The One-Eyed Scout Who Liberated A Whole Town by Himself - Leo Major (BRITISH REACTION) 

You will appreciate this brother. Interview with Leo. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-x_uwEKVikxI.html

He was a true hero! To bad quebecers didn't want to fight in ww2 most of them were conscripted 😢

@@radioactiveman4657 its a big part has to why he didnt talk about his time in the war to anyone till way later

Thay felt the war was a Canadian War yet France was at risk and felt no connection to them either like the province as a whole needed a shrink to take about its issues of abandonment lol

@@robertwhitehead8671HMCS Well France did sold us to get peace with uk, and Canadian with Québec always had this weird love/hate connection like French and UK .. Im not French, Im not English, Im Québécois more than anything.. I love some Canadian, some of them i hate. I have a lot of my familly in the army and also did want to join the Forces back then, but i chose not too, if canada was at war in futur i will volontaire 100% thoo! And also Duplessis (one of the most corrupted politicician in history and hated by community) did bad on us, it even have a name for the time line : La grand noirceur, The Great Darkness, because of his second Mandate.. Didnt really help in the history... Dont shame Québécois for nothing please. (sorry for my grammar im Québécois, so English is not my Primary Language)

Amazing

Quebec, most of canada have no clue who he is.

@@nickmyers3065 We've all heard of him and his deeds.

@@OgreProgrammer Yes all ... what a wild statement :P ALLL IF that was the case... we wouldn't have a video explaining it :P We would know it :P

Canadian Army did not really like this Gutsy French-Canadian . it's why.

You would not have heard about him. They only teach lies that they want you to know they do not ever want you knowing anything that is true. By the way Sylvester Stalone knew who Leo Major was and was so impressed by him the Rambo movies were actually loosely based on him even though he is not mentioned. There would not be a movie about him himself because most movies are made in America and they will not make a movie on a Canadian. If Leo had been American there would be 50 movies about him.

@@maryannhurley8998 He was actually born in the USA!!! He was a low-key person who apparently did not even tell his wife. And I feel that he became that person because his dad put him down all the time.

@@maryannhurley8998 He was born in America... No?

Wonder why.... Canadians are generally pretty harsh to us Quebecois. Trust me its better now. but people are wild what they will say about french people.

Canadian (Real Life ) Rambo

You can thank us for the many geneva convention statutes lol. Were are good at war crimes lol

​@@nickmyers3065The Germans wanted to go after us for war crimes in WW1. We had a fearsome rep before WW2 even started. It helps explain why the Germans would surrender to a Canadian.

My Grandfather helped free the Netherlands. He was so proud

@@scottdunlop7442 Wasn't he a german?

Yet kick everyone ass.

I think you left out Resilience, honorable, iDGAF-Never say die, us against the world mentality...

@@dr.madthumbz2689 Bien sur. Even our women have no problem being that way. Ever hear of the Battle of the Hatpins? That was something during WW1.

hahah yep

Oui, c'est un trait national.

As he said himself, he did it because it was the right thing to do, not for the glory.

Le monument est bien mais ya rien qui parle réellement de lui dans le parc. Ça prendrais une statut, une plaque, qqch. La ville devrais changer la rue "Frontenac" pour la rue "Léo Major"... J'suis heureux de savoir que j'suis pas seul a célébrer l'histoire de notre gars. Tu devrais voir mon T-Shirt 😉

Agree. The best sniper of WW1, was Francis Pegahmagabow, an Ojibwa soldier and scout with 378 'confirmed' kills. He received a Military Medal with two bars - but like Leo Major and Tommy Prince - no Victoria Cross. He's another soldier that a movie could be made about - as his life after the war just as dramatic.

Or they take a predominantly Canadian heroic story and try to make it their own....*Cough*Argo*Cough*

Or they just take the person and turn him into a yank

Canadians cant make movies about themselves tho????

@@mathlover4994 We did, here's the real story for you right here on RU-vid ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JB8DFd5uxXE.html

Yeap, Hes a true Hero! May he rest in piece for all the good he did!!

