In the final year of the Second World War, more than 6,000 Canadian soldiers were killed, injured or captured during a nine-month campaign that liberated the Netherlands from German occupation
. The liberation ended a period of widespread starvation for the Dutch, and the effort to make a documentary highlights their continued gratitude.“The kind of celebration and genuine appreciation for what the Canadians did is pretty overwhelming,” says Geoffrey Hayes, an associate professor of history at the University of Waterloo. The liberation meant the Dutch could begin life again under a democracy, Mr. Hayes says.
The footage will be screened in the Dutch village of Holten, at the information centre of the Canadian War Cemetery, where more than 1,300 Canadians are buried. It will also be broadcast on a Dutch television channel.
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