@@BrianBaileyedtech I mean who can blame him? His story is less believable than Rambo or John Wick and yet it all happened and the Dutch will happily confirm it Canadian volunteers dont go to war to gain glory, they go to war to end it and kill the enemy
The narrator made an error: Leo was originally taking 96 prisoners back when they were attacked by the SS. The SS killed 3 prisoners and injured 7 others, which left Leo with 93 prisoners to hand over.
@@TeacherPaulReacts and the reason he was able to take them as prisoners so easily is because a lot of the German soldiers wanted out of the war and they thought being an Canadian POW was the best way to do that.
I've researched Léo Major pretty thoroughly. This little video is mostly accurate, except for one detail. Léo did not refuse the first medal. An accident prevented him from getting to the ceremony. Canadian soldiers at the time strongly disliked Montgomery, whom they considered an arrogant aristocrat [the most despicable thing Canadians could imagine]. When Léo didn't get the medal, soldiers who knew him just assumed that was the reason, and this story was picked up by French journalists. It has been corrected, but still comes up in documentaries like this one. Otherwise, apart from the mispronunciation of his name, it is historically accurate. As for your question about his personality, by all accounts he was an extremely gentle and quiet man. His children have said that he never punished or even spoke harshly to them ---- but that they instinctively and automatically obeyed him, and every adult around them showed great respect for their father. Soldiers who served with him said exactly the same about Léo. Léo NEVER discussed his adventures with anyone. He personally hated bragging. His wife and children only found out what he had done when a Dutch delegation from Zwolle arrived to invite him to the Netherlands for a parade in his honor. He seems to have never thought it was important to get recognition, and he was far more concerned with earning the respect of his family and neighbours (and he clearly achieved this). A good follow-up would be to watch the following short documentary: ruclips.net/video/Kd1CGQ36tTU/видео.html This tells of the special bond between the Netherlands and Canada formed by the liberating army that Léo was part of.
When he says whole Chinese divisions. In just one Chinese division there is 7000 men and he specified whole divisions with a s so not only is it the 7000, there are more then one. So its 14000 Chinese minimum vs 19. And not only did the 19 win but all the suffered was 1 wound and no dead. This is truly insane!
Anyone who has dealt with beavers in real life knows they are incredibly relentless and despite countless attempts to destroy a dam, those guys KEEP COMING BACK. They will not quit.
The overwhelming majority of people fail to understand just how many rounds you have to shoot with a mortar for the tube to warp Somewhere between 30~70 shells a minute for 5 minutes The entire mortar platoon's mortar tubes were overheating which means they were probably shitting an unbelievable 120~240 shells per minute on the Chinese human waves at the very least
the germans nicknamed him the fantôme borgne. Borgne means one eyed and fantôme means ghost and he got that name because the Germans would never hear nor see him coming until he's caught them. During his one man assault on Zwolle he would throw grenades in random houses shoot his gun a bit then quickly relocate, fooling the Germans into all shooting at an empty house. The germans really believed was a ghost like those from horror stories.
At the end they showed the Dutch Street sign named after him. There is also a great video about why the Dutch love the Canadians and how they receive Canadian vets when they return to the Netherlands.
5:11 yes he is: he was muttering this toward those Canadian "Zombies" (like a figure of thought). To your intro question, RUSH; Neil Young (yes, he was Canadian), Leonard Cohen, The Arcade Fire, Cowboy fringants, The Tragically Hip, Michael Buble,.Roch Voisine, Harmonium, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Alanis Morissette, Michel Rivard, Jean Leloup, April Wine, Tom Cochrane, Daniel Bélanger, Gino Vannelli, Paul Anka, Diane Tell, etc.
It's not a movie because it would require too much suspension of disbelief! Imagine trying to claim that Rambo actually happened... No one would believe it!
I have watched a few of these reaction videos and everybody asks why the beaver yes it is one of our national animals and two they may not look it but a beaver will mess you up
You ask if he was seen as a hero at home. He must have been known by military historians but growing up in Quebec from the 1980s I've never heard of him. I heard his story for the first time in 2013 from a World of Tank youtuber. His story caught on because in 2019 he finally got honored by the Quebec National Assembly.
The character Rambo was not created by Sylvester Stallone, Stallone adapted the novel First Blood by David Morrell into a movie and did not stray too far from the book.
The Tragically Hip. The Albums... Road Apples and Up To Here. The singer Gord Downie, dedicated his later life to First Nations people and awareness... Incredible guy! They were the soundtrack to every party in the early 90s as a teenager we listened to these all the time in Ontario. Theyre from Kingston Ontario and their songs are about Canadiana. All about places and events from Canada. Truly Canadians!
