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I live near the Canadian Military Cemetery in Holten...
Each year before Christmas a very large portion of villages around will come together. About a thousand children will all have a little lantern and place it near to a grave.
It's to make sure to let these heroes known they're not forgotten...ever.
It's beautiful.
I know that I would do anything to help you guys if anything were to happen like this again. Canada has nothing but love and friendship for the Dutch people.
@@dovid916 hi there...
Just because hardly anyone knows this...but all Canadian and American military graves in the Netherlands have been 'adopted'.
Hope you're able to keep it dry...it's pretty awesome!
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Two Country's one Spirit, the Netherlands never forget, NEVER!!❤️
Ottawa is my hometown and the tulip festival has always been an important part of our lives and not just for the nice colors but for remembering the connection between Canada and Netherlands.
I would like to visit Netherlands one day
@@CountryLifestyle2023 please do ! I'll guarantee you'll feel more welcome than you've ever experienced!
My grandfather was a Canadian liberator in the Netherlands, he had a 6 week affair with my grandmother after my city was liberated. That was just enough to get her pregnant, at that time is was not socially accepted to have a child from a foreign soldier without being married, after this she married a dutch man that came back frome the Indonesian war, and he adopted my father as his own, this was possible du to a special law they had made for overseas soldiers. My father asked my grandmother many times about his real father, but she didn't tell him much. He tried a couple of times with special search organisation's but he didn't succeed in finding him. My father died 2 years ago, but still when I see pictures of Canadian liberators I find myself looking for facial features that might look like my father. Although I didn't know my real grandfather, I am still proud that I'm his grandson
So sad that a lot of wartime children never got toknow their real father. But there are DNA databanks nowadays which cover the world. Is that an idea for you to try to find out if there could be a match if he had a descendants in Canada? Or were these databanks the organisations you mentioned? I really hope you find some information one day. Take care!
I recommend doing dna test ancestry and 23andme do both.
That’s amazing you should totally do DNA good luck! You are part Canadian !
Did you try the Canadian legions they should be able to help if you are still looking or the Veteran Affairs in Ottawa pretty sure they a site on here!
Every single grave of the fallen soldiers at the Dutch war cemeteries are adopted by Dutch families who take care of the graves and bring flowers to them and are often in touch with the soldiers families. Even today there are waiting lists of people who want to fulfill this honour.....that is how we feel about our liberators!
The Dutch honour our soldiers much more than we Canadians do! Watching the Dutch celebrate VE day brings me to tears every time.
THANK YOU....FROM CANADA
Wow, I had no idea. That is too awesome, after such a long time. Thank you 😊
@@nathanadrian7797 Highway of Heroes
That is beautiful!
"You have to have been occupied to appreciate what freedom really means! And when you do you never forget who gave it to you!" Words of wisdom and truth.
I live a few miles just out of DC and last week it was 80 years ago that Pearl Harbor was attacked and the US was (officially) drawn into the second world war. Being DC there were a few ceremonies and I heard similar words from attendees about today's world and everybody takes everything for granted and their biggest issue if someone is using the proper pronoun. Those elderly people said that people today complain why to much because they grew up in a care free world...
Well said
Please remember that this is a reflection of what Ukrainians are going through. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🇨🇦❤ love from Canada
I am now a Dutch Canadian, i was born in the beginning of the war, i remember the last two years of the war. I became a Royal Dutch navy man ( 7 YEARS ) and a diver (frogman ). And proud to have served . Now living in Canada for fifty two years and a proud member of the Royal Canadian legion for over fifty years and proud of it.
thank you for your service sir
Thanks for your service and glad you found a home with us Canucks.
Glad to have you brother! Thanks for your service, and I hope you enjoy retirement.
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Wow! And after 5 years of Nazi occupation, you guys brought peace, freedom and democracy to your former colonies like Indonesia. Oh, right, you didn't, they had to blast you to pieces to get their freedom from you. Makes me sick that you people learned nothing from the German occupation and that Canadians died to preserve the freedoms that the Dutch denied others - maybe the colour of their skin had something to do with it? Who knows?
I'm weeping watching this. I'm so proud to be Canadian.
We unironically have never forgotten. I guess we might even be the starters of the tradition of the Canadians to say thank you.
and as a dutchy, i love you and hope you have a great life
@jerquake943 Although i sympathyse with Canadians a lot, this is not exactly true. Canadians were important and liberated more than half of the country, but they weren’t first.
Americans liberated the south of Limburg first (hence Margraten cemetry), and they were very important in liberating south eastern Netherlands, including the villages where my grandparents lived.
I also wept over this video. I am Dutch and my gratefulness to the Canadians runs so deep. Thank you!
we need our children to see this, the vets are passing away and this can't ever be forgotten.
My grandmother summed it up like this “we owe them a life debt, we and our children and our childrens children, that we may never forget.”
