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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014

      1. My great-grandfather was a soldier in the First World War.

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      2. He was a Sikh, from the Punjab, a group that was heavily recruited by the British army after the 1857 rebellion.

      1 reply 7 retweets 21 likes
    3. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      3. On the hundred anniversary of WWI & 96th anniversary of its end I want to think about imperial soldiers like my great-grand father

      3 replies 6 retweets 25 likes
    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      4. According to family lore, after the war ended, my great-grandfather waited for British to send him back to India. Then got impatient.

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    5. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      5. Tired of waiting, he started walking back to India, hitching rides, stowing away. (I'm pretty sure this story isn't true.).

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    6. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      6. That little bit of family folklore speaks to the ambiguous position of imperial soldiers: they served the empire but had other plans.

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    7. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      7. We think of imperialism as Europeans sending armies to Asia, Africa, the Americas. But there was a reverse traffic too.

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    8. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      8. For the French and British, one advantage of empire was an nearly inexhaustible supply of soldiers for the European wars.

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    9. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      9. Not just French and British: you can't understand Spanish Civil War without appreciating Franco's advantage of having Moroccan troops.

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    10. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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      10. At the background of WWI was German anxiety that France & Britain had global empires, which included supply of imperial troops.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014

      11. Here in Canada, it's common to talk about the First World War as being fought for freedom and democracy.

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        1. William Young  🇨🇦‏ @corkingiron 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Lying about the causes is not an honorable act of Remembrance. They faced death. The least we can do is face the truth.

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        1. Elon-o Musk-o‏ @wandrngscholar 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet Even at the time, it was "fought to make the world safe for Democracy"

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 11 Nov 2014
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          12. But, Woodrow Wilson & the Yanks aside, it wasn't common during WWI to see it as war for democracy; it was a war for empire.

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        3. E B Moon / Evan‏ @LowbrowFae 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet National honor, too. Neutral rights and all that (though that's somewhat of a joke). Ironically, it kicked off the end of empire.

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        1. Adele Perry‏ @AdelePerry 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet the chill that greets even moderately critical arguments around Canada & WWI is not new:remember the Valour and the Horror (1992)?

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        1. Adele Perry‏ @AdelePerry 11 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet and as @freezingkiwi suggests, this distinguishes Canada from NZ and Australia, where nationalist framings carry the day.

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        2. Adithya Venkatesan‏ @adadithya 12 Nov 2014
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          @HeerJeet @WhiteMughalsFan This is pretty darn interesting.

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        3. White Mughals Fan‏ @WhiteMughalsFan 12 Nov 2014
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          @adadithya I know! @HeerJeet is awesome! Just discovered his account & look forward to more.

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