My hometown is Kingston. One of my friends was in the same frosh week group as Gord Downie at Queen's University before he dropped out and formed the Tragically Hip. The first album cover was shot at the tope of the building at Queen's University my mom worked out. One day she came home and told me a band was doing a photoshoot on the roof - hence a legend was born.
Canadians in general are known for being " Stormtroopers or Shocktroops" we terrified Germans in general. We are always the " Underdog " in any fight . Historically we always seem to have the worst equipment's so we rely instead on the soldier. Some of the toughest fighting men come from Canada. We also have the geography to be able to train in all types of terrain and weather. Yes, we have a desert in Southern interior British Columbia all the way up north with Arctic weather. THERE ARE NO MOVIES OF OUR HERO"S. We're HUMBLE!!! He did his job and we thank him for it....and we meant that Thank- You. On the outside we can seem to be unemotional , many see us as too nice and think we're " push overs " we are not it just takes us awhile to become impatient or angry and then it is a VERY direct anger.
Actually its Dutch history. Yes Léo Major was Canadian, but his story is unknown outside of the military archives. It is thye Dutch that rermembers his story and even have a holiday in his name for him. It was a Dutch city that he liberated after all.
Yeah. Zwolle celebrates and honors Leo Major every year. This incident is so well known and documented that the Dutch government sent a delegation to attend his funeral. It is a true story worthy of being told.
@@dross2172 No not just Zwolle, there is a holyday in Léo Majors name in the whole nation. On that day, every schools makes stories projects on Léo Major's exploits.
Canadians don't glorify their soldiers like Americans. Canadians Honour and respect all veterans for their service. Yes he was a hero and was honored with the second highest metals of bravery.
There is no movie of him because he was a canadian soldier which were discriminated alot thats also why he never got a victoria cross. Rambo movies were actually a reference to him and sylvester stallone used his story as a baseline if you will for rambo. Also when he held little Gibratar him and his men repelled over 18 000 chinese soldiers with just 17 men under his command
I'm sure that most allied force Generals are drooling over the prospect of commanding a whole division of soldiers with the resourcefulness, skills and bravery of Leo Major.
Here is a short list of some excellent songs by some great Canadian chart topping rock bands Big Sugar:: Ride Like Hell Big Wreck:: The Oaf Tea Party:: Temptation Junkhouse:: Out of My Head Sloan:: Money City Manics 54-40:: Ocean Pearl Jeff Healey:: See The Light, Night music tv show live April Wine:: Roller Glorious Sons:: S.O.S. (sawed off shotgun)
I agree that there should be a movie about Major as his story is not nearly well known enough. But, I bet you that if he had been an American, we would already have more than one movie. I've never seen a movie about the Canadians taking Vimy Ridge during WWI either.
Check up William Stephenson, Man Called Intrepid and Camp X. He is another amazing Canadian, so secret that even a lot of Canadians do not know his story.
When he captured the 93 POW's, by that time the war was almost over. A lot of the Nazi forces morality was at an all time low, because they knew defeat was inevitable, and a lot of them just didn't care to fight anymore. I imagine this is why he was seemingly able to get them to surrender and comply so easily. Also, the "Take no prisoners" that Canadians were known for was more of a reputation we got in WW1. And it wasn't really a reputation that we were particularly proud of. Especially after it became considered a war crime. So Canadian troops in WW2 were more civilized. Not to say there wasn't still some pretty nasty acts of aggression.
Not true. No country's army takes prisoners during an assault. Even during WW2 there was a Standing Order to take no prisoners unless ordered by an officer.
Given Leo's incredible achievements I have to ask, what does it take to be awarded the Victoria Cross? I've never heard of a soldier who has done MORE.
@@danielchaput884 Trois militaires canadiens-français ont été décorés de la Croix de Victoria : le caporal Joseph Kaeble, le lieutenant Jean Brillant et le capitaine Paul Triquet.
So basically, Leo Major is not a well-known Canadian Hero for a few reasons: First, he taught nobody would ever believe his story that he never spoke about it, not even his wife knew about it. So he was unknown for a long time in Canada until a few years ago. He is well known in Holland, where he is celebrated as a hero. Secondly, how embarrassing would it be to the majority of English-speaking Canadians to know that it was a French Canadian... I am from Québec and never heard about him before internet... They don't teach about him in school or anywhere else.
