Québec History 27 - World War 2

Québec a Nation History part 27

Canada declared war against Germany on September 10, 1939 and sent one division to Europe, which had no chance for combat before France was overrun by Germany. Young French-Canadians joined the few traditional French-speaking regiments of the Canadian army, such as the Regular-Army Royal 22e Régiment, and several Militia regiments that were mobilized. In the Infantry, barracks life and most training was in French and only the command and radio language was in English.

While units such as the Royal 22e Régiment, Les Fusiliers Mont-Royal, the Régiment de la Chaudière and the Régiment de Maisonneuve all had outstanding records during World War II, some feel that if they had been concentrated into the same brigade, as French-Canadians requested , it could have become a focus of pride for French-Canada, encouraging the war effort and political support in Quebec. These units were, however, distributed among the various English-speaking divisions of the Canadian Army overseas.

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[loadi2]

they have been using the french from canada as guinea pigs for a long time,they have been calling them frogs ,no wonder they dont feel a part of canada....?those who fought and died on a beach far from home are brave french sodiers.

[scage12]

@loadi2 thank you but we are not french,we are QUÉBECOIS!

[Patriote17]

@CanadianLegionaire listen friend, if we are not happy, we will make Québec independence, Québec is our land. An independent Québec ally with Canada and the USA would be in everyone best interest. Truth is you don't want to be our ally and our friend, you want to dominate and control us.

[CanadianLegionaire]

@1225MAGNA

and may they rest in peace for without their sacrifices our world today wouldn't exist.

[1225MAGNA]

@CanadianLegionaire i dont think they will listen..but i dont care if they are french candians,british canadians,or martian canadians,i only know how much they fought in the world wars !! god bless em...

[1103Maverick]

@loadi2 Agreed, and well... it's not the only reason.

[MapleBalls]

@loadi2 Bull Shit.

[Patriote17]

@Jetster777 I am a Quebecer, get over it...