- 2‘. and better equipped enemy; As soldiers they were superb, and Canadians in general regrad the performance of the Mackenzie-Papineau Brigade as heroic”. And furhter: "History has proven them right. They were among the first to take on fascism”. As a participant in that anti-fascist war I felt your readers i deserve a more balanced assessment of these Canadians who volunteered to figh t fascism in Spain, seeking neither glory or fame, nor financial reward while risking their lives to help save democracy in Spain and stoppingffifii-/from engulfing the world. w. A; Kardash Lieut. Tank Brigade in Spain