He also disliked Montgomery witch was supposed to give him the medal so ppl theorized he didn't belive that general was fit to give anyone a medal bc he's incompetent

@@nicolasbouchard6331 A dislike of Montgomery was widespread among Canadian soldiers, so it was easy for the story to spread. This is actually a general theme among Canadian soldiers, strongest during WW1, but also significant during WW2. The class distinctions of the British army grated on the egalitarian sensibilities of Canadians. During WW1, they strongly resented being under British command because of the perceived arrogance of British officers, while they admired and felt comfortable with the mostly working class British soldiers. A Canadian officer was much more likely to be just another regular Canadian guy who grew up on some farm in Ontario or a neighbourhood in Montreal, who maintained discipline by personal integrity, and not because he was the second son of some Lord or went to a prestige school. This was not as strong a sentiment during WW2, but it was still significant. I'm not qualified to judge how competent Montgomery was as a commander. Canadian troops may have been responding to this cultural difference more than an objective evaluation of his abilities. But as a general rule, Canadian soldiers were seldom happy being commanded by British officers. But the reality, determined by some French investigative journalists, was that Léo had no intention of refusing the medal. It was just a mixup. He accepted all the subsequent rewards. He just didn't think they were particularly important and never flaunted them.

“little patience for braggarts” - yep, that is typically Canadian. Thanks from British Columbia. Leo should be honoured by being memorialized on our currency. 🇨🇦👍

Absolutely, Leo should be on the $20 but if he got onto the $5 more people would see him and learn something. Besides, when's the last time you've seen a big bill like the $20 under Trudeau?

@@14goldmedals Inflation has swept the entire world. Inflation has virtually nothing to do with who is Prime Minister (who has no powers that can significantly influence it --- if PMs had such powers, they would have overwhelming motivation to deploy them, and no reason not to). Inflation rates respond to the interest rates set by the Bank of Canada, an independent body over which the PM has no control whatsoever. Canada has among the lowest inflation rates in the G20, and has a significantly lower inflation rate than the United States. Also, you have it ass-backwards. Higher inflation would mean that you would see MORE $20 dollar bills, not less, since higher prices would force you to use higher denominations.

There's a documentary film called Leo Major : the one-eyed ghost

I imagine a nurse going to the officer telling him that a soldier went AWOL. The officer asking who? She anwser Leo Major sir. Officer..................... Carry on.

He's one bad ass dude that Léo Major. Cheers to him 🍻

As a Kay-Becker would say, "dare he was, gone!"

I've often felt that goat is way overused and kind of devoid of its real meaning. BUT, when it comes to Leo, yeah, perhaps.

Québécois are Canadians…

@@superdrew8564 Thank you for saying that you consider les Québécois as Canadians. I dont want to offend anyone here but for lots of québécois like myself dont consider themself as Canadians. Yes i have the passeport. And Canadians are nice people and Canada is a beautiful country. But it aint mine!

@@theuglycrows3416 dude it doesn’t matter what you think. You’re Canadian. You can identify as whatever nationality you want but you’re not. Last time I checked Quebec wasn’t a country, didn’t have their own head of state, used Canadian currency, and survived in part due to money from the west.

@@superdrew8564 SuperDrew. Read what i have written. I dont want to offend anyone! But you...! You add more insult. Yes i have a canadian passport. But once again I aint fucking canadian! I have nothing to do with your culture, we even dont have the same law, you are under the common law of the british and we are under code Napoléon, we dont have the same language. Yes i can speak and write english, but you fucking dont, we dont have the same stars system, do you know who is Jean Leloup, probably not. And about your fucking money from the west, fuck you!

@@superdrew8564 This is like saying that the Cherokee aren't Cherokee, but Americans. Anyway I would agree, ''Québécois'' are Canadians, the original Canadians in fact, as ''Canada'' was a French colony, part of ''New france along with Lousiana and Acadia, the French king called us ''French Canadians'' to distinguish us from the Amerindians who also were Canadians. Even to this day we are still French Canadians, ''Québécois'' is just a colonized Boomer version.

If he was a yank, there would have been like 20 movies made about him.

What would change if he was American lol

This guy will have is face on coins

I knew of Leo Major as a distinguished soldier and Canadian but was not familiar with the military details. Holy shite. He was a hero par excellence. Badass is an understatement. Wasn’t aware he served in Korea. Helluva soldier. 😅

Good story, thanks for the retelling.

I understand the Canadian and American Hollywood aspects, but never call this man little. Are you french or something?

Never disparage any of our soldiers.

@@MagGray I’m French Canadian, as was Léo Major. And if you knew how to read, you’d realise that I didn’t actually call him little. I was sarcastically referring to the Canadian army’s attitude towards Quebeckers at the time.

@@Mielououou Sorry, I speak English.

@@Mielououou ALL Canadians are soldiers I don't care if you are french lol

...and they use our great Canadian actors to play their American characters.

@@CanadaJ8810 Yeah, that too. Some Americans get it, but some Americans are shocked when they find out their favourite celebrity is Canadian.

Canadian schools will never talk about a *french* canadian soldier.

