Comments by "Franceyne Ireland" (@franceyneireland1633) on "Russia Fails at Home While Paris Hosts the Olympics" video.

Soviets also received weapons and supplies from Canada and the UK.
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@BlueRidgeBubble The UK also contributed to the supply to the Soviets. Canada didn't send as much as the US but it was significant. Plus the transport was done thru Canada. By sea cost the lives of 1,600 Canadian Merchant Navy men and women it's nice to know that an American refers to it as "Screw Canada".
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@BlueRidgeBubble Canada gifted the Russians the icebreaker Montcalm in order for the Soviets to keep the ports of Murmansk and Archangel open for deliveries from the western Allies. Canada repaired 125 Soviet vessels in Canada which included provisions of sailors clothes, deck and engine room stores. 1,388 Valentine tanks (made in Angus Works in Quebec) initially were being made for the UK; 1,348 weapons carriers Canadian made in Oshawa (CMP) trucks modified to operate under -40F including the lorry a 3 ton 4x4; six pounder anti-tank portee, designed to carry a wheeled gun that can be fired from the vehicle or on the ground; 10 “Lake” class mine sweepers; 1,051 Hurricane aircraft fighters originally produced in Ontario Canada for the UK and 29 radar sets. 37,286 tons of aluminum; 10,000 tons of cordite, 27,000 tons of copper; 882,482 tons of steel rails, 1,562 flatcar units, 3 complete plants of machine tools, 500 lathes, shapers and planers plus 3 copies of unique Canadian armoured snowmobiles. Agricultural aid of 9 million bushels of wheat to eighty tons of brome grass seed, which continued after the war in Europe ended to September 1945 of 28,000 tons of flour. Regarding aircraft flown from North American to the Soviets: Fifty-six per cent, of all craft delivered to the Soviet Union from North American were flown via the Alaska-Siberia route, thru airports in western Canada. By Sept 1942 a US Air Transport Command Head quarters was established in an airport Edmonton Alberta Canada, on 23 Sept 1943 that airport handled 860 different planes in a single day. The the Murmansk Run done by Canadian Merchant Navy and Royal Canadian Navy from Halifax thru the Arctic to transport supplies to Russia a total of 41 allied convoys sailed to the Soviet ports of Murmansk and Archangel during the war. From the beginning, Canadian merchant sailors served on Allied ships making the runs. The Arctic convoys delivered millions of tons of supplies from the United States, Great Britain and Canada, including aircraft, tanks, jeeps, locomotives, flatcars, rifles and machine guns, ammunition, fuel and even boots. The Germans threw the full weight of their air force and navy against the convoys as they neared the coast of occupied Norway. Attacks by more than a dozen enemy U-boats and hundreds of planes simultaneously were common. Indeed, more than 20 percent of all cargo on the Murmansk Run was lost and one convoy lost 24 of 33 ships at a cost of 153 lives. It was so dangerous that strict orders were given that no merchant ship was allowed to stop, even to rescue sailors who fell overboard. These unfortunate men had to be left behind. The Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance in the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill records the names of the Canadians who died on the Murmansk Run, among the more than 1,600 Canadian Merchant Navy men and women who lost their lives during the Second World War.
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He's too afraid of catching something from others.
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@Peter-up9yw Thank you. Although in the poster defence what Canada contributed in both WW1 and WW2 is not widely known, including the Vimy Ridge victory in WW1. In war movies Canada is referred to as British Forces, despite Canada being independent since 1931 by the Statute of Westminster, which also included Australia, New Zealand and South Africa independence. They were all free to declare war or not against Germany in WW2, they all did within days after Great Britain did. Although the Netherlands never forgot what the Canadians did, which is greatly appreciated by the Canadians. My father-in-law and his brother took part in the liberation of the Netherlands , they went back to take part in the celebrations in the 1970's. My father-in-law said the children in the Netherlands in WW2 were starving, he and some of his army buddies bought then treats, I believe it was ice cream.
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@totozviara I believe the FSB/KGB have their fingers into a lot of politics in many countries. The events happening now didn't start over night.
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@Karlkn You are choosing to vote for what is best for your country rather than for a party. The only way to push the MAGAs out of the Republican party is to vote for the opposition at all levels.
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I too am boycotting watching the Televised Olympics for the same reason. Russian athletes were already permitted in previous Olympics under a neutral flag due to drugging. They should have been banned after Russia invaded Ukraine plus they have committed war crimes therefore should have been banned.
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The UK and Canada also supplied the Soviets with agricultural, material, tanks, vehicles, weapons and planes.
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They remember the 1972 Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the terrorism of an attack on the Israeli team by Palestinian militants that left 12 victims dead.
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@bigjobs5000 Many of men who joined the services either their parents or grandparents immigrated from the UK, so they had extended family in the UK. I'm on the coast of BC, pilots were trained in WW2 on Vancouver Island too but I don't know what type of aircraft. The Prairies of Canada even today has better streaks than the coast but the coast has better fish. Canada was on ratios too, but no where near like that of the UK such as gasoline, per person 1 cup sugar, 2 ounces tea, 8 ounces coffee, butter 4 ounces, meat less 5 ounces per day, plus beer and wine. but I don't know if that was for civilians. If your dad was single he likely noticed lots of females as by 1942-43 most of the men were over seas, and a lot of the single women worked building armaments including bombs.
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@Cryptantha I'm 75, it is time to move to a younger generation into power. The seniors who are females should remember how far women's rights have come since the 1960-1970's , therefore stand up to prevent women's rights from going backwards by supporting Harris.
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I have been boycotting the televised Olympics due to Illegal invasion of Ukraine and war crimes done by the Orcs. I disagree with the Russian athletes participating, neutral flag or not, besides they were already participating under a neutral flag do to drugging. I know of others doing the same, hopefully it hurts the advertisers. However I believe all other athletes from other countries should continue to participate.
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I believe it is the interest on Russian assets in western banks that have been sanctioned therefore Russia doesn't have access to them.
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@chrismartin5662 I don't know, other than it was the interest that incurred on Russian funds or assets in Western banks since it had been sanctioned.
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@weirdo1060 Were the Russian athletes who serve in the Russian military banned?
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I read a report that under Harris there are now thousands of volunteers willing to campaign and go door knocking.
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I don't believe he could go as of March 2023 the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian commissioner for children's rights, based on reasonable grounds that the two are responsible for "unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children from occupied areas of Ukraine to the Russian Federation, a war crime.
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