The Lafrenière Soldier, Saint Léon and World War II
The Lafrenière Soldier, Saint Léon and World War II Continued translation of Odile Marten's Pionniers de la Montagne Pembina: Saint Léon 1877-2000 borrowed from the Manitoba Legislative Library. (p. H-164) At the beginning of September 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Two days later, France and Great Britain, bound to Poland by an agreement, went to war with Germany. On September 10, 1939, Canada declared war on Germany. The terrible war that is tearing Europe apart leaves no one insensitive. Newscasts come in News reports arrive almost without delay across the Atlantic, to Saint Léon. Joys and tragedies overlap in community life. Even if the conflict does not unfold in Canada, the repercussions are felt. We are more saddened when the news comes from the fighting where so many Canadians were left on the battlefield. Nineteen young men from Saint Léon joined the Canadian army during the war, most conscripted after 1942 when ...