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Originally Posted by Abbott Shaull
I for one don't see that NATO would find many benefits of recruiting such units in the long run. I can see them start the training process and what not, but would they be able to keep them together as a unit long enough to get them to the front before the unit would become to diluted?
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Abbott,
In the main, most Canadians would probably be recruited into their local regiments, and so on, regardless of ethnic background.
At least for special-purpose units or for operating behind the lines, people who actually know the language and culture as natives would be invaluable. I could see a Commando (special operations company) of the Airborne regiment made up of Poles recruited to operate behind the lines, or Ukrainians to operate in the Ukraine.
Tony