A good friend was a child living in an orphanage in Zwolle Netherlands during the war eating potato peaks and cabbage leaves. His town was liberated by a single Canadian soldier. Leo Major the one eyed scout.
Yes, his story could & should be a movie the man was incredible, kind of reminds you of the Monty Python skit where the knight loses both legs & arms & says "T'is but a scratch, come back & fight you, coward."
It's the most amazing real life story I've ever heard. So amazing
@@Gaetano.94 both the life of Leo Major and my friend who reunited with his family after the war emigrated to Canada. He served in the Canadian Army and still works a civilian capacity
@@denisobrien4253 I've always wanted to serve my country, turned 18 and went to go try and get recruited, declined because of a chronic disease that I have. I just turned 28 and I don't think I would have wanted to continue life with how absolutely nothing has changed for me, but I'm in remission now but I know it won't be long term.
@@Gaetano.94 Keep fighting and stay strong ! A string spirit is better than medicine (well....not rly but you know what I mean!! Lol)
If a world war broke out I'll sign up in your place
We're not only thankfull for what the Canadian soldiers did, but also for the American and British soldiers
And don´t forget the Russians
@@edwinhof2090 And the Polish soldiers..
@@edwinhof2090 There were no Russians directly involved in the liberation of the Netherlands. The 1st Canadian Army formation was involved which also had elements from other nations such as the British I Corps, and the 1st Polish Armoured Division, as well as, at various times, the American 104th Infantry Division (Timberwolf), 1st Belgian Infantry Brigade, Royal Netherlands Motorized Infantry Brigade and 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade
@@vernonmcphee6746 I know they were not directly involved in the liberation of the Netherlands but I was refering to theit contribution in beating Nazi Germany.
The Americans already take all the credit for winning world war 2. Countries like Canada and Australia, who punched well above their weight during the war and played important rolls, are often forgotten. There is a reason Canada is singled out for praise in the liberation of the neatherlands, let's not trivialize that.
My grandma actually remembers when the canadians came into our neighbour town. They soon came to my small town and they handed her chocolate. The first chocolate she ever had, and the best, so she says
Beautiful
My grandfather was there during the liberation, all he could talk about years later was searching everything they had to give to the Dutch, even their own rations. My grandfather also spoke about giving out the chocolate and how it felt so little to him. He drove a recovery truck
I am a Canadian with Dutch relatives. They never let me forget what our country did for them.
Thank you for this.
🇨🇦 🍁
@jerquake943we already forgot, half of us didn’t even want to be “liberated”
Thank YOU!!
My grandparents took a Canadian veterinarian in their house after the war, we visited him in Canada and he came back here a few times, he sadly passes away a few years ago, but I will never forget his stories. Each year on may 5th we hang the Canadian flag outside that he gifted to us. He was an amazing man and I will never ever forget him. His daughters still visit us every single year!
Veterinarian or veteran?
@@williamjordan5554 oh shoot veteran, my English wasn’t great a year ago😂
Amazing! Thank you from an average Canadian! I hope to visit with my wife and daughter in a couple of years!
The Dutch know more about Canada's role during WW2 than most Canadians. I remember seeing that parade on the CBC with the Vets. There were tears everywhere including self here at home.
Canadian, visited the Nederlands for th first time as a kid in 1980, first time I learned all about Canada's role in liberating Holland and how important it was in the country still. Then as an adult I visited again in the late 90s; walking through a small town past an elementary school, the windows plasterd with all the kids' paintings project: "Thank You Canada." We just walked by. looking at them all, in silence but teary-eyed. Felt good.
Please tell your experiance here in the Netherlands. Canada had a hudge role in the liberation of Europe. So many Europeanen were so happy that the Libarators were on their way. The Americans, the Canadian, Great-Britain. Many lost their lives. I am from the Netherlands. Believe me of not. There were also a lot Germans who wanted to be liberated.
Please know that Nazi’s aren’t the same as Germans😔
@@silviaabelskamp524 I'm English born (1948) raised in Canada from 1953! My dad was in the REME, British Army in WW2. His factory over here had a few German, Austrian and other veterans! Our home was open to all of them! One of my fondest memories is of dad and an Austrian man who came by with a huge map of Crete! Here they sat with a couple of beers, going over the map reliving their memories to see how close they came to meeting! From my parents and their friends l learned "In Life, Love, and War, we all loose our innocence. Don't loose your humanity too!" Peace and Love from Canada ♥️🌹♥️
I was born after the war. As an adult, I met a man in his 80s who now lived in Canada. When I told him my father was one of the Canadian soldiers who liberated 2 places in The Netherlands, he started to cry and hugged me so hard. He wanted to meet my father, who unfortunately had died several years before. I'll never forget that.
