Justified or otherwise, I file that kind of behaviour under ignorance. Nothing else can explain it. I've never seen or heard of anything like it in Canada. A nearby town changed its name to Dieppe after the failed raid on July 19, 1942, at a time when we were losing everywhere. Our military had the country's respect, and there's abiding respect to this day for FDR and Ike for marshalling and commanding forces to save us from looming tyranny.
A lightly populated country compared to the big powers, Canada finished the war with the fourth-largest air force and third-largest naval surface fleet in the world. My Scottish uncle was No. 2 Commando, my Dad bomber pilot shot down in 1942, intelligence chief of The Great Escape. They'd be embarrassed to be called heroes. Our family served under Nelson, took part in burning of Washington, and included a commissioned officer on transport Northumberland that took Napoleon to exile.
I've been to Dieppe. Stark reminder of brave Canadians who gave their lives.
