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Mr. Edwards reflects on his feeling that the war would not have been won by the Allies if not for the Canadian contribution.
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The other day I was telling someone, I went a little bit overboard and I said, they said, “Whenever you see the German bringing out some new equipment: the jets, the buzz bombs, all these things before us.” They say, “How did they lose the war? ” And I’ve concluded it’s because they had the Canadians and the Aussies, New Zealanders, and all these people.Interviewer: Is that because they would do things that were unconventional? In one way, and they were very determined to do them. But unconventional is a good word. Being able to change and divert quickly is probably our make-up in Canada, you know. I can’t imagine them winning it without the Canadians. I really can’t. And that goes for the Army and the Navy and our Air Force. Wherever the Canadians were there seemed to be strength and success and not that you could do it alone but, and they were, they expressed confidence. They had that little bit of a cockiness that the RAF didn’t have, you know. Which can be a bad thing, but it can be a very good thing at the right time, eh. You know you’re leading people into battle and you have to act like a leader, they want to go with you.