For those who remember the wonderful actress Audrey Hepburn, she was liberated by the Canadian army in Velp, Holland in April 1945. She and her family were hiding in the basement when Audrey decided she had to go upstairs and look outside. She found Canadian soldiers outside her doorway, and surprised them when she popped out. This was dangerous because you can end up getting shot when you come through a doorway unexpectedly as a battle passes by. The Canadians gave her what food they could from what they carried with them, mostly quick energy food like chocolate bars. Audrey wolfed down some of the chocolate (or it may have been a small tin of cream) because she had been starving for months during the "hunger winter" of 1944-45--and promptly vomited it back up. Her body's system simply could not digest the dairy product due to the many days and months of no real food whatsoever. She weighed a mere 88 pounds! Many people are convinced that her thin frame originated during that winter, and that the malnutrition she suffered then may have eventually led to her developing cancer and dying at age 63.
Around 7,000 Canadians died liberating Holland. Many Dutch people emigrated to Canada after the war, and were always happy and full of praise for the country that sent soldiers to liberate them.
Anyway, I thought some people might like to know that. 👌
🥲 great men and women who risked their lives for a country they’d never been to and a people they didn’t know.
Eternal gratitude 🇳🇱 ❤️🇨🇦
Check out the story of a Canadian hero called Leo Major. This guy liberated the city of Zwolle single-handed, he prevented the shelling of the city while taking over a hundred POW.
Amazing man for sure! A real hero!
It was closer to 160-200 prisoners.
At one single time he brought back 93 prisoners than made 8-10 trips with 8-10 prisoners per trip
He needs his own movie !!
That story is on RUclips
This is my hometown (Apeldoorn). I am a child of a war generation (my parents were 15 and 18 at the start of WWII). The house of my kids' grandparents still has German bullets in the walls. Evidence of what happend 76 years ago is still here.
We learned what freedom is the moment we lost it. That is why it is important to teach our children about freedom, and pass on the memories. 'Lest we forget'.
(and of course, the Dutch like to party. Give them an opportunity, and they will use it ;-) )
Thank you for this reaction video.
Shoutout to Peter Mansbridge for this segment. He always does a fantastic job
My grandparents were in the resistance, they've told me so many stories about that period
One story which made me particularly proud is that my grandfather found a young wounded German soldier in the fields hysterically crying for his mother
My grandfather never forgot the pure horror and panic in that soldiers his eyes. My grandpa didn't harm him instead they took care of him and his injuries. He actually survived!
In that same period they also found a American paratrooper hanging in the trees with broken arms and ribs. He too was rescued by my grandfather
The german and the american soldier shared a room eventually at my families farm both recovering from their injuries
The German solders were also just boys that got send. Not all of them were bad, or were indoctrinated to thinking Das drittes Reich was a good thing.
From when i was i child i remember being taught to allways show respect to the Canadians for what they did for our country. Ofcourse also for the other allies but Canada allways stood out.
We are so honoured that you remember our fallen soldiers.
It was a great experience to meet the Canadian liberators every time in my city Apeldoorn. And they were so grateful for us sanding there for them, but I can't even imagine how days we're for them during the war...just boys coming here, risking their life for us...for me! 🙏❤
Those two guys at 3:57…..They are veterans from the 48th Highlanders of Canada. I know them both. I served in that regiment from 1967 till 1974.
glory boys nice
Respect to all of you!
Thank you for your service sir!
this brings back memories , in my childhood about 45 years ago , every year The canadian soldiers stay with dutch gast family,s during theyre time in the netherlands .we welcomed a airgunner ) thats how we called the canadian pilots in our home .,every year he came back , i will never forget his name . Mr Charles Huff . i think for 7 years in a row he stayed with us . we showed him our country and guide him to the memorial appointments . we stayed in touch with letters during the years until his son wrote that he has passed away. a great memory of one of the great men that liberate us
Thank🙂s!
If you know your history you really start to appreciate the Canadians
I'm a 35 year old Canadian and a few years ago I saw on the news how the Dutch have parades to celebrate and honour Canadian soldiers. I never had any relatives that were in the war but it made me cry. It was so touching.
A few weeks ago in Zutphen, a small memorial stone was placed where a New Zeeland pilot crashed and died liberating the The Netherlands. The epitaph reads: "All I want to do is help".
That's close to where I lived. The neighbourhood is called De Hoven. I lived there for 23 years. Now I live about 15 minutes away from there but in the next town there's another crash side. An English pilot. The plane was so deep in the ground they just left it there till a few years ago. The pilot was still in there. The family was found and there's been a ceremony.
The neighbourhood the speak of at 5:40 is also actually in Zutphen, not Apeldoorn.
Totally missed this.
Waar is de steen geplaatst?
@@Snaakie83 Bij de uitkijktoren aan de overkant van de Ijssel (de Hoven).
Neem een pot bier voor hem mee!
For those who do not know: his country (New Zealand) is named after a province in the Netherlands (NL), by Dutch explorers who travelled by sea. Its name is Zeeland (in the south west of NL)...
as a canadian travelling in holland in 1990 i was only 25 but when dutch people (especially older) knew that i was from canada they went out of their way to let me know how much canada meant to them
"The little thing we did" is the understatement of the century. Because of them we can enjoy life like we do now. They are the true hero's in this world and we will never forget what they have done for us!