I am an English speaking Canadian, why would I be embarrassed he was a French Canadian from Quebec? It does not make me feel less because you have reason to be proud. Good for Quebec! Honestly it makes me sad you would think that because I am an English speaker I would feel that way. There should be a movie and it should and I think would be known he was a French Canadian from Quebec. I am from Manitoba and suspect people have a lot more good things to say about your province than mine. We are forgotten in most things unless it is to point out all the things that make us the worst province. I love our Province as I am sure you do yours and that’s all that really matters.
IT IS A TRUE STORY :))) ~ One hopes that You will get to know more about us Canadians.,, Just not the War DAYS, BUT ,,HOW CANADIANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SO MANY THINGS ...
As for some other talented Canadian bands, here's my list: The Tragically Hip, The Trews, Rush, Leonard Cohen, The Tea Party, Triumph, Gordon Lightfoot, Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, K.D. Lang, Drake, Micheal Buble, Sarah MacLachlan, The Guess Who, The Band, Neil Young, The Bare Naked Ladies :)
We were always out for revenge. When Canadians saw what they did to those Dutch people it was glove off. The Germans had two choices run or die. It was the first world War when they had the no prisoner thing.
Yeah, the video is a bit awkward on that one point. It's not so much an error on the narrator's part, as unclear narration. Leo Major did indeed march 93 Germans "back to the Allied lines" (as in all the way back), but he started out with slightly more. The ones who got killed were not marched to the "Allied lines", so do not make up part of that figure. Leo had the advantage in taking them by surprise. He demonstrated he could shoot any he saw reaching for their guns since he had his weapon drawn already, then that discouraged all the others who didn't want to risk being the next to die even if they could overwhelm him with some losses on their side. Which, of course, is why the SS was angry and shot at them.
The take no prisoners part was in WWI but in the training for WWII Canadian spent a long time learning how to take prisoners it was almost more important then knowing how to shoot.
My father and uncle fought in Sicily, Italy, and Holland. Both of them, and other vets have confirmed that there was a standing order that you take no prisoners unless ordered by an officer. To quit an assault by your own volition and march a prisoner to safety would definitely get you a court-martial. As Sgt( ret ) Smokey Smith VC said, " We were paid to kill them, not capture them." Prisoners are those who managed to hide during the assault and surrender to the following security and guard units.
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There is no movie because he was Canadian if he were American then they would make a movie. Its not taught in history not even in Canada because they have suppressed everything that happened in history.
You want Candian music? Okay. Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, The Band, Robbie Robertson, The Guess Who, BTO, April Wine, Rush, The Tragically Hip, Loverboy, Triumph, The New Pornographers, Destroyer, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Deadmau5, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Metric, Peaches, Feist, Grimes, Death From Above, Skinny Puppy, Voivod, Oscar Peterson, Guy Lombardo, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Gowan, Anne Murray, Sarah McLaughlin, Rufus Wainwright, The McGarrigles, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, KD Lang, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy Junkies, The Weeknd, Alanis Morrisette, Moist, Matthew Good, DOA, Billy Talent, Rheostatics, Howard Shore, Sloan, Eric's Trip, Bran Van 3000, Black Mountain, Besnard Lakes, Barenaked Ladies, Raised by Swans ... That should get you started.
I have bad news for you: There is no movie on Léo Major yet. Because he is Canadian and Canada for a long time was pro peace and so making a movie of him was out of the question. Would need to ask some American movie producer to make a movie.
Ryan Reynolds. He carries weight in Hollywood. I'd LOVE it if he decided to make a movie of Leo Major - produced and even directing(?). It would basically require a Canadian with money and star power, sadly.
@@tusk3260 yes...that's an option. For many, though, an animated movie doesn't quite carry the weight of a live action film. For many it does. Regardless, it's a story that deserves to be told.
@@stephanieellis5399 True, but having an Anime of Léo Major would dramatically increase to popularity of Léo Major and therefore dramatically increase the chances of getting a live movie. Also, its a lot easier to get the anime then the live movie.
While it is a good video, a couple of things could be improved. If you check out some of the more detailed videos or sources, for the 93 German troops, it was more like 100. Then four or so tried to fight where they were killed by Leo. While the German survivors were making up their mind whether to surrender or fight, the Germans in the next village attacked. This likely helped make a surrender to Leo a better option as their countrymen were trying to kill them!!
Je suis du quebec et leo major nest pas le rambo quebecois car rambo aurait tiré partout en enragé et ce serait fait decendre toute suite....leo major a usé de la ruse pour tuer le moins possible et en eliminant les domages colateraux et a fait preuve dun sens de l'honneur, un copié-collé de la definition du sens de l'honneur, en tirant juste sur ceux qui le meritait....
