen.
Awesome to see this. My grandfather and both his brothers enlisted. My grandfather was in bomber command as a rear gunner in a Lancaster. Both his brothers were in the army and landed on the beaches at Juno, all of them survived. Extremely lucky family.
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Yes
The canadians were certainly underrated during D-day
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As a Canadian, thank you for talking about our fight! We’re often overlooked, so it’s great to see a large creator mention Canada!
I completely agree.
Now you Canadians are facing a fascist regime inside your own country.
@@joaopedrobaggio4475 Are you referring to Trudeau?
💯💯💯 we used to be FEARED in combat
@@AppleHistoryGuy yes.
1.1 million Canadians - 10% of our total population - served in WW2.
And unlike WW1 (where, in the aftermath, our government made it VERY clear we'll never be forced to aid Britian again), we actually _chose_ to get involved. So I'm quite pleased to see a major channel like yours talking about the sacrifices my country made (the red on our flag doesn't just represent Canada as a whole for a reason).
I hope one day you'll consider a video on Canada's contributions to WW1, while the greater campaign was a failure, the battle of Vimy Ridge was one of the most important moments in Canadian history, and Canada's efforts in Pacchendale and the 100 Days Offensive solidified our emergence as an independant nation.
And 2nd battle of Ypres.
Where we got gased, others ran so we spread out our lines, thinly, put on the bayonet and prepared for the incoming Germans. We held the line till reinforcements came. And after that day it is said that the Canadian didn't take prisoners... in retribution 😅😅 not proud of that just saying.
My great grandfather was there. Survived but never talked about it.
@askylibrarianoftheoceans4102 at the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them lest we forget world war 2 1939 1945 11 million Canadians served in the armed forces and in forces of the allies mostly in the European theater such as d day and liberation of western Europe
Alot of men who weren't 18
@@timhick6 That too, my grandfather was one of them
Has he made a video on Canada and vimy ridge?
My grandfather was a Canadian who had been living in the States before the war, but he went back to Nova Scotia when the war started and enlisted. He was there on D-Day I think with the Canadian Scots and he talked about just running on to the beach scarred out of his mind straight into the gun fire. Thanks for posting this forgotten chapter in the war, my grandfather came home with German schrapnel and never forgot.
Cool. I really wish I knew when and where my Grandfather was over there. He wouldn't talk about it. I've always wondered if he was on Juno beach.
@@socialmediaaccount404 my grandfather did talk about it and it was pretty dark. He was in Africa with Monty and then in Northern Europe through France and the Netherlands. He talked about the Dutch eating their tulip bulbs. He went on to Germany itself and spent weeks in a fox hole with a dead German, wearing the same pair of ripped pants for a year. He never got over the smell of the Concentration Camps, the women in Paris who had slept with German officers getting their heads shaved. He would watch The Longest Day and everyone in the house had to be TOTALLY SILENT. When we had a German roommate in the 1990s, he whispered to my grandmother that she couldn't be trusted. So, I'm not sure if missed is the word, but that's what you "missed".
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 “did more”💀 sure buddy.
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 Yeah? Well my dad could beat up your dad so there!
@@TheDogGoesWoof69 i mean both did their own part
French civilians who encountered the Chaudières and the Sherbrookes were astonished to hear what appeared to be British troops speaking French with what sounded like a Norman accent (many of the settlers of New France came form Normandy, two or three centuries earlier).
It must have been sort of romantic for French Canadians to be stormih Normandy beach especially considering this. Thanks for that
Norman french is not mutually intelligible to standard french though
Call it romantic I call it ironic that the Francos voted to be exempt from the war
So they missed out on of the greatest moments of their generation. These guys . Lol
@@daveyboy_ But Francos went to war. Ever heard about Leo Major?
Léo Major est un héros national ici au Québec! Léo Major is a national hero here in Québec! Captured a whole town by himself! Merci de parler de notre contribution au combat, ça fait chaud au coeur! 🫡
Some trivia. The Canadian and British Beaches were supposed to be named after fish. The British: Swordfish and Goldfish and the Canadian: Jellyfish! Commander Dawnay decided that we were not going to land on Jelly Beach and got it changed to his wife's name. The mother of the God of War!