I'm from apeldoorn, And my girlfriend is from canada.
And every where we go in apeldoorn she saw something canadian, And i had to translate it for her.
Everytime i see this video i have tears in my eyes and i'm still thank full to Canada 🙏🥺😇🇳🇱
I wish I could know your name, man! I am a Canadian. While I have not served in the military myself. I humbly, say you are the most honest with your opinions and reactions of any veteran, I have met.
Our country of Canada will always be humbled that the school children of the Netherlands, look after the graves of our fallen soldiers!🙏😥💔
The Queen of Holland was a Canadian, and the Royal Family took refuge in our Canadian Capital of Ottawa before the invasion of the Nazi’s. We are so proud, as a Country that we could liberate their Country….and the thanks they continue to give us leaves us all humbled.
The Netherlands have sent us Millions of tulip bulbs for decades! We have an annual Tulip Festival in Ottawa every year, in the spring! The City of Ottawa, Canada is draped in various colours of tulips, so much so it becomes a tourist attraction, in itself! They have donated paintings by the Dutch masters that grace our museums. There gratitude of their masterpiece’s of historic art is viewed by thousands every year!
I have experienced all of their gratitude, as a common citizen of Canada. I am proud of the sacrifice of the Canadian men and the nurses that answered the call to Duty! I am so humbled by the decades long appreciation of the people of the Netherlands!😔🇨🇦
liberating people from the horrors of war , isn't an act of courage , but one of nobility ... from a Canadian who served in the U.S.M.C , Semper Fi .
Every year they still give tulips to us in Canada. We have a special bond with them still!
My dad was in the medical corps with the Canadian army in the Netherlands. Thanks very much for showing this. Did you know that the Dutch queen was evacuated to Canada and had a baby there? The Canadian government declared the delivery room Dutch territory for a day so the girl would be eligible to become queen when she grew up.
She was still the crown princes back then. But you are right.
It is the only time a foreign flag ever flew over Canadas Parliament.
In the small town I was born, a Scottish born, Canadian sergeant lost his life on april 19th just weeks before the war ended. A monument in his honor was placed there years ago. To this day young schoolchildren attend a ceremony every year and place flowers thanking serg. Walter Strang and the liberating forces.
My Father's eldest brother, who was with the First Canadian Army (the ones with the polar bear flash) was one of the 7600 Canadians who perished in the liberation of Holland. He rest with his comrades in the Groesbeck Canadian War Cemetery near Nijmegen. Such is the price of freedom. God Bless King Willem-Alexander and the courageous people of the Netherlands. ☮
Deep respect and warm regards to the memory of your uncle RIP !
forget willem alexander please hes not what you think he is.
hes the same as his dad a nazi and i know its hard but true, they are evil in many many ways.
So much love sent to you. It is amazing how a canadian would travel across the atlantic to die for the liberation of our small country thousands of miles away.❤😢
May our everlasting gratitude reach you with love
There is a statue of a polar bear in hilversum specifically for them.
BTW I'm born and raised in Groesbeek, always very humbling when remembering at the cemetery.
We know this story well in Canada but this popped in my feed, I watched and this Canadian cried watching. You’re a sweetheart too thank you for your service to all of our values.
When a Canadian SGT was killed in Afghanistan, a whole town in Bosnia held a memorial for this Canadian soldier. They still produce heroes, our true north, strong and free.
America: "we just passing trough on our way to Berlin"
Canada: "We will do our utmost best to liberate the entire country before moving on"
Not to piss on America, but in a way they did leave us to fend for our self's only in search of glory.
I am proud to cheer on Canada and these heroes that liberated us. I do plan to visit Canada at some point in the hope I can still meet at least one of these heroes and give a little time to talk to that person, listen to the stories and thank that person for their actions in the war. Perhaps if I'm lucky place flowers at a few grave sites for these heroes.
And the same respect for the Canadiens go out to the Aussies. I salute you _o\
my grandmother survived the starvation winter. people no longer realize what those people have suffered. I will forever thank Canada for their sacrifices. and maybe one day we can repay the debt
I live in Arnhem and every year we remember the battle and liberation. Young and old pay there respect for those that riskt and lost there lives for our future. There are parades and in the past there were also veterans from ww2. The applause from the spectators and the hospitality make me proud of my country. We will never forget what they sacrificed for us to be able to live in freedom.
During the war my grandfather got the news that he had to go work in a german factory (a lot of Dutch men were forced to do this)and he flat out refused to do that.So he had to dissapear.The resistance helped him to go 'underground'.They didn't tell my grandmother because they knew that that would be dangerous.They were right: She got arrested by the Gestapo( german police) and was 'interrogated' by them for 3 days and nights. Meaning she was severely tortured... When the germans realised that she was clueless about were her husband was they send her home. My mom knows this story because grandma's best friend told her when she was all grown up. She's the one that took care of my grandmother when she same home, badly wounded all over her body. My grandmother died when she was 93. Not once, not ever, like NEVER did she speak about the things that happened to her. We can only guess the horrors she had to endure....Being alone with a baby and a todler( my mum) and without an income, life was brutal during the war.They survived on gifts (food) from neighbours and friends. And from the resistance,send by my grandfather.
