Liberation of the Netherlands
By: Lukas, Iman, Jacob, Tenika
"While the Americans and the British focused on the Rhine bridgehead, a German garrison of some 120 000 remained on their left flank in Holland. Commander Bernard Montgomery ordered the Canadians to clear them out. 1945" (photo by Grant, courtesy DND/PA-136176).
"Canadian Infantry of the Regiment de Maisonneuve, moving through Holten to Rijssen, Netherlands." Lt. D. Guravitch, April 9, 1945. 306-NT-1334B-11
"Veterans Affairs Minister Jean-Pierre Blackburn, left, and Second World War veteran Harry Watts, 86, from Kitchener, Ont., at a memorial ceremony Monday at the Canadian War Cemetery in the Dutch town of Groesbeek marking the 1945 liberation of the Netherlands." (Vincent Jannink/Associated Press)
"While the Americans and the British focused on the Rhine bridgehead, a German garrison of some 120 000 remained on their left flank in Holland. Commander Bernard Montgomery ordered the Canadians to clear them out. 1945" (photo by Grant, courtesy DND/PA-136176).
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