Huh, that's really interesting!
They could have gone with Puffer.
I had heard that the re-naming of the beach came from Churchill, stating that he "disapproved of the name Jelly for a beach on which so many men might die". Can't say that is true, but just something else I had heard.
@@davidreichert9392 they got turned to jelly on that beach
@@lyndoncmp5751makes sense seeing as how popular cannabis is.
The Canadian ground effort on the Western front from June 1944 to VE day is often overlooked. Great video from a great channel, love to see my country represented.
In the UK we remember the bravery and sacrifice of the Canadians in both the world wars
Yes, even as a Canadian, I understand our forces were within the British command structure and that’s the reason the Dominon’s contributions are often overlooked
@@matthewblake1884 They’re not overlooked in Britain, for either war ❤
Not so overlook in Netherland. The Dutch people made statues and celebrate Canadian liberators more than any other european countries
I read my niece's textbook for history - grade 11 in Texas - and there was a single line denoting the British landings, but no mention of any Canadians.
It's important to note that the 1st Canadian Parachute battalion dropped in before the landings as well.
What?! You mean Americans were the only paratroopers, like they like to claim?
The battalion was attached to the British 1st Parachute Division and only ever acted independently during their mad dash to Lubek to block the Red Army from reaching Denmark.
It fills me with pride knowing my country Canada played such a big part in WWII
@Corinthian in some parts I agree lol. But it's not like the USA is perfect either
And look at Canada now. You can get arrested if you won't pretend a dude wearing a dress is girl.
I guess that's what all those guys died for?
@Corinthian well for every video you can find of a Canadian doing something stupid I'm sure you could find five or more of Americans doing something stupid. You guys riot and burn cities down any time a black criminal is shot by police haha. You also have a lot of school shootings, but yeah Canada is a shithole because someone apparently called 911 over ¢10 13 years ago haha
It was a rapid movement of Canadian paratroopers which prevented Denmark being taken over by the Soviet Union
@@chad_b Canadians aren’t war criminals and don’t invade countries to kill innocent civilians like in Iraq. I’d be embarrassed living next door to you if I was Canadian
We owe these brave men everything. They saved the world.
As a canadian and a Québécois I say thank you. Thank you to have talk of the Regiment de la Chaudière and Les Fusilliers de Sherbrooke.
Too often canada's actions are dissolve into British actions.
True, Much of history groups us in with Britain, but you also gotta remember what Canada was fighting for, it certainly wasn't fighting for Poland or the scary idea of Hitler taking over the world, it was for the British Empire and Britain.
Long live the Empi- I mean, Commonwealth!
Why do you lower case "Canada"?...Are you some kinda Pepsi traitor like Turd the Lesser?
Regiment de la chaudière ! J'ai de la famille qui y était
My Great grandfather Landed on Juno beach with the "Regina Rifles". this Amazing channel made me really proud watching this video today, even brought a tear to my eye.. Thank you
Mixed in with the Regina Rifles on that day were elements of the 13th Field Regiment (artillery), including one Lieutenant James Montgomery Doohan.
My great grandpa was too! Glad to hear about another of the Regina Rifles!
Both of my grandpa’s parents were in dday but on opposite sides
I am a Cree, and had no relative in WW2. But I met a man in 2001 who did. In two short years he left a long last impact on my life. His name was Barry Miller of the Regina Rifles. He was my loveoned he was my relative. I later discovered that a relative did fight in WW1 Rank: Sapper. He was my Grandpas Uncle, My Grandfather was born April 4th, 1920 and passed this year June 2, 2023 aged 103. And Granny passed aged 96 on August 17,2017.
@@JonMartinYXD I think Doohan was temporarily attached to the Winnipeg rifles. He was actually an artillery officer.
So much valor and blood and sacrifice for our Democracy, please do not let the weak and corrupt destroy what these brave MEN created and preserved for us.
Hope your channel is doing better friend! Times are tough for everyone! You are almost at the 2 Million Mark!