She wasn't easily showing her emotions. Hardly ever cried. But she was always very emotional on remembrance day (may 4th) and liberation day (may 5th).
There are millions of stories about the impact of the war and about the Nazi regime in our county. These stories will live on. And so will our immense gratitude towards the brave men that saved us.
"War is hell on all sides" Those are some powerful and wise words, sir!
As a Canadian, I thank you for your service, American Canadian, we are brothers, I have numerous family who have served , including WW2
I remember the stories my grandma told me about the war.. Luftwaffe shooting up the train she was in, dropping bombs on her block and the day the Canadians rolled in. The smile she had when talking about the Canadians was priceless.. She would also yell at me "You Don't know what hunger is.." when I said I was hungry as a child 😅 She was 15 to 20 during the war.
Yes, we were taught not to say “I’m hungry” but “I have an appetite” cause we never knew what hunger was!
@@ingridwatsup9671 Precisely!
1:30 And now you understand why Dutch people invented tools like the "flessenlikker" (bottle scraper), from yesterdays video about Dutch tools. They knew what true hunger is, and wasting even a single drop or crumb of food was practically offensive to people who lived through that time.
My grandparents have been eating these flower bulbs. Also wild animals like crows and rats.
I have this from my parents, and they from theirs: we don't throw away food. If anything left, give it away.
My mother wasn't a true victim of the famine but she knew hunger. That's never gone out of her system. Fat is good, "you want some extra molten porc fat over your sauerkraut mash?" When I was about 20 I was very fit, I had not a 6-pack but an 8-pack, and not buff but muscular and athletic, and with Johnny Depp cheeks because of the low fat percentage. I never was or would be more handsome, but my mother who was certainly sensitive to me being handsome didn't like it at all. 'You're far to skinny, eat more fat'.
She was also adverse to excess. Fat good yes, but don't spill and don't overdo. She had something against combinations like cotelette Suisse, ham and cheese inside of a porc chop? That was simply not right, that's not how you deal with scarce things like food, that was decadent.
My mom was 9 years old and my dad was 4 years old when the war ended and even now I still can't throw out leftover food. I often over eat on leftovers but still can't throw it in the bin.
When I moved from Canada to the Netherlands in 2000 I remember picking the flessenlikker out of my Dutch husband's kitchen asking "What the heck is this?", never seeing anything like that in Canada. After hearing about the Hunger Winter, it all made sense to me.
spot on! It's a crime to spoil food. That's still the mentality with most real Dutch people.
My father is 83 and was 7 when the war ended. There are not alot of memories left in him but he still talks about the day the canadians rolled through Winterswijk (5km from the german border) and he and his friends and parents where standing on the sidewalk cheering!
"The little thing we did" is the understatement of the century. We owe our freedom to the Allies and will be forever grateful to them.
As for you, I am so sorry for everything you went through in Afghanistan. Thank you!! You have my deepest respect.
Yes indeed 💖💗💓💞
Being a veteran myself every year I walk beside them in Wageningen. It is the biggest honour.
It brings me to tears know that they respect them so much
Vimy Ridge in France is also very big... it is now Canadian soil, in France, dedicated to those who fought and died for their freedom.
I was there in 1995. In Amsterdam that is.
The whole country was on the streets that day on may 5th. In the neighborhood my grandparents lived during the war.
I did not understand it really at the time, but I did understand the Canadians were special to us and we had to respect those men. I saw them as our saviors without knowing what it ment.
Ironically that was why I joined the army later, but I was never seen as a savior by locals over there. It turned out they were right in the end.
I'm so thankful. Its not a tiny thing. They did a great and heavy job. We are free in a free country.
So many sacrifices… we owe everyone who did his or her part to free our country in any way, shape or form… our eternal gratitude, love and respect. For my generation it is important to touch base with this part of our history every once in a while so that we will never forget what circumstances created this war and how coming together with multiple nations got us out of it.
This is really special. I'm from Apeldoorn my self, and never seen these video's. I've been to memorials and exhibitions, but that was alway photo's. This hits so close to home. Literally.
One of the reasons we remember, is because we still feel the effects of it in our daily life.
I only found out my grandfather was Jewish two years ago. Not even my father, his son knew.
My grandfather never said one word about the war, and I completely understand that.
But ever since I found out, I feel like there's a big hole in my family history, in myself. And it will never be filled, because there's no one left to fill it.
God can
The presenter of the piece is Peter Mansbridge, a legendary news anchor in Canada. He is basically our Walter Kronkite. He retired a few years ago.
