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Canadians and the liberation of the Netherlands

The National Canadian Liberation Monument in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, photographed in 2009.
The National Canadian Liberation Monument in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, photographed in 2009. Nationaal Canadees Bevrijdingsmonument Henk Visch Loolaan Apeldoorn · Brbbl · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Between October 1944 and May 1945, the Canadian military opened the Scheldt estuary and the port of Antwerp to Allied supplies, cleared much of the Netherlands of the enemy and fed a starving Dutch population. On 5 May 1945 in Wageningen, German forces surrendered to Canadian Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

Scope & context

Canada’s role in the liberation, not casualty figures or later Canada–Netherlands ties such as the tulip gifts.

Sources behind this record

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Liberation of the Netherlands National Historic Event ↗

Parks Canada

Historical importance; plaque text