Remembrance Moments - Netherlands

Remembrance Moments Canada Remembers the Liberation of the Netherlands
Image of a Dutch street V-E Day, May 8, 1945
Destruction of a city, buildings are reduced to rubble
A tank drives through a city in which many buildings are damaged
Tanks drive through a city The war in Europe is over
A large crowd of Dutch people celebrate in the street Millions celebrate
Canadian soldiers walk past civilians
Canadian soldiers walk together single file Including Canadian soldiers
A number of tanks drive past
A tank fires off a single shell
German soldiers man an automatic riffle Who bravely fought for months
Soldiers standing in amongst the trees fire their rifles
A line up of tanks fire off rounds
A shell from heavy artillery hits the ground causing dirt to fly In fierce battle in Northwest Europe
Two tanks fire shots
In a field, a shell hits the ground causing an explosion
Soldiers sit on the ground, hands up in surrender To defeat the enemy
Soldiers run in single file, hands on the back of their heads
Tanks drive down a city street
Dutch people celebrate, waving and cheering And liberate the Netherlands
Soldiers carry a body on a stretcher More than 7,600 Canadians die
City and homes are in complete ruins In the struggle to free the Dutch people
Young malnourished children sit outside
Who had suffered years of deprivation
Modern day Canada, people celebrate waving flags and shaking hands with Veterans Over 70 years later, the Dutch people have never forgotten
Tulips outside of Centre Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Every spring, tulips bloom in our nation’s capital
Large patch of red tulips A gift of the Dutch people
Canadian headstones at a Dutch cemetery And, to this day, the Dutch lovingly tend the graves
of the Canadians who fell in the fight for freedom
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