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Vimy was the first time the 4 Canadian divisions fought together as one Army ,and how quick we took it shocked the world. Canadians where the first soldiers to be call "Stormtroopers."
no way, that is very cool :)
@@aussietashreacts after the battle of the Somme the Germans called the Canadians "Sturmtruppen" cause how fast in battle we where.
Lost my great uncle at Vimy
JohnMcCrea died of pneumonia towards the end of the war. His poem "In Flanders Field" is moving and powerful and was written at a time when he was feeling deep sorrow over the loss of his friend just the day before. The story says that wild poppies were already starting to grow around the fresh Graves. A very thought provoking image that even we today should take pause and reflect on. Thank-you for the love you have for us and know it is returned twice over.
Just think 1917 WW1 at this time the war was raging. Canadians took Vimy around Easter.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
The Ode Of Remembrance
this is the poem that we recite
She is a great girl and shows such respect for all the reactions she does.
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Thank you, as always, for your respectful reactions.
Yes, the same Ode of Remembrance is recited at the War Memorial and Cenotaph Services on Remembrance Day (formerly known as Armistice Day), all over Canada on November 11th, as well as on July 1st at the National War Memorial in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, on July 1st. We have our own "National War Memorial" because it was built and dedicated in remembrance of those members of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment who died in World War I. Newfoundland was a nation of its own at that time, as confederation with Canada didn't take place until March 31, 1949.
John McCrae's poem, In Flanders Fields, is also recited (or sung) at these War Memorial services, and it is memorized by Canadian children in elementary school:
FLANDERS FIELDS
In Flanders fields,
The poppies blow,
Between the crosses
Row on row,
That mark our place;
And in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead.
Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved,
And now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe;
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep.
Though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
- John McCrae
May 3, 1915
In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses, row on row, that mark our place. And in the sky the larks, still bravely singing, fly; scarce heard amidst the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunsets glow.
Loved and were loved and now we lie in Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe. To you, from failing hands we throw the torch. Be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who died we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in Flanders Fields...
I recently just bought some seeds for Flanders Poppies...will be sowing them this week probably since spring has seemingly sprung... expecting 14 degrees today which is a pretty nice bday present for me 😂.
I know, let's get Tash to start singin' Happy Birthday, then toss up a clip of Michael from "The Office" reactin'! :)
will react to The Flanders Field Poem on May 3rd when it was first composed, an incredible poet
I'm always surprised when I realize how few places outside Canada know that poem. Pretty much anywhere here you say "In Flanders Fields..." and other people can and often do chime in with the poem.
In Flanders Fields
BY JOHN MCCRAE
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
The Ode Of Remembrance
I remember learning/taught this in grade 4. Never knew what it meant then. but once I did later in life. omg.
Nellie McClung (Mooney), my second cousin.So proud of her.
Nellie wrote the recommendation for my dad to get into medical school. She and my grandmother were friends.
Mornin' Tash! Here on Da Rock, July 1st (Canada Day) brings out mixed feelings. I celebrate but am very mindful, and respectful of, the fact that it's also Memorial Day for Islanders. In WWI, a Newfoundland regiment was decimated on July 1, 1916 at the battle of Beaumont-Hamel. 800 Newfoundland soldiers answered roll call the morning of July 1st before the battle. On the morning of July 2nd, only 68 were present. The regiment's symbol was a caribou, and in France there is the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial which is topped with a majestic bronze caribou.
Salut, Rocky. I just wanted to add that there are a total of 4 caribou monuments in France, one in Belgium and one in Turkiye to honour all of the Newfoundlanders who fought and sacrificed. Together they are known as "The Trail of the Caribou"/"Le sentier du Caribou". It always makes me cry when I think of the depth of respect that degree of honour bestows. Bonne journée!
@@joellafrechette4011 Joella, merci beaucoup! I had only heard of the Beaumont-Hamel monument, but now knowing there's a trail has opened a whole new learnin' curve for me. Merci un autre fois, et bonne journée à toi aussi!
There is a bronze statue of the bear cub Winnie at the City of Winnipeg Zoo at Assiniboine Park!
P.S. Assiniboine Park is a huge park in the city of Winnipeg in Manitoba along the lines of New York's Central Park. Many, many acres and besides parkland it holds a zoo, a polar bear exhibit where real live polar bears are in as natural a setting as is possible, a botanical conservatory (newly opened this year called The Leaf with a special live butterfly exhibit), an outdoor theatre where ballet and Shakespeare in the Park are performed in the summertime, and lots of other things... a duck pond which becomes a skating rink in the winter, a sculpture garden, etc. This park would almost be worth an episode on its own.
I LOVE your spontaneous reactions. You would be one lousy poker player!!! 🤣🤣Winnie was smuggled overseas as an orphaned cub after being chained up at a train station.