We will never forget. If you want to, you can do the Canadian Walk here in Apeldoorn. A tour guided by QR-codes. More than impressive.
Back in 1995 I had the honour to talk with one of those heroes. He had to take out nazi machine gun nests with his flame thrower around the royal palace. That is the neighbourhood where I live now. He said he still saw and smelled the young guys he enflamed.
He knew the difference between Germans and nazis.
He was the only living super hero I ever met.
Thanks to all veterans, then, now, future. This civilian salutes you.
I think it's fair to say we celebrate all the liberators through the Canadians. Not just because they liberated the largest part of the Netherlands while Americans went to fight elsewhere, which had to be done too, but also because the Canadians didn't come with baggage that could somewhat influence the celebrations. No cold war in the way like would have been with the Polish liberators for decades, Vietnam didn't go down that well in the left wing Netherlands of that time and you just don't want any politics in the celebrations.
The Nazi occupation also left the Netherlands with a negative attitude towards militarism, allthough that might have been a bit older. They do marching and parades to but the Canadians just don't carry any of those associations.
Interesting point. Thank you
First i want to say i subscribed because at 1:48 i saw a REAL emotional MAN showing EMPATHY :) i'm a Canadian 39 years old ( my grandfather was too young to serve but he tried... )This story is important because the NETHERLANDS people are very grateful and me as a young Canadian i just want to say : THANK YOU NETHERLANDS for being grateful and thankful it means alot to Canada! :) we love you NETHERLANDS :)
I remember the stories... I SAW THE MARKS.... i felt the pain of my parents and grandparents.... They made me never to forget the why and the how... Our liberators have our neverending love and gratitude... Always in our 💕
My father was 11 years old when the war started and sufferd from hunger during the war. It amazed me how he could enjoy eating a slice of bread with just butter on it or sugar, or eating a potato dipped in gravy. During his youth butter, sugar or fat was wealth. We are so spoiled now flooded with dozens of brands of the same product in our stores. I thought about this when i saw you reaction video about Dutch tools yesterday when the people in that video started laughing about the "flessen-likker" tool to scrape out the last bit out of a bottle. And I can't blame them, nowadays that tool does look a bit silly. I never used it, but i'll bet the people from my fathers generation did! I guess it wasn't a tool for getting the most for your money, it was a tool to survive.
I still love fresh uncut bread with butter and sugar it taste better than a 🍰
This might sound strange, but stick with me on this story.
I love mashed potatoes (aardappelpuree). It's one of my favourite things to eat.
I never got mashed potatoes however growing up, no matter how much I loved it.
Here comes the reason why....
My grandfather was taken by the Germans to work in some camp during the war. Luckily he survived, however the forced labour and food messed up his stomach so much, the only food he was able to eat/process was mashed potatoes.
My grandfather had 7 kid, my mother ofcourse being one of them. They were all born after the war, early 50's.
They all grew up with mashed potatoes every single day.
So my mom hates mashed potatoes, therefore I never got mashed potatoes as a kid....
It might sound like a stupid story, but to me it shows how something so simple as mashed potatoes, still has a link to the war. How much that war had and still has on our generation.
To this day here in Canada 🇨🇦 the capital city of Ottawa gets Tulip 🌷 bulbs from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 every year and they are planted in front of parliament hill .
Respect From a Dutch Army Veteraan yes we are all Femaly Brothers and Sisters in arms
My mom never talked about the horror of the war until she was deep into her seventies. My dad only told funny stories and never spoke of the fear and the hunger. My father in law never revealed that he went to Berlin as a war laborer, until he was dyeing. I pieced together our history by the small remarks made at family gatherings, when drinks we’re served. So my gratitude is immense and so is my children’s and grandchildren’s. It has been a privilege to be able to thank those men who liberated us. And made it possible to raise my children in freedom.
My father was also forced to work in Berlin. For the rest of his life he was never able to really talk about it, and he always felt really miserable around the first days of May every year because of all the remembrances in those days (remembrance day and liberation day).
My dad's family didn't experience the horrors of war but they had quite a few people in hiding, but they didn't talk about it either. Once in a while small pieces were dropped, but never the full story. I got frustrated about it as a teen and asked once if they all made it safely to Paraguay. That didn't go down well.....
People also pick different things. My uncle for example was mostly impressed by the time after the liberation, the thousands of people (tenths of millions over Europe) of hungry, cold, dirty, empoverished displaced people who were on the march back home, or a different place to live. It's often like after the liberation it was all over and the rebuild started, but for millions of people the ordeal was far from over yet.
he doesnt get enough credit in my opinion so im just gonna shortly put his story here: Sergeant Léo Major and his buddy went to scout the city of Zwolle and hopefully to spare the city from artillery fire. his buddy got killed and, on his own, this one soldier imprisoned every nazi left in the city by causing chaos and making multiple trips with his prisoners back to the canadian camp. he singlehandedly liberated a city, sidenote, that city is the capital city of the province its in. he has his own streetsign, it says: the first liberator of Zwolle.
