Who taught ki-o-rahi in Dieppe in the 1940's?

Answer 1

DIEPPE WAS A FRENCH SEA PORT. DURING THE WAR WW2 CANADIANS WERE

SENT ON A RAID ON THE PORT.IT WAS A FAILURE THAT COST MANY CANADIAN

LIVES. WHAT THE ALLIES LEARNED FROM THAT RAID SAVED MANY LIVES WHEN

SICILY AND D DAY INVASIONS TOOK PLACE. NO ONE THERE HAD THE TIME TO TEACH

ANYTHING. ROD.

Very true about the 1942 landing but only from what I have read. I'm an American who had relatives who fought in WW2 and I was brought up on alot of their stories and recollections. I remember my grandfather (6th army), who was in the Normandy landings, telling me about meeting up with french soldiers in Dec, 1944 at Strasbourg - a juncture from their south push from the french riviera landings (operation Dragoon). They were of the french first army, and the bunch of soldiers they shared a meal with had also fought in Italian campaign in the french corps. they spoke about the giant moari soldiers, who fought tenaciously and were full of humour, song and fun, who showed them an unusual very fast and physical ball game played with a pronounced target.

The french soldiers knew the seine-maritime area very well, north of where my grandfather landed at Utah beach, it was where they were born, and that he was very clear on. I have seen some maps of the towns he mentioned, and they are not dieppe but in the same region. Perhaps it was these very same men who returned to their homeland, which would make my grandfather very happy that they survived, like he did to finally cross the Rhine and scrap it out on German soil.

I know that game is called ki-o-rahi but it may have a french name also? I do not know? The game is played in some of our elementary schools.