John McCrae was from my hometown of Guelph and his home is now a museum. My grandmother's brother Simon Clarridge was shot in the head and leg at Vimy BUT survived. Fortunately it was during reconnaissance the day before the battle began or he likely would have been killed. Tash, if you haven't seen it "They shall not grow old" by Peter Jackson is an amazing movie (by your Kiwi neighbor).
I cant keep secrets so I would be crap at poker lol
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
The Ode Of Remembrance
Even though I grew up on these..watching your reactions to them..is like i'm watching them again..for the first time.
I agree, same here
cheers mate, I hope my reactions are respectful
I'm a sucker for trivia (never know when ya might be on final Jeopardy, wha'?) so here's a few fun facts about this vid:
1. John McCrae is played by the wonderful Colm Feore.
2. Vince Coleman is played by the talented Ron Lea (Del Sutton in "Wind At My Back", Brian Malony in "Street Legal").
3. In Vimy Ridge, General Julian Byng is played by the versatile Cedric Smith (Alec King in "Road to Avonlea", Thomas Sims in "The Campbells").
I'm so full of useless information..... I can't wait for my day on Jeopardy!! 😅
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it was a great episodes of the Heritage Minutes
My great uncle served at Vimmy Ridge, he lost part of his foot on that field. Ironically he was American, he crossed into Canada and signed up to serve in the war in the Canadian Army , long before the American's joined. He knew how important it was. He became Canadian and never returned to the States
Respect, A True Hero your Great Uncle Was xx
We learned that in grade school and recited it on Remembrance Day.
All these years later...I can still recite it. 🇨🇦
Me, too, Donna. It's the only poem that I can still recite, word for word, from my school days.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
The Ode Of Remembrance
Me too. I was once involved in organizing an international conference in Vancouver that happened to fall over Remembrance Day. We knew we had to stop the meeting to acknowledge the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, but it's not like we could do a proper ceremony. So, I got up and recited In Flanders Field and we had a moment of silence. This went over great - one of the conference participants wrote to me later asking if I could send him a poppy.
In 2017, I was visiting my family in Ottawa and a couple of us went to the national War Museum. It was a great day.
They had a special, huge exhibit on Vimy Ridge. You entered the exhibit area,in a hall built just like a trench, with the sounds and light effects of artillery going off, during nighttime. You had exhibits of soldier’s letters, and metals displayed. You had frontline equipment and weapons that were used.
There is now a memorial on the ridge part of a 100 hectare battlefield memorial park, in France. It belongs to Canada: the French government gave the land to Canada for the memorial. On July 26, 1936,the memorial was unveiled.
During WW2, the German leader ordered all monuments to be destroyed in all the occupied countries, except for the Vimy Ridge memorial. Some historians say that even special Waffen SS guards were tasked to guard it during the war.
Stay safe, stay sane, stay strong Ukraine 🇺🇦
aussie tash, just want to let u know u do a fantastic job and your reactions are so spontaneous, sincere and heartfelt..hope u get all the success in the world, because u r one youtuber who deserves it
Agreed 💯 This is one of the best reaction channels, period. Very respectful of the content, great sense of humour and Tash really appreciates her subscribers/viewers. A genuine down-to-earth class act!
The 'creeping barrage' is a hugely important Canadian military innovation. It involved a heavy bombardment of the enemy as the ground troops moved in 'under cover' of the bombardment. It had to be timed perfectly. A very technical and useful tactic going forward.
I believe the whole Flanders Fields poem is on the back of one of our Canadian bills. I’ve gone cashless so I can’t remember which one, or if it’s been replaced by a newer bill.
Edit: The poem (french & English) is on the older $10 bill before the newest polymer money.
that's cool, really cool
The name Winnipeg is from Lake Winnipeg. The Winni part is the Cree word for muddy.
John McCrae was born and raised in Guelph Ontario not Montreal as in the clip. His home is now a museum in Guelph where you can see his medals and the original copy of the poem. He was a medical professor at McGill University in Montreal when war broke out. He died in northern France of pneumonia and meningitis just before the end of the was.
It does say that he was born and raised in Guelph at the beginning of the clip. At the time of his death, Montreal was his home.
he served his country and his legacy is remembered, Lest We Forget
Do any other Canadians here remember seeing a CBC Movie about Harry Coleburn who bought "Winnie" in Northern Ontario from a trapper? I want to say it was on TV about 25 or so years ago. Harry Coleburn was a Vet with the Canadian Army (to take care of their horses and mules). He smuggled Winnie in his trunk on the ship going over to Europe. In the movie, Coleburn had shellshock and was in a catatonic state. He didn't come out of it until Winnie was brought to him at the hospital. Winnie was fully grown by this time.
cool movie will check it out :)
@@aussietashreacts Be sure to have lots of Kleenex handy. It's a real tear jerker.