Tragically hip. Look up the final concert they played that was watched by likely the majority of all people in canadian history just a few weeks before lead singer gord downie passed away after a battle with an incurable brain tumour. Im pretty sure the majority of the country probably had tears in their eyes watching the concert that night.
Another failure of the narration here, he was called the one eyed ghost. Both eyes were wounded with the grenade but one more than the other, the second eye healed well. Also, he deserted after the mine to avoid being sent back and hid with Belgian farmers to heal before comming back a few weeks later. And no he couldn't do any political role, he was French Canadian, back then we were second class citizen, roles of authority were bared for us until the 50's He never boasted about it, his wife didn't know until they were something like in their 70's when the (forget me if I'm using the wrong title) Duch Prime Minister came to thank him in person for his actions.
93 people vs a weapon that fires 8 rounds a second pointed at a cluster of men if handled by a capable shooter can reload a sten in 4 seconds depending on the distance and now the fear of death seeing not only your officer succumb but a group of men are already dead infront of you by one man add all that up its terrifying plus by this point in the war the German military (usually the average foot soldier not referring to command)was having mixed opinions on the war and so moral to fight for it was splintering
Leo seldom spoke of his wartime adventures. When asked, he replied, "I haven't said anything because I figured no one would believe me".
Yes indeed - and as a result this story was virtually unknown in Canada until around the time of his death in 2008.
@@BrianBaileyedtech I mean who can blame him? His story is less believable than Rambo or John Wick and yet it all happened and the Dutch will happily confirm it
Canadian volunteers dont go to war to gain glory, they go to war to end it and kill the enemy
The narrator made an error: Leo was originally taking 96 prisoners back when they were attacked by the SS. The SS killed 3 prisoners and injured 7 others, which left Leo with 93 prisoners to hand over.
oh, makes more sense now
@@TeacherPaulReacts and the reason he was able to take them as prisoners so easily is because a lot of the German soldiers wanted out of the war and they thought being an Canadian POW was the best way to do that.
I've researched Léo Major pretty thoroughly. This little video is mostly accurate, except for one detail. Léo did not refuse the first medal. An accident prevented him from getting to the ceremony. Canadian soldiers at the time strongly disliked Montgomery, whom they considered an arrogant aristocrat [the most despicable thing Canadians could imagine]. When Léo didn't get the medal, soldiers who knew him just assumed that was the reason, and this story was picked up by French journalists. It has been corrected, but still comes up in documentaries like this one. Otherwise, apart from the mispronunciation of his name, it is historically accurate. As for your question about his personality, by all accounts he was an extremely gentle and quiet man. His children have said that he never punished or even spoke harshly to them ---- but that they instinctively and automatically obeyed him, and every adult around them showed great respect for their father. Soldiers who served with him said exactly the same about Léo. Léo NEVER discussed his adventures with anyone. He personally hated bragging. His wife and children only found out what he had done when a Dutch delegation from Zwolle arrived to invite him to the Netherlands for a parade in his honor. He seems to have never thought it was important to get recognition, and he was far more concerned with earning the respect of his family and neighbours (and he clearly achieved this).
A good follow-up would be to watch the following short documentary:
ruclips.net/video/Kd1CGQ36tTU/видео.html
This tells of the special bond between the Netherlands and Canada formed by the liberating army that Léo was part of.
When he says whole Chinese divisions. In just one Chinese division there is 7000 men and he specified whole divisions with a s so not only is it the 7000, there are more then one. So its 14000 Chinese minimum vs 19. And not only did the 19 win but all the suffered was 1 wound and no dead. This is truly insane!
He's called the French-Canadian Rambo. And it's a compliment for the movie Rambo.
It is Dutch History, they celebrate him every year in Zwolle. Actually the Netherlands as a country loves Canada and sends Ottawa Tulips every year.
We love the Tulips and have a huge festival every spring. And we would come back if we had to. Peace brother.
Yes. The beaver is our national animal. Historically, the trade in beaver pelts was intrinsic to the establishment of Canada.
Us Canadians we love our Beaver...
Anyone who has dealt with beavers in real life knows they are incredibly relentless and despite countless attempts to destroy a dam, those guys KEEP COMING BACK. They will not quit.
They also made the best water repellent fur for coats that was worth it’s weight in gold in Europe
@@bartwilson2513There is one Beaver dam so big you can see it from space lol....
