Argh!

[cmperry4]

I was mostly enjoying History Channel's presentation of a British series on D-Day Mean and Machines, until - did anyone else see this? - they showed the dramatic recreations of the planning room and on the map of Normandy showing the assault beaches, with the national flags, and for Juno beach they had the 1965 Liberal Maple Leaf - WTF? Everything else was nicely enough done on the show, but they sure blew that one. It's not the first time I've seen that sort of vexillological revisionism, either.

I'm thinking of sending a rocket to History Channel - anyone else done that yet?

[RHClarke]

Well, Mark,

I'm quite happy to see that we have been recognized and not lost in our British friends shadow. I agree that it is not historically accurate to use the new flag, but it does draw one's eye (ire?).

It beats using US trucks for a GM commercial depicting the Canadian Army in WWII (insert sounds of pot being stirred...).

RHC

[cmperry4]

Well at least they acknowledged the Canadian element, but most of the discourse concerned Omaha and Sword beaches, the use of Higgins boats and the mixed success of DD Tanks, as well as the success of various Hobart Funnies. Some OK cgi and re-enactment stuff otherwise.- that flag thing was just so glaring.

[Garry Shipton (RIP)]

I tend to disagree with your assessment of the new Maple Leaf flag on History Channel.While watching the documentary "The Lost Tanks of D-Day" on Discovery Channel,the commentator referred to the Dieppe Raid as a British raid with Canadian commandos .He went on to say the Invasion Beaches of the British invasion force on D-Day as Sword and JUNO.Our Maple Leaf flag today shows exactly who we are,as per previous thread on it's recognition.I love the old flag,but today it will not identify us as CANADIANS.

[wayne c. petrie]

Just speculating,but I would say that most,if not all, of the people at History Channel are too young to know what the Canadian Red Ensign is or was,and what it means to a vet.
My father was buried under the Red Ensign at his request.He said" that is the flag I fought under and that is the flag I will be buried under".
At least they reconized Canada on the progam,which,sorry to say,I missed.
I would say most of the younger generation ,40 & under, do not even know of the Red Ensign.
I had put up two flags in my yard,one the Maple leaf,the other.the Red Ensign.My neighbor,a Pole.of 78 years of age, looked at them.I asked him if he new what the Red Ensign was.He replied,"Yes .The flag of Canada Before the other.The flag when I came here to this glorious land of Canada."
The Red Ensign means a lot to the older generation,but ,sad to say,it has no meaning to our younger generation.
A part of history sent to the archives.

Wayne

[rob love]

About 3 years ago my unit was preparing for a "proffesional developement" trip to France, primarily most of the officers and SrNCOs, and we had some small briefings prior to leaving to educate the average guy on what they were going to see. (We were visiting Dieppe beaches, and primarily the Juno beach as well as some of the Inland areas where Cdn fighting occurred.) During one of the breifings, when the title page of the Powerpoint presentation showed the Red Ensign, a Lt asked: "Whose flag is that".
As if that wasn't bad enough, when I gave the Dieppe briefing, many in the room had never really heard of the battle, nor understood it's significance.

Too much US history in school, and not enough Cdn.

Probably just as well they showed the modern Cdn flag on the TV show, or some people would complain that the showed ignored the Cdns, and gave a double helping of the British contribution.