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plan_D said:I believe injury should be given recognition, not a medal. Dieppe raid was majority Canadian, so they were probably in a good situation to do it. And I doubt it was a whole division, but even then they deserve a medal but that's not because of their injury.
And that's not really fair saying the British Commandos couldn't, it's more of the Commandos didn't.
Yes, the names can get confusing but I've never heard of the Essex Scottish, the name itself is confusing since Essex is in South England. Anywho, the 75th Indian in Burma had British, Ghurka and Indians in it, so it does get confusing.
The Chindits in my opinion were the greatest fighting unit though.
i aggre with lg to but i think they then should have been given time away or a different job in the forceseLightning Guy wrote:
I don't think every injury is deserving of one, but many are. If a guy loses an arm or a leg serving his country he deserves some time of recognition and symbol from his country of the appreciation.
This time, I agree with LG. Many wounds deserve a medal. Many of the survivors of the Dieppe raid in the Essex Scottish regiment got wounded... But 12 of them were able to enter the city and hold a part of it untill the HQ called them back. No other regiment (even the British commandos) were able to do so. Think about it : 12 soldiers against a whole German division... They were able to hold them off ! (And the Essex Scottish regiment is a Canadian one.) I don't know if they got one, but those guys deserved a medal.
plan_D said:I know about the Dieppe raid, and most of those on the invasion got ripped apart by artillery, something the Commandos couldn't avoid. Still it was unfair saying that the Commandos couldn't if they had of gone in first, who knows they might have done the same as the Canadians.
There were also 50 U.S Marines in that invasion.
The British Commandos have a lot to their name in World War 2, they were one of the greatest fighting units of the war. The Chindits in my opinion were the greatest fighting unit though.
i aggreLanc, that joke is bollocks...