@@bartwilson2513
1-Beavers build dams
2+Québec's electricity is produced mostly with dams
The overwhelming majority of people fail to understand just how many rounds you have to shoot with a mortar for the tube to warp
Somewhere between 30~70 shells a minute for 5 minutes
The entire mortar platoon's mortar tubes were overheating which means they were probably shitting an unbelievable 120~240 shells per minute on the Chinese human waves at the very least
the germans nicknamed him the fantôme borgne. Borgne means one eyed and fantôme means ghost and he got that name because the Germans would never hear nor see him coming until he's caught them. During his one man assault on Zwolle he would throw grenades in random houses shoot his gun a bit then quickly relocate, fooling the Germans into all shooting at an empty house. The germans really believed was a ghost like those from horror stories.
"Baba Yaga..."
At the end they showed the Dutch Street sign named after him. There is also a great video about why the Dutch love the Canadians and how they receive Canadian vets when they return to the Netherlands.
I would love a reaction to the video of our vets returning to the Netherlands!
If he had been an American there would have been movies made of his story, the Canadian film industry never made movies of Canadian war heros.
5:11 yes he is: he was muttering this toward those Canadian "Zombies" (like a figure of thought). To your intro question, RUSH; Neil Young (yes, he was Canadian), Leonard Cohen, The Arcade Fire, Cowboy fringants, The Tragically Hip, Michael Buble,.Roch Voisine, Harmonium, Bryan Adams, Joni Mitchell, Bachman Turner Overdrive, Alanis Morissette, Michel Rivard, Jean Leloup, April Wine, Tom Cochrane, Daniel Bélanger, Gino Vannelli, Paul Anka, Diane Tell, etc.
Don't forget Michael J Fox, William Shatner, Keanu Reeves, Ryan Reynolds, Jim Carrey, and Seth Rogen.
The beaver is our national animal. They shaped our country by 'editing' our rivers, streams and lakes etc. Also, the pelt trade.
This is why you don't anger a French Canadian 😂 I'm french Canadian American 😂
It's not a movie because it would require too much suspension of disbelief! Imagine trying to claim that Rambo actually happened... No one would believe it!
I have watched a few of these reaction videos and everybody asks why the beaver yes it is one of our national animals and two they may not look it but a beaver will mess you up
You ask if he was seen as a hero at home. He must have been known by military historians but growing up in Quebec from the 1980s I've never heard of him. I heard his story for the first time in 2013 from a World of Tank youtuber. His story caught on because in 2019 he finally got honored by the Quebec National Assembly.
Yes Leo Major is considered a Canadian hero. Sylvester Stallone apparently did base his character on Leo Major, after reading about him.
The character Rambo was not created by Sylvester Stallone, Stallone adapted the novel First Blood by David Morrell into a movie and did not stray too far from the book.
@@garylogan3640 I didn’t mean he created the character. It was written in a few places that he patterned his character interpretation on Leo Major.
Rambo wears Leo Major pajamas 😂
He was not canaian
@@yannislaurin5438 Leo Major was French Canadian……look it up!
The Canadian Leo Major reminds me of one American in WW2 "Audie Murphy" who was their greatest hero.
The Tragically Hip. The Albums... Road Apples and Up To Here. The singer Gord Downie, dedicated his later life to First Nations people and awareness... Incredible guy! They were the soundtrack to every party in the early 90s as a teenager we listened to these all the time in Ontario. Theyre from Kingston Ontario and their songs are about Canadiana. All about places and events from Canada. Truly Canadians!
My hometown is Kingston. One of my friends was in the same frosh week group as Gord Downie at Queen's University before he dropped out and formed the Tragically Hip. The first album cover was shot at the tope of the building at Queen's University my mom worked out. One day she came home and told me a band was doing a photoshoot on the roof - hence a legend was born.
Canadians in general are known for being " Stormtroopers or Shocktroops" we terrified Germans in general. We are always the " Underdog " in any fight . Historically we always seem to have the worst equipment's so we rely instead on the soldier. Some of the toughest fighting men come from Canada. We also have the geography to be able to train in all types of terrain and weather. Yes, we have a desert in Southern interior British Columbia all the way up north with Arctic weather. THERE ARE NO MOVIES OF OUR HERO"S. We're HUMBLE!!! He did his job and we thank him for it....and we meant that Thank- You. On the outside we can seem to be unemotional , many see us as too nice and think we're " push overs " we are not it just takes us awhile to become impatient or angry and then it is a VERY direct anger.
Actually its Dutch history. Yes Léo Major was Canadian, but his story is unknown outside of the military archives. It is thye Dutch that rermembers his story and even have a holiday in his name for him. It was a Dutch city that he liberated after all.
