matumba said:
Lonan said:
Fronzel said:
Lonan said:
As for taking pride in the old country, my suspicion is that it's more then that. In the mid-19th-century the Fenians (Irish living in U.S.) tried to invade Canada. I simply wonder how much that has to do with it. Judging by many Americans on the internet, I wouldn't be surprised if it's a fair bit.
Well, they would have done that because Canada was British, wouldn't they?
C.H.A.L.E.T. said:
I find it ironic everybody is ripping on WW2 games.
Give it a few years, and everybody will be whining we have too many modern (Setting) games.
Well, yeah, that's how gluts work. I don't think anyone complained too much when Call of Duty 1 came out.
Yes, Canada was. I have no problem with their attempts to liberate their homeland. I am merely suspecting that some Americans may be in love with the Irish because of their attacking Canada, which the savages of the U.S. have never liked ever since they weren't able to take it in the War of 1812. I'm just speculating. Everything has to have a reason, and in terms outright actions (actions I can find in a history book) before the U.S. was strongly allied with Britain in WWII, (when there probably would have been less support for the bombings of that time period) the Fenian Raids would definitely have qualified as something certain individuals would be very happy about. While this is also speculation, the fact that the American government said it would recognise any results of the Fenian attacks, and supplied the Fenians with weapons; (payed for by the U.S. taxpayer) makes wonder how many Americans were drinking to a successful invasion of those damn Canadians and their British friends by the good old Irish.
Actually the Fenian raids were stopped before they fully got off the ground by the combined efforts of the anglo-sympathetic power structure in America who fed information (names, dates, places) to the Canadian government (again not that the Fenians were exactly subtle about what they were going to do...), also because the U.S. government didn't want it to spark another retarded war with the limeys.
The president at the time, Andrew Johnson, said he would ?recognize the accomplished facts? of any Fenian assault.
http://www.doyle.com.au/fenian_raids.htm
http://www.bivouacbooks.com/bbv2i3s6.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_raids
http://infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8080/topx/archive09?link=/669/935669.xml
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/19thcentury/articles/fenian.aspx
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/500055.html?nav=5052
http://www.wartimecollectables.com/zukgingras.htm
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Fenian-raids
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Fenian-raids
http://www.irelandcalls.com/.599d02bb
He clearly did want another retarded war with the limey's, who happened to be us at the time. Canada had no intention of starting a retarded war with the American government. The American President at the time wanted a war, he just didn't want to have to fight that war. Eventually he ordered the attacks stopped when Great Britain payed the fees levied at it for damage to Union ships during the civil war, but to put him on a pedestal would hardly be fair. I'm not saying you did, but the efforts of the American government were hardly impressive. As for Americans themselves helping giving information on attacks, my understanding is that these people were Canadian and British spies, but I could be mistaken.
Generally, the American government and people were pissed off at the British and thought they would take it out on Canada.