You've hit the spot Paul. It's not just upholding a tradition, that would be empty.😒
The British, American, Canadian and Polish Army did their "little thing" for The Netherlands, but with massive, enormous, humongous result!🤗🤗🤗
Je mag Rusland ook wel bedanken
@@Raphaelambrosiuscosteaux de paranoia van Hitler
Yep and Russians (great losses of lives)
@@ingridwatsup9671 They did, but not for the liberation of The Netherlands. That is why I didn't mention them.
Of course it (hopefully) is known that the Americans just passed through Limburg, the quickest way to Berlin in their race with The Soviets.
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On the the other hand it may not be forgotten what happened in Poland by The Soviets, just to name an example...
@@Raphaelambrosiuscosteaux Look at my answer to Ingrid up just before this...
We never forget..this boys saved our lives,we see them as familie..❤❤.
Im 40 years old now, and I never knew about this. I was crying like a little kid. Thank you, thank you so much from the bottom of my heart and soul you beautiful, beautiful people. Do I parents my sister can have a life. There are no words how thankfull I am to Canada.
13:15. The little thing we did..Don’t know why that gets me right in the feels so much. Sir, what you accomplished was one of the greatest things ever, sure wasn’t little. As you said Paul, still so humble. Great, great men they were.
Thank you. Greetings from a random dutch guy. Never forget this
You need to check out what Canadian soldier, Leo Major, did after D-Day. Ever heard of one man liberating a city on his own? Leo and the city of Zwolle.
There is a special bond we have with the Dutch people, every year they send us a huge amount of tulip bulbs that bloom beautifully at the Parliament Building in our capital. Ottawa.
My grandma worked as a volunteer during WW2 feeding the hungry in sort of a mega soup kitchen. After the war she received a plate as a token of gratitude with her name on it. It hangs in my parents' kitchen now. / It's always been so touching to see Canadian veterans in the Netherlands to celebrate and memorate the war and our freedom. And it's sad there's coming an end to that because they're either to old to travel or dead by now. But that doesn't stop us Dutchies to honor these brave people who gave us our freedom back!
My grandmother told me that when the American and Canadian came and they handed out bread they let it stand on the kitchen table for half a day, just admiring the bread, didn't touch it, didn't eat it even though they were hungry. Just looking and feeling blessed. My grandmother never fully recovered from the war, she always kept food in odd places just to be safe, but when we as grandkids came to "oma" we could have everything there was to eat in the house. But for herself she didn't. She's with God now and I miss her. But she lives trough in our memories.
Bless her Heart...RIP.💌
And we still celebrate liberation day every year. One big party nationwide 🍻🇳🇱
Iff I see these people each and every time.... I feel liberated. Each and every year again.
My Dad was with Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry and was part of the force that liberated Holland. He didn't talk too much about the war but he say how grateful the Dutch people were. He lost his best friend in the unit.
Thank you for watching this video. It ,s very heartbreaking
🙏 for every soldier, who served in a war, or were stationed in countries , who had to be liberated or protected, like you in Afghanistan, you are our angels on this earth and that’s why you are our heroes, thank you for that, and for being the loving man you are 🥰 I wish you all the best in life ❤️
I`m from The Netherlands and didn`t live through the war i`m to joung, but my parents told me, thought me and showed me respect and i`ll teach my kids and eventualy my grand kids. we must never forget so it wont happen again........................................................
And we keep honoring them till the last one passes away... and perhaps even beyond.
For sure beyond!
This makes me cry so much. Every year @memorial day at 20:00 , i say Thank you, so very much , for our freedom.. and that for 2 whole minutes. That will never change!!
I've seen this video a few times and it keeps moving me. Then I think of my father. Born in 1916 (first world war) and first in the army in 1936. Then again in 1939 and in 1940 he had to fight against the mighty German army. With a bent rifle and only five bullets against German tanks. It was an unfair fight. He stayed out of the hands of the Germans for five years. His brothers and brothers-in-law were all deported to Germany. My father has often been in hiding. He was also once shot in the buttock by someone from the Grüne Polizei. He survived. His brothers and brothers-in-law also miraculously survived. Immediately after the liberation, my father volunteered to join the army to collect stolen goods in Germany. That was quite dangerous when all the German troops did not want to surrender. They raided allied transports from the woods. My father drove there with a sten gun in his lap.
An emotional hug for you and for all those men and women who gave me freedom! 🙏🥰
Check out a video when Canadians were repatriated after falling in Afghanistan it is called Highway of Heroes , This is where they were taken to their final destination from the Canadian military Air Force base along a highway going towards Toronto,
Served in Afghanistan and Mali aswell, got injured, and never found a new job were I can fit in aswell, no one knows what Friends really are unless you have been in the army, fighting side by side.. greeting from the Netherlands and keep up the great word!👌
My grandfather was in the 2nd world war. He was a chaplain in the Canadian Forces. He was born in Rotterdam and the cathedral he was baptized in was destroyed. The Dutch Royal family lived in Toronto during the war. There’s a very close relationship between the Canadians and Dutch.