There is a documentary called ‘a bear named Winnie’ if you want to learn more Winnie.
will check it out
I'm only 61, and yet my late mother-in-law was born into a world where she wasn't even legally considered to be a person for the first 4 years of her life. If you were female, you were the property of your father, or husband, or any male relative who was willing to keep you as chattel. This isn't ancient history, this was during the lifetime of a woman that I had tea with, and that is bizarre to me.
very bizarre
It was like when the Canadians took Vimy Ridge we truly became a country in our own right. Maybe sometime you should take a look at Storming Juno a docudrama about the Canadians landing at Juno Beach during WW2.
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Love these Heritage Minutes. Great historical information and a wonderful educational tool for children. Was so sorry when they stopped showing them. Thanks Aussie Tash for reminding us of our history. 👏👏🇨🇦
I love learning about the history of Canada :)
These are my favee Heritage Minutes too... though I love most of them. It's great for spurring people to want to look up these things more in depth. It helps Canadians realize that just because we're in the shadow of our larger American neighbours (whom I love to bits, but they are big and brash), we hold our own when it comes to making our mark on the world.
In the Heritage minute on In Flanders Fields the short is " starring Colm Feore as McCrae" the poet
There is a Winnie statue and exhibit at the zoo here.
in Winnipeg as well.
@@darcymartin7608 Yes that's what I meant
cool, The Peg....The Team I have choose to support
Winnie came from the Canadian Pacific Railway station at White River in Northern Ontario. He had been chained up there. The small town to this day celebrates their link to Winnie.
I'm not sure if was mentioned in the video of the Halifax Explosion, but I thought I'd mention it in case, you haven't heard. While Vince was trying to save that train, he unknowingly set the rescue operation motion in place. Not only did he get that train to stop, but his SOS was received by many other train station, including the ones in the United States, which permitted many to start the rescue and medical help and so many other important missions in place.
Hi from Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
The Peg, the team that I have chosen to support
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
I worked with a person whose mother was wounded during the Halifax Explosion. She was in school and her friend spoke to her, causing her to turn her head away from the window of the school, she ended up with glass fragments in her neck, instead of her face and lived to a ripe old age. There are still lots of people who have relatives who survived the explosion.
My grandfather, John Burnham fought at Vimy. 29th Battalion CEF- "Tobin's Tigers"
Hi, Tash: These Heritage Minutes always impressed me but I didn't know there were so many of them. Thank you for reacting to them.
This just made me think of Murdoch Mysteries. I'm not sure if anyone has suggested that series to you but since you are into Canadian programs and our history, it may interest you. It is set during the late 1800's and into the early 1900's. Canadian actors mainly however the actress who plays Dr. Julia Ogden is Australian (Helene Joy). The series features many historic events and icons and Insp. William Murdoch uses science to solve crimes. I think you'd enjoy it.
Thanks again.
Winnipeg is the capitol of Manitoba
The Peg is my chosen NHL team lol
@@aussietashreacts You are a wise woman! The Jets have quite a different and interesting history in the NHL. Check out some videos when the Jets were the last Canadian team left in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in 2018. This city was electric! 19,000 people in the arena and 20,000+ outside the arena watching the game on big screens. Plus absolutely EVERYONE was wearing a Jets jersey.
My mother and father use to call me Pooh Bear and I didn't like it. Then I met Ernie Coombs aka Mr Dressup and he told me that Pooh Bear is Canadian and that he would love to have a nickname like that🙂. Ever since then, I roll with it.
Killer beard BUD!!
Cool story, Pooh Bear :)
2nd that :)
Wow - what a great Canadian story!
Wow Mr. Dressup if your over 50 and grew up in Canada I am sure we all remember watching him with Casey and Finnegan. Can't forget the Friendly Giant as well with Rusty and Jerome all on the CBC every weekday morning.
Look up The Man Called Intrepid, Camp X, and William Stephenson very interesting and influential man during WWII
William Stephenson was more than influential. He was born into poverty near Gimli, Manitoba to being the basis of James Bond. He also was the impetus for starting the CIA in the States. He came a long way baby!
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@darcymartin7608 Yes I know because of him the WWII ended at least 2 years earlier
We have a street named after him here in Winnipeg.
@@nancyrafnson4780 Yes we do. It's right behind 303 Main Street going toward The Forks.
Vimy Ridge is know as The birth of our nation. Beautiful huge monument erected there in the 30's and dedicated by the King.
John MsCre.was actually from Guelph Ontario that is we're he was born.
Was the term “Pooh-bear” around before Winnie?
No. Cristopher Robin and A.A. Milne are the source.
Vimy Ridge was given to the Canadians and still is Canadian land today.
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Hi AussieTash! ❤ Nova Scotia
There is a movie about that bear.
In Reference to WW1, the Canadians were there to fight, where they were protecting villages farms etc.stayed productive and were protected 100%, where the French and British fought total destruction..,.
The English couldn't do tge French couldn't do it. It was just us the Canadian Corps." That is a perfect quote from the movie "Passchendaele" things happen and it's more about how 60 Canadians held off a German counter attack with thousands for several hours. But hey.