VE Day Europe May 8 1945

[jknaus]

VE Day Europe was on the 8th of May in 1945. Lots of videos etc going around FB and There was a snippet from this video that I found very poignant. So if interested here is the full thing.

Lest we forget.
James

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Thanks for the link James. It was very interesting! I had never heard of that unit before.

 

[jknaus]

Thanks for the link James. It was very interesting! I had never heard of that unit before.

From their web page.:
The Black Watch is the oldest highland regiment in Canada.
Volunteers have served since the regiment's inception in Montreal on January 31st, 1862 as the 5th Battalion, Volunteer Militia Rifles of Canada. The rise of American military strength during the Civil War concerned Canada. The government authorized formation of militia regiments. Each of six Montreal Scottish chieftains responded by raising an infantry company for the 5th Battalion. Eventually, eight companies were raised for border service. Since then, thousands of Canadian citizens have served in the Black Watch. In addition to Canadian border security, they have fought in the Boer War, WW1, WW2, Korean War; bolstered NATO operations in Europe and UN peacekeeping worldwide; and provided aid-to-the-civil-power, most recently during the Quebec and Eastern Ontario ice storm disaster.

An extremely good read if you can stomach it is this book: https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/144345477X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Its really disheartening.