Remembrance Moments - Netherlands
Remembrance Moments
Transcript
Image of a Dutch street
V-E Day, May 8, 1945Destruction 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 overA large crowd of Dutch people celebrate in the street
Millions celebrateCanadian soldiers walk past civilians
Canadian soldiers walk together single file
including Canadian soldiersA number of tanks drive past
A tank fires off a single shell
German soldiers man an automatic rifle
who bravely fought for monthsSoldiers 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 EuropeTwo 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 enemySoldiers 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 NetherlandsSoldiers carry a body on a stretcher
More than 7,600 Canadians dieCity and homes are in complete ruins
in the struggle to free the Dutch peopleYoung malnourished children sit outside
who had suffered years of deprivationModern 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 capitalLarge patch of red tulips
A gift of the Dutch peopleCanadian 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. #RememberThemMilitary personnel standing at attention for a moment of silence during a Remembrance Day ceremony
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Liberation of the Netherlands
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- Medium:
- Video
- Owner:
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- Recorded:
- September 12, 2016
- Duration:
- 2:25
- Date modified: