On this day in 1889

[Weltall]

I think that the effort Canada gave to the war effort was vastly beyond what was actually required of them (something which very few Allied nations can claim). I'm not sure how you can rag on them.

I think it's also possible that America can be proud of saving the world in the early 1940s, and certainly Canada could not have duplicated this, but could have sat back and not gotten involved if they decided to be neutral. Canada was not at immediate risk to her interests and had basically nothing to gain by joining the war. The fact that they gave so much of what they had towards fighting it, to me, makes them heroes.

Besides, Canada was a more useful and dependable ally to America beyond all others except the British. Certainly, most of our other 'allies' cared little or nothing about America's own stakes and did basically nothing to help or support us in any substantial way.