Yeah. Zwolle celebrates and honors Leo Major every year. This incident is so well known and documented that the Dutch government sent a delegation to attend his funeral. It is a true story worthy of being told.
@@dross2172 No not just Zwolle, there is a holyday in Léo Majors name in the whole nation. On that day, every schools makes stories projects on Léo Major's exploits.
@@tusk3260 Thank you for the correction. I'm surprised I did not know this.
Operation yellow ribbon with Tom brokaw would be a good topic.
Canadians don't glorify their soldiers like Americans. Canadians Honour and respect all veterans for their service. Yes he was a hero and was honored with the second highest metals of bravery.
There is no movie of him because he was a canadian soldier which were discriminated alot thats also why he never got a victoria cross. Rambo movies were actually a reference to him and sylvester stallone used his story as a baseline if you will for rambo. Also when he held little Gibratar him and his men repelled over 18 000 chinese soldiers with just 17 men under his command
Rambo wears Leo Majors pajamas! 😂❤
calm down my friend.... over 18 000 Chineses soldier!!
2 divisions was + - 14 000 and it was for both the Hill #355 and #277.
I'm sure that most allied force Generals are drooling over the prospect of commanding a whole division of soldiers with the resourcefulness, skills and bravery of Leo Major.
He wore sneakers during his missions as the didnt make noise while walking asmuch as boots did.
You're not wrong we did have a shoot a the wounded and take no prisoners policy but that was in ww1 we change when WW2 came around
thats why they even name a street for him
Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp of Leo Major to celebrate the anniversary of VE Day. Google Canada Post Leo Major to see it. 🇨🇦
Here is a short list of some excellent songs by some great Canadian chart topping rock bands
Big Sugar:: Ride Like Hell
Big Wreck:: The Oaf
Tea Party:: Temptation
Junkhouse:: Out of My Head
Sloan:: Money City Manics
54-40:: Ocean Pearl
Jeff Healey:: See The Light, Night music tv show live
April Wine:: Roller
Glorious Sons:: S.O.S. (sawed off shotgun)
5:10 As a Canadian, I get what you're saying... Leo TOTALLY fits the anti-hero stereotype lmao
I agree that there should be a movie about Major as his story is not nearly well known enough. But, I bet you that if he had been an American, we would already have more than one movie. I've never seen a movie about the Canadians taking Vimy Ridge during WWI either.
Yeah why is that? Could be so good. Just keep Paul Grosse and romance out of it.😊
Well, with what they did to Argo...
You mentioned John Wick played by Keano Reeves who is also Canadian.
Music: 1980s Doug and the Slugs: Day by Day..... it is a song that I play when I feel down and need a pick me up
Our greatest hero is Terry Fox.
Check up William Stephenson, Man Called Intrepid and Camp X. He is another amazing Canadian, so secret that even a lot of Canadians do not know his story.
Yes, absolutely check that out!
I know his story - he also kind of invented the CIA. He was the first James Bond.
I thought he was British. Well I learned something😊
neil young, rush, alanis morissette, arcade fire, shania twain, the band, the guess who, the tragically hip, drake, the weeknd, bryan adams, bachman-turner overdrive, barenaked ladies, simple plan, crash test dummies, triumph
Legend
When he captured the 93 POW's, by that time the war was almost over. A lot of the Nazi forces morality was at an all time low, because they knew defeat was inevitable, and a lot of them just didn't care to fight anymore. I imagine this is why he was seemingly able to get them to surrender and comply so easily.
Also, the "Take no prisoners" that Canadians were known for was more of a reputation we got in WW1. And it wasn't really a reputation that we were particularly proud of. Especially after it became considered a war crime. So Canadian troops in WW2 were more civilized. Not to say there wasn't still some pretty nasty acts of aggression.
Not true. No country's army takes prisoners during an assault. Even during WW2 there was a Standing Order to take no prisoners unless ordered by an officer.
Given Leo's incredible achievements I have to ask, what does it take to be awarded the Victoria Cross? I've never heard of a soldier who has done MORE.
He was a French Canadian. That automatically bars him from the VC.
Racism, eh?
@@danielchaput884 Trois militaires canadiens-français ont été décorés de la Croix de Victoria : le caporal Joseph Kaeble, le lieutenant Jean Brillant et le capitaine Paul Triquet.
@@danielchaput884 Tell it to whoever it was who pinned the medal on him.
It requires that the situation be desperate and that it is WITNESSED by an officer. That's why he got the DCM instead.
So basically, Leo Major is not a well-known Canadian Hero for a few reasons: First, he taught nobody would ever believe his story that he never spoke about it, not even his wife knew about it.
