What do you know about the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands? Wed, May 5, 2010 WAGENINGEN, the Netherlands - More than 100,000 people are expected to pack the streets of this small historic Dutch town Wednesday to say thanks to the Canadians who liberated their country 65 years ago.
Families are driving from many miles away to attend Liberation Day ceremonies in a square just steps from where the Germans officially surrendered to end the Second World War.
Clutching Canadian flags and wearing maple leaf pins, people were already lining the streets hours before the event was to begin.
"I respect them. I think they made a lot of sacrifices for us in Europe. It's amazing," said Geroof Vinka. "For some of them, this may be their last time to be in Holland. I think we must tell the story to the young people and interest them in the history."
Vinka brought his daughter and son to the celebrations to ensure they "keep the tradition going."
Whatever twitless your posts are completely irrelevant however I dare you to walk into a legion and declare what murderers our soldiers are today.
Furthermore you completely missed the point of my post, at no time did I say our veterans are murderers HOWEVER PERK UP YOUR EARS TWITIDIOT, they did do things which would be considered war crimes today. Back then most people understood it was necessary however cowards today like you TWITLESS call our soldiers murderers without evidence nor with any understanding of what our guys are going through. To bring your disgusting hateful rants against our current soldiers into a thread discussing our veterans shows how much disrespect you show for both.
I await your ineffectual reply.
paul, 2010-06-07 22:23:48
Oh, and by the way tweetypie, I think I know where Paul is coming from regarding his original remark about possible "war crimes." In his book The Longest Day, Cornelius Ryan writes "Able Seaman Edward Ashworth, off an LCT which had brought troops and tanks in to the Courseulles beach, saw Canadian soldiers march six German prisoners behind a dune some distance away. Ashworth thought that this was his chance to get a German helmet as a souvenir. He ran up the beach and in the dunes discovered the six Germans "all lying crumpled up." Ashworth bent over one of the bodies, still determined to get a helmet. But he found "the man's throat was cut - every one of them had had his throat Cut" and Ashworth "turned away, sick as a parrot. I didn't get my tin hat."
Now, you can either call Ryan a liar, or accept as fact that six murders were committed in the midst of battle (a scene that did not make its way into the later film). One also has to wonder if word about the cold-blooded killings somehow got back to the German lines via escaped prisoners - in the confusion of war many did escape - and accounted for the summary executions of those Canadians in the church yard a few days later by members of Panzer Meyer's SS troops.
Gary O., 2010-06-07 20:13:18
My father was a Sgt.-Major with the 1st Anti-Tank Regiment that fought through Sicily and then up to Ortona on the Italian mainland, before his unit was pulled out and shipped back to England - without ever knowing why - only to find that they were to be part of the D-Day Landings in Normandy. From there they fought with the Canadian Army through Belgium, liberating the key port of Antwerp, before slogging through the Scheldt and into Holland.
Later, Eisenhower decided it would be a good idea to have a parade in Antwerp to celebrate the freeing of that port, and invited the Yanks, Brits, French and even the Poles - but "forgot" to extend an invitation to the Canadians.
Damned right I'm proud.
Gary O., 2010-06-04 15:37:22
I am proud of what Canadian soldiers of the past did.They were not used as a pawn by the Americans as todays are.
paul though says Canadian soldiers from the WW2 era are guilty of war crimes.
Bet paul would not walk into a legion and make that claim to someones face
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-18 08:22:23
Looking forward to reading what other filth, lies and slander our village idiot is going to write today.
paul, 2010-05-11 12:05:51
longago soldiers still make Canadians today proud
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 09:27:49
Great spelling and grammar as usual from the village idiot. Anyways, for some veterans it feels like yesterday that they were in the war. Tweetypie aka MrsB, you insulted them again with that comment above. You make it out like it was so LONG AGO, but for some of these men they would say differently, nice one you disrespectful uneducated moron.
paul, 2010-05-10 13:57:31
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 09:27:49
Sure MrsB, keep polluting this thread with your lies and hatred while I honor our veterans and show respect towards them. Later TROLL.
paul, 2010-05-10 13:45:03
you, liar, will be forgotten.
beakie, 2010-05-09 23:28:55
Very true, but I will never forget those brave men and women who serve selflessly in our military. I for one will make sure my children will never forget the past. If we do, the mistakes in the past will be repeated again with dire consequences due to weapons of mass destruction.
I have met many veterans over the years and not one of them said they would not do it again if they had the chance. I have been regaled with stories of their exploits and saddened by their individual burdens of what they saw and did during the war.
I WILL NEVER FORGET.
paul, 2010-05-10 11:58:19
I see paul and beak are intent on disturbing yet another important topic.paul(fake tweety) once again posting as me.
As for the topic,longago soldiers still make Canadians today proud
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 09:27:49
I really know nothing of the subject, school and history were not that important. However this is an opportunity for me to compare how bad todays soldiers are compared to those in the past.
What do you know about the Canadian liberation of the Netherlands? 
Whatever twitless your posts are completely irrelevant however I dare you to walk into a legion and declare what murderers our soldiers are today.
Furthermore you completely missed the point of my post, at no time did I say our veterans are murderers HOWEVER PERK UP YOUR EARS TWITIDIOT, they did do things which would be considered war crimes today. Back then most people understood it was necessary however cowards today like you TWITLESS call our soldiers murderers without evidence nor with any understanding of what our guys are going through. To bring your disgusting hateful rants against our current soldiers into a thread discussing our veterans shows how much disrespect you show for both.
I await your ineffectual reply.
paul, 2010-06-07 22:23:48
Now, you can either call Ryan a liar, or accept as fact that six murders were committed in the midst of battle (a scene that did not make its way into the later film). One also has to wonder if word about the cold-blooded killings somehow got back to the German lines via escaped prisoners - in the confusion of war many did escape - and accounted for the summary executions of those Canadians in the church yard a few days later by members of Panzer Meyer's SS troops.
Gary O., 2010-06-07 20:13:18
Later, Eisenhower decided it would be a good idea to have a parade in Antwerp to celebrate the freeing of that port, and invited the Yanks, Brits, French and even the Poles - but "forgot" to extend an invitation to the Canadians.
Damned right I'm proud.
Gary O., 2010-06-04 15:37:22
paul though says Canadian soldiers from the WW2 era are guilty of war crimes.
Bet paul would not walk into a legion and make that claim to someones face
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-18 08:22:23
paul, 2010-05-11 12:05:51
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 09:27:49
Great spelling and grammar as usual from the village idiot. Anyways, for some veterans it feels like yesterday that they were in the war. Tweetypie aka MrsB, you insulted them again with that comment above. You make it out like it was so LONG AGO, but for some of these men they would say differently, nice one you disrespectful uneducated moron.
paul, 2010-05-10 13:57:31
Sure MrsB, keep polluting this thread with your lies and hatred while I honor our veterans and show respect towards them. Later TROLL.
paul, 2010-05-10 13:45:03
beakie, 2010-05-09 23:28:55
Very true, but I will never forget those brave men and women who serve selflessly in our military. I for one will make sure my children will never forget the past. If we do, the mistakes in the past will be repeated again with dire consequences due to weapons of mass destruction.
I have met many veterans over the years and not one of them said they would not do it again if they had the chance. I have been regaled with stories of their exploits and saddened by their individual burdens of what they saw and did during the war.
I WILL NEVER FORGET.
paul, 2010-05-10 11:58:19
As for the topic,longago soldiers still make Canadians today proud
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 09:27:49
EH?
tweetypie, 2010-05-10 01:45:08