Whether you believe that French Canadians won't be celebrated in English Canada... Well, here's a Canadian from Vancouver Island who raves every time he can about Leo Major. The B.C. Francophone Affairs Program (FAP) supports programs and services in French for approximately 70,000 Francophones and 300,000 Francophiles in B.C. to ensure our French-speaking community has access to information it needs. 54,562 French immersion students In BC, why? We love Quebec ❤️ Ressentez l’amour.

Lol you hate french.

Merci I'm so used to folks saying bad stuff about us that reading this is a bit overwhelming and honestly surprising. Merci beaucoup

The Van Doo's as a Quebec unit, where a pretty elite group.

Ottawa born currently in Montreal, come from anglo/ Franco heritage both and a military family : it's true the Quebecois are built different. This story always manages to touch me. It's so French Canadian - when they get set on something, you can be sure they're gonna reach for it.

I learned about him almost the same way.

@@Loukas_Paquette yeah did learn about him in a french video of an ex French Soldier, really great video!!

​@@frankmartel3428I learned about him on the channel of the "Infographic Show".

@@Loukas_Paquette it was "Caljbeut Léo Major" Really nice animated vidéo if you speak french

@@frankmartel3428 I do

An absolute must! Look it up Mert.

Quebec has spent the majority of the years since WW2 telling the rest of Canada to go F itself, so its not a huge surprise. Having said that I learned about him many times in school so I do not know why so many people here did not.

And it explains all the subtilities of Quebecois swearing...

It's a tad more complicated then that. He used Canadian troops like cannon fodder and was greatly disliked for it. If you study the Battle of the Scheldt you will understand. It never should have happened, but because Montgomery kept putting it aside, putting it aside, the Germans were able to dig in and set up strong defenses because they knew the port of Antwerp would become a major resupply port for the advancement of the Allies (which included Canadians) into Holland and beyond. The job of clearing the Scheldt was given to Canadians and it was an absolute bloody grind for many weeks. The Germans blew the dams and flooded the whole area, so it was a messy, wet slog for the Canadians who did all their fighting in a flood zone. Thousand died but we got the job done. Typical. You may wish to investigate the Battle of the Scheldt.

canadian that landed in d day vontrary yo Canadian that fought in italy were intensively train in UK for over 2 years this is mainly why they were used as tip of the spear of the allies army in west europe. they were not "Canon fodder" but simply what best generals could out their hands on.

As a Canadian who only learned about Leo Majors relatively recently, his story IMMEDIATELY made me think of Robert Smalls!!

@@TheDylls weird right? i wonder if thats a thing, but really they are the most heroic stories I've ever heard

cause he refuse the first CDM, not a officers would be a other reason and french-canadian a other reason!

If they did, they would change it, so THEY were the heroes like they did with Argo.

@@gerryhatrick6678they did this. Their hero is from Texas though. I can’t remember what he was named.

@@JT.Pilgrim Audie Murphy?

@@fishpants3877 I couldn’t say. I only remember seeing a very similar story with a Texan soldier

@@JT.Pilgrim Audie Murphy was from Texas. The most decorated US soldier of WWII. He went on to Hollywood and made crappy movies. If you read about what he did during the war (if it's true) that guy was a lot like Leo Major.

Well Sir Arthur Currie's skills were used as a Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University from May 1920 until his death. However, he was accused of unnecessarily risking soldiers lives on the eve of Armistice - and that cloud followed him until he finally vindicated himself in a trial for libel, but it took it's toll. Currie was quite brilliant.

They also skipped Juno Beach where Major and 3 of his buddies took over a bunker, machine guns and explosives. They, Major & his buddies proceeded to breach parts of the wall in order to let some of first bulldozers to pass through. You can easily find this info on the net. Yet again, I can understand why they left that part out. He did so much😂 MAJOR💪🏽

One of my colleague is an officer in the Régiment de la Chaudière. He was a member of the regiment delagation presenting the queen, Colonel-in-Chief of the regiment, 4 gifts during an official audience in 2019: a painting, a artisan book binding, a bottle of maple syrup (of course), and a bottle of Réduit de Léo gin (named in honor of Léo Major), all from the Québec City area where the regiment is based. She allegedly said the gin bottle was the gift she was the most anticipating to enjoy. LOL

@@jgingras2615 Honestly the best digestive I've had with maple aromas without being too sweet, I highly recommend hitting up your nearest SAQ they likely will have some

Roy Dupuis would have made a great Léo back in his younger years.

His own family and hometown didn't even have a clue about what he did in WW2. He didn't think anyone would believe him, so he just kept it to himself. It wasn't until the people of Zwolle came to honor him Quebec that people found out.