They have sponsors every video, over half a million view on every video. I doubt theyre doing too badly.
@@Divert486 Did you miss their last video? Their production work is very high quality, and expensive, and they need further support.
@@captainyossarian388 I did, and i found it extremely odd that a channel which grosses over 4k per month from views aloneneeds more money. I'd love to see their exact numbers though. I know sponsorship deals easily double that income.
@@Divert486When you have to pay a team of animators and editors that 4k a month gets eaten up very quickly
The art style of their videos doesn’t mix well with the animation, the Armchair Historian channel consist of more than 40 people, how is that even possible? Look at the credit, so many artists, sound designers and animators. How will the channel survive even? I mean, compare this channel to Mustard, Neo, Found and Explained, Yarnhub and Oversimplified. All of them have so much less people to work on their content. The animation/artstyle of their videos are unique and works very well togethee, however The Armchair Historian is a mess, in a way that attracts less people who are interested to watch.
Seeing the Canadians after crossing the Atlantic would be a huge morale boost for me. Thank you to all the Canadian veterans 🇨🇦🫡
As a Canadian, thank you. We’re so often forgotten for our efforts.
No one cars!
@@nixonhoover2no one gives a truck either
As a Canadian it makes me really happy to see our history shown on a big channel, great video and thank you!
Heck Yeah! Finally some 🇨🇦Canadian🇨🇦 recognition!
The fact Juno was a very difficult target, we advanced more than anyone else did with more men, took almost as many casualties as the Americans with way more men, shows the airport was a unfathomable task that should’ve had more support but we took it eventually!
Goes to show how badass they were and I thank them everyday for their sacrifice! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️
I am very proud of the effort and how far they went, 'not far enough? How dare he!' Ha! "Armchair" is right!
@@laurag7295 Well they were commanded to stop by the Brits & Americans so that the others could catch up - to avoid the german counter offensive being able to flank / encircle the Canadians. It's entirely plausible the Canadians could have gotten the airport but they would have been cut-off from the rest of the D-Day invasion and very likely could have been crushed by the german counter-offensive.
God bless the Canadians, but there is a bit of exaggeration here. The deaths on D-Day included 2,501 Americans, 1,960 British, and 370 Canadians. The days after D-Day were bad for the Canadians. By the end of the day, yes 3 tanks got about 7 miles forward but had to settle back at the 6-mile line with the rest of the Canadians and the two British divisions. But the British 3rd Division had 21st Panzer Division against them on D-Day. Also at Sword Beach, the British had 27 German strongpoints and 2 super-strongpoints including Strongpoint Hillman to overcome, The Brits at Gold had 28 German strongpoints to overcome, and the Canadians had just 7 German strongpoints to overcome. The most heavily defended beachhead was Sword, but the worst terrain was at Omaha.
@OldWolflad I bet there were MANY more British troops than there were Canadian. So "just seven German strong points" with many fewer troops, probably.
@@laurag7295 Proportionately about the same for each beach. As I say, the Canadians faced most difficulties on the second day
This made me so happy. The Canadian side is often overlooked in favor of the US or the British. It's a tedious effort to find good documentaries or videos talking about it, with so few out there.
I don't think its swept in favour of the British, more that the whole empire and its contributions get placed under Britain during WW2
So when documentaries refer to UK they often mean the whole commonwealth and empire.
But yeah its nice that the old dominion countries get their fair representation and acknowledgment. Also Ww1 the empire poured many troops into the western front and Canadians were a very large and long lasting component.
And don't forget the Canadians were impressive during WW1, performed very well
@Alanine speaking of ww1. There are stories of the Canadians being sent into battles that were considered a nightmare to take. And the Canadians would take it.
How about you make your own videos?
@@Acclay22 True in some way but in the Netherlands and Italy and MANY other occasions the Canadians would do the fighting and were told by the British to hold back while the British did the victory parade through town. And in the history books it is claimed a s avictory for Britain but not Canada.
Thanks for covering one of the most underrated Allies perspective of WW2!
