Léo Major, le "Rambo québécois" dans le New York Times

J'ai déjà mentionné ici les exploits de Léo Major pendant la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale. Blessé au combat et borgne, Major a pris à lui seul un bunker allemand et libéré, toujours en solitaire, le village de Zwolle aux Pays-Bas. Le New York Times réserve aujourd'hui un article aux exploits de Major ainsi qu'à un documentaire de Radio-Canada réalisé par Bruno Desrosiers ("Léo Major: le fantôme borgne" https://ici.tou.tv/leo-major-le-fantome-borgne/S01E01).

 "Why Mr. Major’s audacious wartime feats are only belatedly entering the popular imagination here, historians say, partly reflects Quebec nationalism and a lingering discomfort with French-speaking citizens fighting for the British Crown. During the war, conscription spawned loud opposition in Quebec and returning Québécois servicemen didn’t always receive their due.

 “Joining the army was seen as a taboo by many, and so men like Mr. Major didn’t like to talk about the past,” said Éric Marmen, the director of Musée Le Régiment de la Chaudière in Lévis, Quebec, a museum devoted to the Canadian Army Reserve infantry unit to which Mr. Major belonged.

 It also probably didn’t help that Mr. Major was a reluctant war hero and hothead who had recklessly disobeyed orders, according to Luc Lépine, a military historian who is writing Mr. Major’s biography, “Léo Major: A Resilient Hero.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/27/world/canada/quebec-leo-major.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news