Canadians Liberate the Netherlands Flashcards
How were the dutch treated
The Dutch had suffered badly under the Germans and many were starving
Canadians arranged army trucks to deliver food and hailed as heroes
Why does the netherlands love Canada
Canadians played a big role in liberating the Netherlands and allowed the hospital area in Canada to be considered Dutch territory temporarily so that their princess could be considered valid to take on the throne later on and also let the princess exile in Canada
The Canadian Tulip Festival
As a show of appreciation for Canada’s involvement in aiding the Netherlands during the war, Princess Juliana gave the people of Canada 100,000 tulip bulbs. When she became Queen of the Netherlands in 1948, she continued sending thousands of tulips every year during her reign. Princess Juliana sure knows how to take a bouquet of flowers to the next level. Romantics, take note.
The war ends with europe
The Allies invade from the west and the Russians invade from the East
Germany surrenders(May 7th)
May 8th 1945 Hitler and wife Eva Braun commit suicide
War with Japan continues
Why was the liberation so important
drove Germans out of Netherlands . The liberation of the Netherlands was vital to ending the war.
freed them from the hunger
one step closer to making sure the nazis were defeated
date of netherlands invasion
September 1944
