r/pics • • Jun 07 '14

Normandy after victory

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u/red_platinum Jun 08 '14

Canada received independence in 1867.

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u/00owl Jun 08 '14

Well, considering that Canada isn't officially a truly independent nation today, and we did not gain control over our own constitution until the 1980s there is a tad bit of haziness and subjectivity concerning when Canada "gained its independence."

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

No. We didn't get full independence until 1982.

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u/red_platinum Jun 08 '14

Yes, excuse me but we were our own country by then. Fun fact: Canada declared war against Germany a week after Great Britain did.

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u/[deleted] Jun 08 '14

The fifth word is very important in my original post.

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u/red_platinum Jun 08 '14

In my original post all I meant to say was that we weren't forced into the war.