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A One-Eyed Québécois ‘Rambo’ Captures Imaginations in Canada. According to today's New York Times, Léo Major tricked German soldiers occupying Zwolle, a picturesque Dutch city with a population of about 50,000into thinking that they were surrounded. He roused a sleeping German officer.
Quebec is better at honoring Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who rode with Nazi motorcycle gangs in Montreal, then supporting true Canadian heroes. Canada has a proud military tradition. Quebec should be ashamed of itself. Excerpt from article:
Quebec is better at honoring Pierre Elliot Trudeau, who rode with Nazi motorcycle gangs in Montreal, then supporting true Canadian heroes. Canada has a proud military tradition. Quebec should be ashamed of itself. Excerpt from article:
New York Times said:“What Léo did is larger than life and sounds like something even greater than an action movie. But until now, few Canadians knew who he was,” said Bruno DesRosiers, director of the documentary, “The One-Eyed Ghost.”
Why Mr. Major’s audacious wartime feats are only belatedly entering the popular imagination here, historians say, partly reflects Quebec nationalism and a lingering discomfort with French-speaking citizens fighting for the British Crown. During the war, conscription spawned loud opposition in Quebec and returning Québécois servicemen didn’t always receive their due.
“Joining the army was seen as a taboo by many, and so men like Mr. Major didn’t like to talk about the past,” said Éric Marmen, the director of Musée Le Régiment de la Chaudière in Lévis, Quebec, a museum devoted to the Canadian Army Reserve infantry unit to which Mr. Major belonged.