>>>I must have missed that as well. I don't remember reading any messages downplaying or denying Canada's participation in WWII by anyone.
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>>And let's keep it that way. < GD&R >
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>And let's not forget the tragic part Canadian troops played in "assessing" German response to invasion, in the form of their abortive Dieppe Raid in 1942. I must admit to only having first heard of this last summer, when visiting Newhaven Fort, near Brighton, the nearest UK port to Dieppe.
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid

In the Dieppe raid, I don't belive anyone really thought it would be particularly successful. The Canadian troops were used as cannon fodder to aid in assessing the German response and firepower etc - supposedly to aid in drawing up plans for the eventual D-Day raids. They were sent out to die, plain and simple, and they weren't given any real choice in the matter.