As a Canadian, thank you so much for posting this video. The landings at Juno and most of the Canadian war effort are so underrepresented. I would love to see a video about Cean, the liberation of the Netherlands, or the struggle in Italy
As a german I want to thank all soldiers of the allies who sacrificed themselves to crush german fascism.
Just because of you we can live in freedom today.
I am also grateful for the allies! From a canadian
Is that what you people live in Germany today? Freedom? You can't say the wrong word, or have the wrong thoughts, or the else the new age Gestapo will beat down your door.
The Canadians went the furthest inland on D Day than everyone else did.
May they all be remembered forever. ❤from🇨🇦
As an American. I visited Sword beach when I went to Normandy a second time. I didn’t realize the difficulties the Canadians endured. I saw the remnants of the German concrete bunkers about 5-8 kilometers inland. It was amazing they built those and how well preserved they still are. Thank you to our Canadian Allie’s for everything they did to retake Europe.
You don’t know Canadian history because like the rest of your country you think the world revolves around you. If I was Canadian I’d be ashamed to live next door to you clowns.
@@a.nelprober-rl5cf damn chill
We were at Juno, the Brits at Sword
@@scipio_stan eat my dingleberries.
Sword beach was a harder fight than Armchair makes it out to be. Americans make out the British troops had an easy time of it because they had such a hard job at Omaha - due in part to a complete fiasco on the US part ; from the arieal bombardment, the totally inept handling of DD tanks etc - but the Canadians were at Juno .
thank you from a Canadian. I hope to see more of our contributions in the war on your channel and possibly a battle of Caen episode in the future. It's nice to see finally some recognition as we contributed a substantial amount of resources and Canadian blood to this war and yet we are almost entirely ignored
Thanks for uploading this! It's pretty rare to hear about the Canadian part of the landings or even their involvement in the latter parts of the war (or at least where I'm from). It's a shame considering how impactful their involvement was.
I feel like the Canadians are very underrepresented in pretty much all WW2 media, despite the role they played. To be completely honest, I didn't even know Canadians were involved in the D-day landings to such an extent. Great work for shining light on those heroes of maple leaf land
Unforunately when one your national qualities is humbleness, and you get pitched in a battle between the The United Kingdom and The US of A, it's pretty easy to get washed out, especially since both other parties feel that you were technically a vassal state of them at the time.
@@charliecoke7396 I agree. The Canadians were actually very effective fighters and contributed a great deal to the war effort through their support of material and supply. The Canadian troops were extremely determined and had a pretty good fighting record at least to my knowledge. My great grandfather told me, that the only allied troops he truly feared were the Canadians and ANZAC forces due to their gritty and determination
@@redmedic1266 Check out the Longest Day film and you will find: 1) all-American heroes with chiselled jaws; 2) British weirdoes, eccentrics and cuckolds; and 3) dashing French commandos and resistance heroes. This has set the representation of D-Day. A lot of it was bollocks, but they made a great film - and the Canadians had no place in it. It's a disgrace, but it was all about doing a job for the American audience, making them feel good about themselves and their destiny as the redeemers of all bad things in history.
Did you even know the existence of Canada ? 🤣🤣
Many times the Canadians would liberate a town and quickly move to there next objective because the Americans and British wanted to claim them…best example is Rome in the Italy campaign
I love Canada, thank you for talking about our history 🙏🏼
Léo Major was in the Régiment de Lachaudière during D-Day
Our Québécois greatest gigachad.
Thank you for this. So vital to the war effort that we Canadians were assigned our own invasion beach for D-Day. Go Canada!
My Great Grandpa Was Part Of The Regina Rifle Regiment, Thank You For Covering Our Story🇨🇦🇨🇦
Really glad to see this oft-forgotten perspective. Thank you to all these men from Canada, the US, Britain, and other allied countries. Europe owes everything to these people.
Finally someone from the u.s is. Recognizing Canadian bravery.
Would love to see a follow-up for the battle of Carpiquet. As a Canadian growing up in school, we only ever learned about Juno and Vimy Ridge. I'd love to see context on Canadians that's a little less known.
