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Belce -> RE: Anyone ever thought of being a History Teacher? (11/2/2004 7:45:17 AM)
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How good were my history teachers in school?
I went to university and took Canadian military history, thats how good they were.
When you hear how Canadians when attacked by gas and first engaged by the Germans in WWI and held their ground by pissing on some cloth to tie over their face to neutralize the gas and held in 1915 at Ypres and later how the Germans knew they were in trouble when Canadians took the line in front of them. Kurt Meyer, general of the 12 SS, saying he would rather face Russians than Canadians in WW2. The one of only 2 foreign units to recieve a Presdential Citiation is Canadian, the other is Austrailian and at the end of that day, only the Canadians held the field, both recieved for action at the same battle.
Imagine for a moment how horrible the first gas attack was against the French Algerian troops was, afterwards they noted that even the insects were dead, that animals that burrow in the ground were found dead just out of their bolt holes and in that night the Germans were denied the fruit of their victory by Canadian counterattacks. The wife of the man responsible for developing this weapon commited suicide that night as they celebrated because it was such a horror. Adolf Hitler denied this to his troops due to his own experience with it. And the next day, when Canadians for the first time faced a European army they tied cloth wet with their own urine to their faces and held. If you go to Ypres today, every day you can here Taps played in honour of those Canadians that saved their city.
This has been another example of boring Canadian history. Yes its been jazzed up some, but it is essentially true. imo
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