So he was unknown for a long time in Canada until a few years ago. He is well known in Holland, where he is celebrated as a hero. Secondly, how embarrassing would it be to the majority of English-speaking Canadians to know that it was a French Canadian... I am from Québec and never heard about him before internet... They don't teach about him in school or anywhere else.
It is not embarrassing at all to know he was French Canadian.
I am an English speaking Canadian, why would I be embarrassed he was a French Canadian from Quebec? It does not make me feel less because you have reason to be proud. Good for Quebec! Honestly it makes me sad you would think that because I am an English speaker I would feel that way. There should be a movie and it should and I think would be known he was a French Canadian from Quebec. I am from Manitoba and suspect people have a lot more good things to say about your province than mine. We are forgotten in most things unless it is to point out all the things that make us the worst province. I love our Province as I am sure you do yours and that’s all that really matters.
Until now, he's been more or less unknown in Canada. People in those days were of a diffferent breed.
This is the REAL RAMBO! 🫡😉
3:32 = The birth of 'Big Boss'
The Chinese tried to use a Rolling Barrage at one point to retake Little Gibraltar... The gall!!
The psychology of surrender can be complicated. No will, no war.
IT IS A TRUE STORY :))) ~ One hopes that You will get to know more about us Canadians.,, Just not the War DAYS, BUT ,,HOW CANADIANS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SO MANY THINGS ...
Denis Villeneuve should do is movie
As for some other talented Canadian bands, here's my list: The Tragically Hip, The Trews, Rush, Leonard Cohen, The Tea Party, Triumph, Gordon Lightfoot, Loverboy, Honeymoon Suite, K.D. Lang, Drake, Micheal Buble, Sarah MacLachlan, The Guess Who, The Band, Neil Young, The Bare Naked Ladies :)
July Talk?
Correct. The beaver is Canada's national animal.
nice touch to put the captions in french !! :D
Beaver work so hard they learn ur respect.
Canada's Greatest Song Writer. Gordon Lightfoot-The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.
Make that into a film!
If Hollywood got this story they would make it an American movie.
Burton Cummings - I will play a Rapsody
Terry Fox story - Canadian hero
We were always out for revenge. When Canadians saw what they did to those Dutch people it was glove off. The Germans had two choices run or die. It was the first world War when they had the no prisoner thing.
Yeah, the video is a bit awkward on that one point. It's not so much an error on the narrator's part, as unclear narration. Leo Major did indeed march 93 Germans "back to the Allied lines" (as in all the way back), but he started out with slightly more. The ones who got killed were not marched to the "Allied lines", so do not make up part of that figure. Leo had the advantage in taking them by surprise. He demonstrated he could shoot any he saw reaching for their guns since he had his weapon drawn already, then that discouraged all the others who didn't want to risk being the next to die even if they could overwhelm him with some losses on their side. Which, of course, is why the SS was angry and shot at them.
People pronounce Quebec differently. Some say Cuh-Beck some say Q-Beck. Others even say kWE-Beck. The French general say it a K-Beck.
I’m Canadian but I’ll tell you about a badass American called Roy Benevidez
Similar badasserie
First World War Canadians took no prisoners. In the second, they took prisoners.
artist from canada .. Rush , you need to listen to them,
10:23 he john wicked.... no john wick went leo Major.
John Wick wears Leo Majors pajamas to bed! 😅
@@TheDylls John Wick is also played by another Canadian, Keanu Reeves.
The take no prisoners part was in WWI but in the training for WWII Canadian spent a long time learning how to take prisoners it was almost more important then knowing how to shoot.
Look guys I know we want to kill but we can’t just kill everyone
My father and uncle fought in Sicily, Italy, and Holland. Both of them, and other vets have confirmed that there was a standing order that you take no prisoners unless ordered by an officer. To quit an assault by your own volition and march a prisoner to safety would definitely get you a court-martial. As Sgt( ret ) Smokey Smith VC said, " We were paid to kill them, not capture them." Prisoners are those who managed to hide during the assault and surrender to the following security and guard units.
We pronounce Ké. The w sound is purely an English thing.
Break glass incase of war!
in french its Kébek (pronunciation)
The Dutch People never forgot the Liberators the Canadian army ... Leo Major ? 😳🤪👍🏼🇨🇦check out it teach we too have an interesting History . . . . Go discover . . . 🧐 So close . . . and yet . . . so distant 🤓 never too late 👍🏻🇨🇦
Take no prisoners was only done by Canadian's when they were avenging enemy atrocities against the Canadian army
Check out 28 Heroes,either Discovery or History channels ( Korea)only Canadian unit given a U.S. Presidential Citation
Taking no prisonniers is from WWI not WWII.