Mark Zhelkie's Canadian Battle Series. Every aspect of Canada's involvement are covered.
WOO! PEOPLE FINALLY REALIZE WE FOUGHT IN THE WAR!
Thanks for the video. D Day was a great example of co-operation and mutual support and respect between anglosphere nations. Long may it continue.
Absolutely love armchair historian!!!!! You guys always putting out the best war history content on RUclips!!!!
Thank you for doing a video on the Canadian contribution to D-Day. Growing up in Hamilton, Ontario - we learned of several former students from my high school who enlisted in a multitude of roles during the second world war. I was struck by how young and brave these men were. Unfortunately, Hamilton sent and lost many young brothers and sons to the Dieppe Raid of 1942 - the ultimate sacrifice. All of this makes it all the more special when you see the Lancaster Bomber still flying over Hamilton from time to time (one of two that still flies in the world).
Driving back to Barrie from a golf trip to Niagara, the elder in the group (80 in 2002) suddenly perked up and said 'That sounds like a Lanc'. Sure enough it was and he recognized the sound 58 years after he'd last flown one in 1944. We took a side trip to the museum and he got a guided tour and a chance to sit in the left seat of their Lancaster. As you said, one of only two still flying. He got his wings at 18, completed his missions and instructed until war's end.
@@johnkidd1226 what a cool story, thanks for sharing. Gave me goosebumps. That man is a legend and I'm so thankful for what he did. Certified hero.
@@johnkidd1226 A RCAF aircrew member was statistically never supposed to finish their tour of duty, They would either be killed or shot down and taken prisoner. That man was a rare survivor.
I met the widow of a RCAF bomber pilot who flew 60 missions and came home to marry her. She was in my church 40 years ago. He disappeared somewhere in the Northwest Territories in his bush plane in 1946 and was never heard from again. What are the odds of that?
The Canadian contributions on Day 1 of DDay deserve much more attention than it’s been given in most histories of the Battle.
Aloha 😊🇨🇦🙏🏼🤙🏼
I would love to see you do a video on Leo Major. One of the most mind blowing soldiers to ever step foot on the battlefield.
Thank you for putting respect on our name, Canada's strength and dedication during the war is so overlooked
Thank you for doing these prospective videos. Growing up in America, the only thing I learned in history class, what how strong and powerful America was.
Seriously, history class in the 80s consisted of telling us how strong America was and how vile and evil the Soviets were. Yes, I'm that old. I am a cold war baby
@@nighttow8780 Man those must have been good times.
Or maybe a good place idk. I spent most of my history class (Late noughties) learning about how evil Britain is (am British)
@@moritamikamikara3879 a couple generations ago your 'teacher' would get a bloodied nose for disrespecting your heritage. 🇨🇦
America is strong & powerful. It is also a single country in a community of nations. 🇨🇦
Long live the Armchair Historian Channel!
Thank you for talking about the French Canadians regiment! Sometimes, even English Canadians tend to forget we were there, too.
In Canada we all have a mix of French and English we are all brothers
We are both Canadian, despite linguistic and cultural differences. we are all happy eating our Beaver Tails until the time for war!
Don't forget the poutine ! 😋
No we really don't. We just say the Canadians, y'all are the ones that make the distinction for some reason.
Yeah, when we say Canadian, we mean all Canadians. We aren't excluding the French just because half of the ones in Quebec want to separate.
If you'd notice, he included all regiments involved. Of course, he's going to include the French as well.
My regiment was one of those mocked as 'D-Day Dodgers'. But our country's involvement in the war was significant considering how small our population was at that time. Glad to see our involvement is getting recognized. Same with other less well-known participants. Paratus!
As a Canadian it's nice seeing our history be told
My great Uncle landed there with the Canadian Scottish. 2 months later he was KIA at the Battle of Caen.
He fought with distinction and vigor no doubt… not many can say they got off those beaches alive
My great great uncle died in the battle of Caen
Was your uncle at Putot?
As a Canadian I was very happy to see this video when looking through your channel and i think you did a really good job of representing my great country. I would really love to see more about Canada's contributions to the war effort like the liberation of the Netherlands. Keep up the great work.
