General Sir Arthur Currie, Commander of the Canadian Corp during World War 1. He was the war’s most successful general bringing credit to a young Canadian nation. Yet he was shunned by the Canadian government of the day primarily due to the blatant jealousy, pettiness and absurdity of the politicians and home spun military brass. MP Sam Hughes was the prime Currie antagonist. His actions and that of Canada’s hierarchy proves to me that Canada’s underlying abhorrence to success and fame is attributable to an underlying acute inferiority complex that is evident still to this very day.
“What, do you think your are better than us Currie?” Many of that day would say.
Canada shuns success. That is why many Canadians hate Trump and suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome in spades.
Curried died in 1933. He was a broken man. One who did not deserve the treatment he received.
His birthplace and home in Strathroy Ontario is a broken down shell of a residence. If he was an American, a theme park would have been established there. His home in Victoria, BC, Victoria West, is still inhabited by someone but with a very small nondescript plaque in place stating that Currie once lived there.
Shame on Canada.
But I am not surprised. General Guy Simmons was Canada’s most successful General of World War 2. For his efforts he received the same treatment from his countrymen as Currie did.
Shame on Canada.
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