TODAY, 65 years ago....

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: madmickey

ORIGINAL: Ron Saueracker

ORIGINAL: The Dude

hey dont forget canada waited until 10SEP39 to declare war, probably to get one more unrationed labour day weekend holiday in

Well, we did not wait until Dec 8th, 1941 to declare war.[:)] The US even needed a day to get the speeches written for the politicians.[:'(]

Unlike Canada, USA is not an elected dictatorship.
Of course in WWI, Canada did not declare war.
I am Canadian and we need an elected, equal, effective Senate.
Of course WWII could have been avoided if Britain and France stood up to Hitler at Munich or the Rhineland.

Oh My Gawd!! Someone understood my humour.[:D] My grandfathers are really pissed off over our country's present loss of heritage as my whiskey stash is all gone!

I've only recently been embarassed about being Canadian. It has little with saying yes/no to our political friends and neighbours and has more to do with internal politics. Sad state of affairs.[8|]

[Radzy]

ORIGINAL: Bradley7735

Tomorrow, 59 years ago,

WWII ended [:)]

Did it formally end? Theoretically not, as Japan and Soviet Union signed only an armistice, so formally the state of war between two countries still exists. Japs say, that they will not sign peace treaty until Russians give back Kuriles.

And the date of the beginning of WWII depends on the point of sitting[:)]. Even in my country it is strongly debated. For many years it was said, that the "Schleswig-Holstein" started the war, however few minutes earlier Luftwaffe's bombers destroyed the city of Wielun (and this fact, as many others about the Defensive War of 1939 were wringed by comunists...).

Regards,
Radzy

[Harald1050]

Servus!

Well, the attack on Poland was planned to launch on 25th of August, but postponed only a few hours before. Some special units didn't receive the new order and attacked...and were killed.

Gruß
Harald