Awesome vid, but would have liked to see a part about the Canadian airborne operations on DDAY
I played in a Legion pipe band in the early 80s, where we had a collection of WW2 and Korea vets. One guy in particular never spoke of his wartime experiences, but concentrated on the music. I found out one night after a few beers following band practice that he landed on the second wave at Juno Beach carrying his pipes. He was telling us that the movies made them out to be brave heroes running into the jaws of death. He broke that myth telling us they were a bunch of scared teenagers. He said “carrying” his pipes as he didn’t play, but rather just ran for his life. Can’t say as I blame him.
@@Desdichado-vs8ls true. He was a very soft-spoken and gentle individual; a pleasure to have known him. He did have a small brass plaque mounted on his base drone stock, just above where the stock rose from the bag. On it, he had the WW2 and Korean battles his pipes had been in. The print was extremely small, almost illegible. I do remember noticing his pipes were in pretty rough shape with missing ferrules and a few cracks. There was also a visible knick on the top of his base drone that looked a lot like it was done by a grazing bullet (probably not, but it would be cool if it did). Most of the rest of us had relatively new and undamaged pipes, but I don’t think he’d replace his for the world. He’s probably gone now, and I would like to think that his pipes are a treasured family heirloom and not collecting dust in someone’s attic.
As a Canadian who watches all your videos this one was extra exciting to watch!
Amazing and informative. Thank you.
It’s always a good day when you upload keep up the good work
Finally someone talking about Canada!
Canadas involvement in WW2 is so underrated!!
every commonwealth nation is underrated
@@LNKSonRUclips British raj is probably the most underated for their contribution in ww2
@@reginaldcopperbottom1738 no
@@5Cdarkwing Yep it was
@@reginaldcopperbottom1738 nope
2nd most well defended beach, yet we pushed further and faster than any1 else, with arguably the least well equipped. Canadian soldiers are a breed of their own.
Very impressive indeed! The 🇨🇦 should not be underestimated.
Thanks for finally doing the Canadian one. My father was in the Regina Rifles and landed here on that day. It was interesting to see it played out.
Thanks for making this. My great uncle was with Fort Garry Horse so this is close to my heart (I am proudly in possession of his cap badge). He was from Ontario so I never understood how he got placed with this unit. Most of the boys were from out west in Fort Gary Horse.
I’ve visited Juno before and it was very interesting
Thank you for doing this video. My great uncle Rifleman Leroy Easterby of the Regina Rifles fought in the D-Day invasion. He was killed in battle on July 28, 1944 fighting against the 12th SS Panzer Division near Caen. He was only 24 years old at the time. Lest we forget.
A _very_ great regiment in the Canadian army! Never forget what they did at Bretteville!
Oh ! The Sherbrooke Fusiliers !
Notre nation québécoise, enfin reconnue!
Thank you
Love your videos! Keep it up!
I love that you called out each Regiment and their actions.
It may have not been intentional but thank you for this birthday gift since today is my birthday. Your channel is great and your videos taught me about parts of the Second World War that I didn't even know about, and also about the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire. Once again thank you
Happy birthday ! Have a good one
@@saif316 thank you
_“A warring nation Canada is not, though a nation of warriors she has sometimes been forced to become.”_ -Pierre Berton
*Deas gu Cath*
Great quote, we don’t start the fights. But we damn well sure aren’t scared to end them.
2:57 “no other nation supported the war effort like Canada”
Incorrect. 1 million *Australians* joined the armed forces, with Australia itself only having a population of ~7 million at the time.
Canada: 1 in 10
Australia: 1 in 7
Excellent point. Do you have a reliable source for that? I am not doubting your assertion as I highly respect Australia and New Zealand too. A tough bunch on the Kokoda Trail. A friend from Oz told me two of his uncles fought there, and one day a Japanese soldier surrendered to them because the rest of his group in the army had decided he was on the menu that day. My friend said his relatives almost never talked about the war because it was so terrible.
