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A rare Canadian tank was recently Unearthed in the vineyard south of London. It had been buried by Canadian soldiers at the end of World War II .the 16 ton tank was considered obsolete so it was used by the Canadiens to train for Normandy. 1700 of these tanks were built but only to survive and this is the second one.
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LTC (Join to see) That article re: Covenanter Tanks said that a 1/2 million Canadian Troops passed thru Britain during WW II. Halifax history gives 494,874 as the historical number of Canadians that embarked from Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia during WW II. 50,000 of them did not survive to return to Canada. During our tour of Halifax in 2001, we were shown a huge 'ramp' on Halifax's water front. The guide told us that a 1/2 million Canadian Soldiers had marched up that ramp to embark for Britain during WW II.
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Thank you for telling us the good and the Bad and the Ugly about the ramp and the soldiers who participated from Canada and some who didn't come back. That's about as many as didn't come back from Korea or from Vietnam and that was just in less than six years. What an honor but very sad that you were there. Thank you Chuck
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I figure we're all in the same fight Canadians have a lot of history that I'm discovering it's not pretty good on American history now I'm learning more and I'm trying to share it with you and I'm glad you're enjoying it
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