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Description
Colonel Merritt gives significant credit to the efforts of the armed forces of the British Empire in the early years of the Second World War.
Transcription
Up until Hitler invaded Russia the only country or countries that stood up against the German’s were the countries of the British empire and this is not really appreciated. France had gone, Belgium gone,
Interviewer: Poland
Poland, Norway
Interviewer: Czechoslovakia, Denmark
The whole lot.
Interviewer: Yes
And if it had not been for the British people we’d have lost the war.
Interviewer: And when you say British people, Colonel Merritt, you are referring to Canadians as well.
Yes, and the Australians, New Zealanders, principally and then of course a lot of the smaller colonies.