For Australia, wartime exigencies required a rapid expansion of the Army and during the war 730,000 personnel enlisted in either the Militia or the AIF, a figure which represented around 10 percent of Australia's population of just seven million.
Canada had a gross numbers that indicate that 1.1 million, or 10 percent of the total population of 11 million.
10% for both countries.
Not a competition. 🍁
@@TrumpFacts-wl2ik most Canadian thing I've ever heard
I like the fact you put your old music intro at the beginning of the video. Just gave that vibe right there.
As a Korean-American much respect for being there for South Korea and any wars we Americans and Canadians have fought together for.
Fun fact Canada during Ww2 was the most mechanized field force in the entire world. Canada also had the 4th most powerfull Air Force and the 4th most powerful navy during the war. For a nation that had like what 12 millions population it’s actually really good. Compared to other major nation who had like more then 100 millions population. Canada is also a major reason why uk didn’t loose battle of the Britain.
And how the Geneva Conventions were pretty much written because of us in WW1 lol.
Why was Canada the reason Britian didn't lose the Battle of Britain?
@@dalj4362Canada was the home of the Commonwealth Air Training Plan that trained many pilots for Britain, and also along with the USA, Canada built many fighters and bombers for the UK. Our most famous plane was the DeHaviland Mosquito built of a plywood composite, and one of the fastest fighter bombers of WWII.
Fun Fact: In Canada Natives were exempt from serving in WW2 but signed up anyways at a higher rate than the white Canadians.
In America Natives were forced to fight ages 18-80
Keep up the amazing work!
Armchair Historian is my hero
As a Canadian I’m very happy to hear you talk about us! We sacrificed to help win ww2 and I’m happy our ancestors hard work is being recognized
I found out a few years ago I had a grand-uncle who went aground at Juno and while he was over there, he lost a leg.
He came home and never said another word about the war to anyone. I'm always gonna wonder what he saw that made him so unwilling to talk about it.
Most vets I met would not talk about the killing and dying involved. Only with family or friends on rare occasions. Funny stories were fine but not the meat grinder.
As a Canadian I'm glad you talked about this as we tend to be overlooked thought not as much as other nations.
I'm working on fixing that.
Thank you to all the Canadians that fought in WWII🫡 love from UK🇬🇧
A vid on the Soviet-Afghan War would be freaking sweat
Leave them alone brutha
@@dwightd.eisenhower2031 begone once more Eisenhower. You permanently destabilized Central America.
Glad to hear the old music soundtrack in this video I missed it
The capturing and defense of that airfield brought back memories of playing COH, battle for Caen
As a Canadian I thank you sir for this amazing video !
Austria-Prussian War perhaps?
What about life in Napoleonic France
You're on the wrong video. This is Canada's perspective of D-day.
My Great Grandpa was apart of the landing engineers. At one point, his squad leader ordered them to follow him to the right, he didn’t hear because of the gun fire and explosions, so he went left. When he looked back at them, they were hit by a explosion which killed them all. Crazy luck for him and very unfortunate for the others. Thanks to him going left I’m here today.
Finally, a video about canada in WWII!
Thanks for covering this man. Love canadian WW2 history. Great channel!
Just started watching but I hope there will also be a video from the French perspective. I'd be curious to see what the Resistance was up to during all of this.
Greatest soldiers in history !
Now for the French perspective
I have been waiting for this day for a long time
So, the Canadians 'failed' to take the air field because they received orders to stop a mere 5km from it. I think the command screwed up. Which does happen.
I think a New Zealand WW2 or dutch indies would be a good one too
As a British person! Thanks!!!!!
Awesome to see this. My grandfather and both his brothers enlisted. My grandfather was in bomber command as a rear gunner in a Lancaster. Both his brothers were in the army and landed on the beaches at Juno, all of them survived. Extremely lucky family.
As a Canadian: Thank you!
Been waiting on this for long thank you
I hope you will do WW2 from Norway's perspective one day, as the Norwegian campaign is a very underrated part of WW2.
Give the Canadians, they helped save the world.
Yes it’s finally here! It’s Canada’s time to shine!
Lots of Canadian pilots during Battle of Britain as well.