# Why was there a Canadian force on D-Day?

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**Created:** [June 6, 2014, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-there-a-canadian-force-on-d-day/690203 "2014-06-06T14:45:05Z")\
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> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Sorry, posting late at night and didn’t make myself clear:
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> “In both wars, the Dominion troops were under the command of either the British [in WWI], or [in WWII], the Allied command, which could ultimately be an American or a Briton, depending on the theatre.”

You know, not that I harbour imperial German sympathies or anything, but I could see how they might have figured they were the good guys when they were told “Men, tomorrow we face the soldiers of… The Dominion”. There’s an in-built scare chord to that word.

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