American Reacts to Heritage Minutes: Juno Beach, Joseph-Armand Bombardier & Queenston Heights

The Canadians made it further in on D Day than anyone else.

At that time, the Quebec government did not clear snow from secondary roads, so residents of these areas stored their cars for the winter season. The idea to build a winter vehicle came to Bombardier after a blizzard in which his young son fell ill and died because he could not be brought to the nearest hospital. After the war, business declined when the Quebec government began clearing snow from secondary roads in 1948. Bombardier went on to build smaller snowmobiles during the 1950s and developed a new market for recreational products for one or two people. The original name for these snowmobiles was Ski-Dog, but a typographical error in a Bombardier brochure changed the name Ski-Dog to Ski-Doo. Today they produce also planes and trains.

The Canadians were the only army which made its goal for that day. The fought through to the enemy held towns and had to wait for the other , US, UK, armies to arrive 48 hours later. Canadians had the widest front to overcome.

I am not surprised an American would not learn about the British/Canadian perspective in the War of 1812, but I am shocked that the great Canada-Britain-USA victory on the Beaches of Normandy, June 6 1944 is not known. That saddens me.

8:38 I died inside when you didn't know what Juno beach was, but then when you said you thought D-Day was the start of WW2, I realized you don't know even the ABC's of WW2 lol.

Canada is one of the very few countries to have never lost a war. Of all the D-Day beaches, Juno Beach (where the Canadians landed) was the second best defended. Yet, the Canadians managed to move inland fast, they had to wait for other Allied troops to keep up.

It is absolutely disgraceful that they don’t teach you about Juno, gold, and sword beach. They were just as important as Utah and Omaha beach. I bet you’ve heard of them.

How does he miss the fact that the only reason they have the opportunity for a break is because of the way they were able to take the beachhead by nightfall. Greetings from PEI 🇨🇦❤️💯

Tyler, I'm not surprised you've never heard of the Battle of Queenston Heights. Americans tend to ignore the War of 1812 because they lost, including losing some major battles on American soil (just look up the Battle of Bladensberg, AKA the "Bladensberg Races" where the entire American Army ran away, for example). But in Canada, the battles in the war are well remembered. The Battle of Queenston Heights is even mentioned in "The Maple Leaf Forever", a patriotic song that almost became Canada's national anthem. The second verse reads like this: At Queenston Heights and Lundy's Lane, Our brave fathers, side by side, For freedom, homes and loved ones dear, Firmly stood and nobly died; And those dear rights which they maintained, We swear to yield them never! Our watchword evermore shall be "The Maple Leaf forever!"

Johnny Lombardi, was a pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada. He founded CHIN radio in 1966 and CHIN-FM in 1967.

In my childhood they were called commercials! 😂😂😂 The house hippo will always be my favourite! 😅😊

“I don’t want to get in to who’s right and who’s wrong”… in reaction to the war of 1812, this on top of thinking D-day was the start of the war…. Tyler, you’ve come a long way, still have much to learn. The fact you are even trying is awesome, keep it up!

I'm not sure how or why but everytime I watch you I am reminded just how much an adult Canadian knows about the world.

Canada lost a higher percentage of killed and wounded on Juno beach… than the Americans lost on Omaha/Utah beaches! They faced sea walls 12’ high…85% casualties in first wave!

For the war of 1812. My Cree, Ojibwe and Metis Ancestors fought off the Americans four different times when they invaded the colony of Canada. I really don't like our history as a Nation but there are moments where we put aside our differences to fight a external enemy. Where brothers and sisters of all creeds come together to fight for our freedom and future.

A lot of Americans have no idea that it was the Canadians who broke the German lines, leading to the Normandy victory. Americans think it was them, but Americans were actually 100 miles south of the victory. Edit: I was taught about this during my year studying in France.

Who was Johnny Lombardi? An Italian Canadian legend, a founder of Toronto's multicultural CHIN radio and TV, a philanthropist, a kind and much decorated entertainer, an a fixture of Little Italy where I lived for more than 25 years. "Assai, assai, assai." ❤️❤️❤️

Bombardier is still around and as the clip mentioned they make everything from snowmobiles, trains, to aircraft. They have cut back on their air division but still hold a substantial part of the business aircraft market. You really need to listen to the whole minute without break you miss quite a bit breaking it up like that.

Grandfather and uncles landed at Juno beach with the 19th field regiment RCA..also had grandfathers both my moms and dads side fight wiith Tecumseh to stop American expansion.we are Anishinabe from southern Ontario Canada.. we had all of our fighting aged men leave our reservation during times of war.. we have a proud fighting history..

The whole point of Heritage Minutes is to watch the one minute clip and explore the history after. So Juno Beach shows a broadcast Canadian icon after the war for many decades but also his story at Juno Beach and the contribution of the Canadian contingent at D-Day. The expectation is that the viewer would be interested to followup on Juno Beach and perhaps on the life of the man.