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Nazi Germanys invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation.

In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the Netherlands and ending the Nazi reign of terror. The Canadians gave the Dutch freedom - and food - and out of such dark times an eternal friendship was forged.

Told through interviews with Dutch survivors and Canadian veterans, Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 delves into this little known chapter of history.

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CANADA AND THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 1945
CANADA AND THE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS, MAY 1945

LANCE GODDARD

FOREWORD BY MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD ROHMER

Copyright Lance Goddard 2005 All rights reserved No part of this publication - photo 1

Copyright Lance Goddard, 2005

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from the Access Copyright.

Editor: Barry Jowett

Copy-Editor: Andrea Pruss

Design: Jennifer Scott

Printer: University of Toronto Press

National Library of Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

Goddard, Lance

Canada and the liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 / Lance Goddard.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN-10: 1-55002-547-3

ISBN-13: 978-1-55002-547-7

1. Canada. Canadian Army--History--World War, 1939-1945. 2. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Netherlands. 3. World War, 1939-1945--Netherlands. I. Title.

D763.N4G63 2005

940.54'21492

C2005-900172-0

3 4 5 09 08 07 06 05

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario - photo 2

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program, and the Ontario Media Development Corporations Ontario Book Initiative.

Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions.

J. Kirk Howard, President

Printed and bound in Canada.Picture 3

Printed on recycled paper.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

No one is as capable of gratitude as one who has emerged from the kingdom of night.

~ Elie Wiesel

FOREWORD BY MAJOR-GENERAL RICHARD ROHMER

The bravery and sacrifice of Canadian soldiers and airmen during the hard-fought battle for the liberation of the Netherlands is the stuff of legend and cause for eternal gratitude on the part of the people of the Netherlands.

Their never-ending affection for the liberating Canadians who freed them from the cruelly oppressive German forces has been handed down from generation to generation. It is still alive and visible in the sixtieth year since the Victory in Europe. On May 5, at the small town of Wageningen near Arnhem and Nijmegen, in the presence of my late friend, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, German generals signed protocols of capitulation surrendering Denmark and the Netherlands. They surrendered the rest of Europe on May 8, 1945. The Second World War in Europe was finished. The Netherlands was truly liberated. May 8 is celebrated each year as VE (Victory in Europe) Day.

It is fitting that Lance Goddards graphic book of individual recollections and stories of Canadians and citizens of Holland be published in celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of VE Day.

These gripping accounts of fighting days among the dangerous dykes and flooded lands and in the air over Dutch terrain provide a new perspective on how it was in the presence of a skilled and deadly enemy. As told by veterans, Goddards stories of death, injury, suffering, survival, and victory in the Netherlands are personal to each veteran and still alive in the memory and emotions of the speaker.

What is little known is that before D-Day, June 6, 1944, the decision had been made by the British and American senior commanders under General Eisenhower that the Canadian RCAF squadrons of the 2nd Tactical Air Force (Spitfires, Typhoons, and Mustangs) supporting the Allied armies in Europe would be dedicated to the British army. The British Royal Air Force squadrons would be there in support of the Canadian army.

So it was that when the RCAF squadrons arrived at tactical airfields in Holland in the fall of 1944 they were in support of the British army in the eastern sector of Holland. Many took part in the disastrous Montgomery operation in Arnhem and Nijmegen and in the British actions that eventually drove the German forces across the Maas River on Hollands eastern boundary.

As a result, the Canadian Army, assigned to the western reaches of the Netherlands in the most difficult and brutal territories, fought without Canadian air support.

Nevertheless, the valiant members of both the Canadian Army and the RCAF share equally in the victory, the Liberation of the Netherlands.

The people of the Netherlands even today are grateful to the people of Canada and to the Canadian veterans of the battle for the liberation of the Netherlands. This book will tell readers why the Dutch love Canadians.

Major-General Richard Rohmer, OC, CMM, DFC, O.Ont, QC

A Canadian RCAF fighter pilot

and

Veteran of the Battle for the Liberation of the Netherlands

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
THE DUTCH

Ted Brabers, President, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Veterans Association

Elly Dull

Lini Grol

Liedewij Hawke

Jack Heidema, Dutch Resistance

Corrie Schogt

Henry Schogt

Martin van Denzen, President, Dutch Canadian Association of GTA

Helena van Doren

Gert vant Holt, Chairman, Welcome Again Veterans Committee

Ada Wynston

THE CANADIAN SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN

Al Armstrong, 14th Canadian Hussars

Charles Barrett, Highland Light Infantry

Doug Barrie, Highland Light Infantry

Cliff Chadderton, Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Bill Clifford, RCAF

Jan de Vries, 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion

John Drummond, Regina Rifle Regiment/Saskatoon Light Infantry

Mervin Durham, Royal Canadian Engineers

Norman Edwards, 14th Canadian Hussars

Pierre Faribault, Fusiliers Mont-Royal

Charles Fosseneuve, 13th Field Artillery

Harry Fox, Hastings Prince Edward Regiment

Sydney Frost, Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry

Lockhart Fulton, Royal Winnipeg Rifles

T. Garry Gould, Sherbrooke Fusiliers

John Honsberger, 4th Canadian Armoured Division

Roy Kelley, Lorne Scots

Douglas Lavoie, Fort Garry Horse

Jack Martin, Queens Own Rifles

Gordon Mortensen, B.C. Dragoons

George Mummery, Highland Light Infantry

Ed Newman, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry

Jim Parks, Royal Winnipeg Rifles

Jack Read, Regina Rifle Regiment

Richard Rohmer, RCAF 430 Squadron

Russell Sanderson, Black Watch

Al Sellers, Governor Generals Horse Guards

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