My grandfather was actually in the Dutch Resistance during WW2, he helped hide Jews, stole potatoes from the Nazi's and he even had to shoot a soldier. After the war he'd ride a bicycle without tires for kilometers, going from farm to farm for tulip bulbs to feed his family. After that once the rebuilding started he was one of the people asked to help with the rebuilding of the city Haarlem. We still have a painting he got as payment as there was no money left to give during that time.
He passed away when I was only 5 years old(31 now) so I haven't been able to ask him about that time myself, but the stories I've heard about him are ingrained in me for sure.
A beautiful and touching video. I still remember seeing Canadian veterans at a similar parade when I was a young child. My city of Haarlem was liberated by the Canadians as well. My grandparents told me stories about the day they rolled into town, and the party atmosphere of that moment in May 1945. My grandfather was also starving at the end of the war, because there was simply no food in the cities anymore. Luckily the tulip fields are near Haarlem, so they dug up those to feed themselves. My grandmother was send one a barge to farmers in the north of the country, to be saved from starvation. We will never forget what the allies did for the Netherlands. Even the Russians. My other grandfather was liberated by the Red Army, because he was forced to work east of Berlin during the war. He was rounded up during a razzia in Haarlem, and was deported to Germany to be forced to work there.
Ottawa has a tulip festival every year due to the ties to the Dutch. Might be worth checking out on Wikipedia if you haven't heard of it.
@HXC!,We Dutch love the Canadians & Canada Not only for their help to liberate Us from the Nazi ofupation,but also Canada gave shelter to the Royal Family,& so crown princes Julisna‘s third daughter princes Irene could get Born in an Canadian Hospital,That was on an prenicise the Canadians declareren Dutch Territory,& it’s because of the Canada & the Canadians That we are now living in an free Country & our Royal Family survived wo2!
Margreit, not Irene.
Great video, I come from a small town in the Eastern part of NL and we were liberated by the Canadians. We have 4 military graves of fallen soldiers from WWII, including one without a name and each year on remembrance day a huge part of the town gather to visit the graves. Even though I am 21 years old and learned about WWII in school and from stories of my grandparents I am so grateful that young men came to liberate my little town and often think about how these men died in a small town where they knew nothing about and would never see Canada again.
One little edit I want to make is for the intro of the video. My grandma comes from Hilversum and told me that she and her brother went on foot to the eastern side of the country with a wagon to get food from the local farmers when they were around 6. So they made an 120 KM trip on foot to support their family. From what I remember in school, there were a lot of people doing this at the time and she always told me to be grateful for being able to eat as much as I want.
Is a Canadian, I would just like to thank you for doing this video and the serious respect you gave and the emotion you reacted with. I'm a Canadian woman on the west coast of Canada. I was not born yet I wouldn't be born until the mid-60s but on my mother's side five of her seven Brothers were in world war II. One was captured, was in a prisoner camp for 11 months, 6'1 came back way 93 lb, he died at the age of 59 as the family all knew that it had taken a lot out of him. It gets me so emotional, like you said all that turns what they must have had to go through what they had to do. I must admit you see things like this and it makes you so emotional. So thank you for your reaction video 👋🇨🇦❤️🇺🇸❤️🌎🌏🌏
Even though my father was born shortly after the war, my maternal grandfather was in the Dutch resistance. I can still remember the stories he sometimes told us.
Also in schools we are tought about WWII and the horrors that took place during it.
We are tought that the British and the Americans did *so* much to defeat the Nazi's... yet it we're the Canadians that came here and were the ones who came to our little country!
Not for glory, not for financial of economical gain, but just because it was the right thing to do!!
We now know what freedom means and we will *NEVER* forget!!! Nor will we fail to teach our children what it was like and who made it possible that they now have the freedom to say and do what they want!
And the fact that those Heroes say it was a "little thing" they did, that it was "nothing special", makes our hearts burn all the brighter for Them!
Thank you Canada, for being there in our most desperate times!
Know that if ever Canada gets overrun by a foreign nation, the Dutch will remember!
Even if our government doesn't... we will!!!
It's show's how important education is and teaching the truth of our history.🙏❤️❤️🇵🇾🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸
I saw the movie act of valor, and at the end there is a poem..for some it sounds realy hard..but it got to me and since then its my motto.
“So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours. Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people. Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none.
When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.“
That's my hometown. I was there at V day in the 90s. Fly over by 2 Spitfires and then the parade started.
We will never forget..❤
I thank every soldier who liberated us and gave back our freedom, praised are those brave men and women, they will always live in our memories. The fact that I can live in freedom I owe to our liberators.
I don't know if you've seen it, look up a video about Leo Major. It is absolutely insane what he did during WW2. I can't do it justice trying to explain it. 🤯