Canadians on average don’t like to brag 😃🇨🇦👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏻👍🤪✨🌟💫💫⚡️⭐️
One of my favorite Canadian Artists is The Stampeders, Sweet City Woman
Take no prisoners was WW1.
There is no movie because he was Canadian if he were American then they would make a movie. Its not taught in history not even in Canada because they have suppressed everything that happened in history.
Hey my friend, check out a progressive Canadian rock RUSH(3-man group) Best live band ever!! Hello from Nova Scotia.
ke bec is the correct French prononciation. the English call it kwe bec
Its keybeck, not kwaybeck
You want Candian music? Okay. Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Buffalo Springfield, Steppenwolf, The Band, Robbie Robertson, The Guess Who, BTO, April Wine, Rush, The Tragically Hip, Loverboy, Triumph, The New Pornographers, Destroyer, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Deadmau5, Broken Social Scene, Arcade Fire, Metric, Peaches, Feist, Grimes, Death From Above, Skinny Puppy, Voivod, Oscar Peterson, Guy Lombardo, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Gowan, Anne Murray, Sarah McLaughlin, Rufus Wainwright, The McGarrigles, Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, KD Lang, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy Junkies, The Weeknd, Alanis Morrisette, Moist, Matthew Good, DOA, Billy Talent, Rheostatics, Howard Shore, Sloan, Eric's Trip, Bran Van 3000, Black Mountain, Besnard Lakes, Barenaked Ladies, Raised by Swans ... That should get you started.
I have bad news for you: There is no movie on Léo Major yet. Because he is Canadian and Canada for a long time was pro peace and so making a movie of him was out of the question. Would need to ask some American movie producer to make a movie.
Ryan Reynolds. He carries weight in Hollywood. I'd LOVE it if he decided to make a movie of Leo Major - produced and even directing(?). It would basically require a Canadian with money and star power, sadly.
@@stephanieellis5399Or just someone to show a youtube video of Léo Major to him and hopefully inspire him. I mean, the story is growing in popularity.
@@stephanieellis5399 Another option is going to Japan to make it an Anime.
@@tusk3260 yes...that's an option. For many, though, an animated movie doesn't quite carry the weight of a live action film. For many it does. Regardless, it's a story that deserves to be told.
@@stephanieellis5399 True, but having an Anime of Léo Major would dramatically increase to popularity of Léo Major and therefore dramatically increase the chances of getting a live movie. Also, its a lot easier to get the anime then the live movie.
Canadian inventions
While it is a good video, a couple of things could be improved.
If you check out some of the more detailed videos or sources, for the 93 German troops, it was more like 100. Then four or so tried to fight where they were killed by Leo.
While the German survivors were making up their mind whether to surrender or fight, the Germans in the next village attacked. This likely helped make a surrender to Leo a better option as their countrymen were trying to kill them!!
Ka-Bec.. not Kwa-Bec
Je suis du quebec et leo major nest pas le rambo quebecois car rambo aurait tiré partout en enragé et ce serait fait decendre toute suite....leo major a usé de la ruse pour tuer le moins possible et en eliminant les domages colateraux et a fait preuve dun sens de l'honneur, un copié-collé de la definition du sens de l'honneur, en tirant juste sur ceux qui le meritait....
Tragically hip. Look up the final concert they played that was watched by likely the majority of all people in canadian history just a few weeks before lead singer gord downie passed away after a battle with an incurable brain tumour. Im pretty sure the majority of the country probably had tears in their eyes watching the concert that night.
Another failure of the narration here, he was called the one eyed ghost.
Both eyes were wounded with the grenade but one more than the other, the second eye healed well.
Also, he deserted after the mine to avoid being sent back and hid with Belgian farmers to heal before comming back a few weeks later.
And no he couldn't do any political role, he was French Canadian, back then we were second class citizen, roles of authority were bared for us until the 50's
He never boasted about it, his wife didn't know until they were something like in their 70's when the (forget me if I'm using the wrong title) Duch Prime Minister came to thank him in person for his actions.
Not Rambo but Real...Bro......There are no movies because it" is Canadian!
93 people vs a weapon that fires 8 rounds a second pointed at a cluster of men if handled by a capable shooter can reload a sten in 4 seconds depending on the distance and now the fear of death seeing not only your officer succumb but a group of men are already dead infront of you by one man add all that up its terrifying plus by this point in the war the German military (usually the average foot soldier not referring to command)was having mixed opinions on the war and so moral to fight for it was splintering