From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Dec 02 2004 - 11:28:02 PST
This rehashing of the second war to end all wars is making my hair hurt.
Can't we please get back to Topic #1, the second Gulf war to end all Gulf
wars?
apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Grammont" <islander@midmaine.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Train Pics-war contribution
> Hi,
>
> >Gee Steve, giving kinda short shrift to some, eg
> >Canada ?
>
> In an ordered list someone has to be at the top and someone has to be at
> the bottom. Although Canada's contribution was significant and
> meaningful, it fits in where I said it does. Right after Britain. When
> I said "Commonwealth" as a collective, I was accounting for the fact that
> Canada was responsible for the lion's share of that contribution.
>
> I it makes you feel any better I could put Canada separately after
> Britain and stick Australia, NZ, and South Africa further down the list
> separately and others, such as India even further down :-)
>
> >But please just remember, you won WITH the allies
> >England, Canada, the ANZACs, South Africa, India,
> >Russia, (free) Poles Czechs etc etc, not alone.
>
> Check my list... I put the US second to the Soviet Union, so I'm not sure
> what your point is about me needing to remember something. I also
> included all of the other nations you listed, though not India and the
> plethora of smaller contributors by name. Too many to list. I could if
> I wanted to spend the time on it, since the study of WWII ETO is my
> academic, professional, and hobby life all rolled up into one nice package
:-)
>
> BTW, to some degree I consider the efforts of Canada and the US to be
> linked. We worked VERY closely and very well together, supplying each
> other with things we lacked or needed more of than was domestically
> available. In fact, my first and foremost military vehicle, the Weasel,
> was a joint US and Canadian project. I think the two countries combined
> were able to do far more than either one would have been able to do
> separately. Perhaps far more than any other two allied countries in the
> war. And being a direct neighbor to Canada I always look very fondly
> upon our long standing relationship (and really good beer <g>).
>
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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