Remember the Canadian soldiers who died on the mission of mercy at the end of World War II

More than 12 hours before the end of World War II in Europe, he was a Canadian young man, accompanied by a young tank leader on an equal footing, in the cold and rainy countryside in Northern Germany on the mission of mercy.

Or so think.

Honorary Captain Albert Macriri and Portan Norman Golddy only with the Canadian Guard Tank Regiment for less than a month.

It was May 4, 1945.

Adolf Hitler’s third sheikh was in his last hours, and the Nazi soldiers rotated between fighting until death and surrender.

War notes from the Guardian Regiment are recorded on that morning in forests and lanes north of Oldberg, including the Goldeni forces being held in the event of defending Germans.

The Canadian combat priests, throughout the war in Europe, found that they are heading in a pocket with cash and rescue the obedient tank crews.

From German prisoners, Maksiri learned about the wounded of the wounded enemy soldiers who need help and comfort – or so he was told.

It was too late in history, it was customary to do.

An account, quoting the former guards regiment soldiers, decades of war, quoted one of them as skeptical of a Maksairi plan, mostly because no one knows where the wounded enemy can be found.

Regardless, at 3 pm on the last full day of the fighting, McCrery and Goldie set out to bring the injured Germans.

They never return.

Phil Ralph, a former Canadian military priest, said he was haunted by the story.

“His mission is to take care of everyone. Therefore, it is a wonderful and non -selfish act,” Ralph said, referring to Maksiri.

“In the horror, misery of fighting, war and conflict to maintain this level of humanity and mercy, it is very great … they are close to what they believe will be to stop hostilities.

“The enemy is still … but this does not deter him.”

Fujaian war notes noted that when the husband did not mention again, a patrol was sent to find her, but she did not show anything.

According to one, the McCrery’s body was “unofficial,” was played with bullets “, and was found in a swamp two days later. Goldie’s remains have never been recovered.

“Both officers were killed in circumstances that are still mysterious,” said the official date of the Canadian army, which was published in 1960.

Another account insisted that there is nothing mysterious at their end.

He praised the University of Maksiri written for the pain of Matter, McMaster University, to an official account claiming that the unarmed Badry “called it German snipers when he went to save a German young soldier trapped in a fire tank.”

Goldi’s fate remained a mystery.

During that last bloody day, the Canadian army suffered along the front 60 victims – 20 of which are fatal, including McCrery and Goldie. The couple, Himanananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananananania and us, can represent the last Canadian who die in a battle against the German face forces.

Victory news was surprising

In the hours that followed their deaths, rumors of German surrender raced up and down on Canadian Airlines.

The BBC was the first to broadcast the news about the imminent German surrender in the Netherlands, Denmark and Northern Germany, and the ceasefire, which was supposed to be issued the next morning – May 5, 1945.

The news of surrender came as hostile to the two forces, and some, like the Canadian Greenadians, were fighting fiercely in that morning.

When it was announced, there were no “slogans and a few external signs of emotion”, as stated in the official account. Many soldiers found it difficult to believe it.

Upon receiving the official reference, the first Canadian army commander, General Harry Krerar, ordered an immediate cessation of all operations, and late in the evening on May 4, he threw the forces under his leadership.

He talked about the courage they fought, with Deby’s slaughter almost three years ago and the brutal campaign across France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

“The full victory over the German enemy has been secured,” Krayar said. “In the rejoicing in this higher achievement, we must remember friends who paid the full price of the belief that they also saw that it could not be sacrificing the interests of the principles for which we fought very great.”

Jeff Nox, a historian of the Canadian War Museum, said that the Canadians tend to remember the liberation celebrations in the Netherlands, but there was a completely different aspect in Northern Germany where the guards tank regiment was driving his car towards the North Sea.

“There are tanks with anti -tank weapons in a close distance, killing crew, snipers, ambush, or large battles that occur,” Nox said.

“It may seem clear now that the war is about to end in early May, but it was not clear at all when the war would end for the people who were there on the ground.”

Ralph said that their death near the ceasefire confirms the tragedy of the war and its presence, and leaves a permanent scar on the families that left behind.

Earlier in his career as a military agent in Toronto, he said that the sister of a Canadian soldier died in Europe would regularly put it immediately.

Ralph said: “Her brother was killed near the end of World War II. It was not just dramatic like Badri, but near (the end). Every time he wandered the day of anniversary, I knew that she would get a question for me and the question was:“ Al -Qassus, he went all the time.

What are you saying?

Ralph replied with the only possible answer: “You know, we do not know.”