Thread: Nazi SS monument in Canada

An interesting article here. Seems Canada welcomed some of them back in the day. I suppose it goes back to 'War is Hell'.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-collaborators

Originally Posted by sharptonn

An interesting article here. Seems Canada welcomed some of them back in the day. I suppose it goes back to 'War is Hell'.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...-collaborators

Yea, war criminals did get in here post WWII as they did in the US. There were Ukrainian immigrants to Canada at least as far back as 1891.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Canadians

One nitpick with the linked National Post article and that is "Here’s what we know. Soviets took control of Western Ukraine in 1939, facilitated by a secret pact with the Germans." . There was no need for the USSR to occupy any part of what is now called the Ukraine in 1939 as it was already part of the USSR. The agreement alluded to allowed the Russians to occupy the western part of Poland when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...939_4_copy.png

The argument here turns on one man's freedom fighter is another man's Nazi to paraphrase an old saying. It's a precarious argument especially when this monument is not in the Ukraine but in Canada.

Bob

I brought this up on a military history thread on a gun collector forum I frequent.
Some highly-learned guys there.
Seems these guys were dregs enlisted by the SS to do dirty work for them, mostly aimed at the Poles.
Did not fight the Russians as they were largely ineffective as soldiers. In fact, they ran and hid from the Russians as they advanced on Germany.
Lots of lies and propaganda about this and it must have swayed many as some were actually sent to Canada and the U.S. after the war. I suppose to keep them from getting slaughtered if they remained in Ukraine.

So yeah. That thing needs to go.

Don't ever think they were the only foreign SS unit.

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/List...and_conscripts

Seems you can get volunteers for an extremely bad idea in just about any country.

Bob

Indeed. The aforementioned thread is actually a picture thread which stimulates discussion.
I am the 'kid' there and have learned to shut up and pay attention.
Quite a lot on the Vichy French lately. Nice bunch there.....