Re: Dear Metoos

On 30 Mar, 23:05, JOF <jofran...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mar 30, 3:05 pm, "janus...@xxxxxxxxxxx" <janus...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Interesting. No talks. They simply did their duty and wanted to
forget, quite opposite to our Metoos, who never saw combat. IIRC
majority of Canadian soldiers were volunteers, what's really
commendable.

Actually, I believe there was some limited conscription but I'm not
sure when it was. For the most part Canucks just went cuz it was the
right thing to do. Some may have gone for the adventure I suppose, but
I doubt it was for the money. Dad left a fledgling business but it was
still okay when he came home.

Conscription was introduced after 1942 referendum. There were 13000
conscripts deployed overseas in the early 1945 from that number 2463
men reached units in front lines, 79 were killed. - simple conclusion
almost all volunteer force.
Janusz

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