Canadians, the Dutch remembers the sacrifices made during World War II

the World War II He claimed millions of lives and destroyed the hope of millions of other, but all of this ended 80 years ago, even if the effects lived.

Germany officially surrendered on May 8, 1945, and put an end to the war in Europe, although the Pacific theater broke out for another months.

A few days before the Germans surrendered, the remaining Nazi resistance resistance was defeated in the Netherlands, allowing the country to be completely liberated for the first time in nearly five years.

“Canadian soldiers have left a great impression on the Dutch in terms of smoking, foods, and chocolate bars. As you know, they were already wandering when they entered in various cities,” said Henry Heinen, a Canadian Dutchman born in the Nazi Netherlands.

He says freedom is never free, and in fact, the price is always paid in blood.

“I want to tell my children and grandchildren and now even I am very, to make sure that we always mean that we are free.”

Heinen says that the war took his childhood away from him.

He said: “The ten years that followed the war were also very bad to rebuild it in the Netherlands because the Nazis were completely blind.”

David Martin, head of the General Stewart Branch in the Canadian Royal Legion in Lithperridge, says that we should never forget what the greatest generation sacrificed.

Martin said: “Our freedom is the result of these events and the final sacrifices that many carry,” Martin said.

However, even after 80 years, the Dutch did not forget what the Canadian forces did to them long ago.

“I haven’t seen the largest Canadian flags offered in my life as is the case in Apeldoorn and all over (the Netherlands),” Hinen said when discussing a visit to his previous Belas.

Glen Miller, a retired Canadian armed forces and the current member of the General Stewart branch, in the Netherlands this year to participate in celebrations and marches. He says that time did not relieve the love and pride offered by the Dutchman Canada.

“Certainly, citizens appreciate many Canadians. I was in some different marches and comments from the Canadians who participated in that they saw more Canadian flags along the display methods more than they saw in Canada,” Miller said.

He says that love for a long time is that freedom means more for those who knew life without it.

“For those edited, you will never forget your editors.”