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Liberation of the Netherlands

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The Second World War in Europe ended officially on May 7, 1945, with the unconditional surrender of all German forces. But for the First Canadian Army, it had ended two days earlier. On May 5, German General Johannes Blaskowitz surrendered the 120,000-strong Twenty-Fifth Army to Lieutenant-General Charles Foulkes, commander of I Canadian Corps, at Wageningen in the Netherlands. The coming of peace sparked an eruption of public rejoicing that neither the Dutch nor the Canadian soldiers would ever forget. More than 7,600 Canadian airmen, sailors and soldiers gave their lives for Dutch freedom—and are buried in Dutch soil.

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Amid a flurry of poppies, a Dutch schoolgirl places a cross in front of a grave at Holten Canadian War Cemetery in the region of Rijssen-Holten Municipality, Overijssel, Netherlands. The great majority of those buried in Holten Canadian War Cemetery died during the last stages of the war in Holland, during the advance of the Canadian 2nd Corps into northern Germany, and across the Ems in April and the first days of May 1945. Holten Canadian War Cemetery contains 1,393 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War.

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The Canadian army played a big role in liberating the Netherlands and we have been best friends ever since. May 4 became Remembrance Day in the Netherlands. It remains a solemn occasion and one the Dutch mark with ceremonies at the Canadian War Cemeteries of Bergen op Zoom, Groesbeek and Holten. At Holten, children from the area lay yellow tulips before each of the 1,393 headstones. In Groesbeek, thousands of Dutch citizens walk in silence at sundown to the cemetery to pay their respects to the more than 2,300 Canadians buried there. Because the town of Bergen op Zoom was liberated during the Scheldt fighting on October 27, 1944, commemorations at the cemetery there are held on that date. A highlight is the Wageningen parade and festival in the town where the Germans surrendered.  Crowds of more than 120,000 people attend—reaffirming the strong memory of the events of war that forever bind Canada and the Netherlands together.

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The next issue in the award-winning series Canada’s Ultimate Story is Canada and the Second World War: The Battles. The Battle of Britain, the Battle of Hong Kong, the Dieppe Raid, the Italian Campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Invasion of Normandy, the Battle of the Scheldt—these were some of the most important and costly conflicts of the Second World War where Canadians played pivotal roles. To witness what those brave Canadians experienced, pick up a copy of Canada and the Second World War: The Battles on newsstands across Canada May 7 or step into Canada’s rich history by subscribing to Canada’s Ultimate Story before May 7! Plus, you get a free poster inside your issue!
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War at sea

On the first Sunday of May, Canada remembers the Second World War Battle of the Atlantic and recognizes the efforts and sacrifices of members of the Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force, and Canadian merchant navy.

More than 4,000 Canadians perished during the battle, which was the Second World War’s longest continuous campaign.

In honour of the annual commemoration, we’ve selected a few of the best recently published books about Canada and the Battle of the Atlantic. See the list here.

Preserving the Allied lifeline

Many Canadian men and women were unsung heroes of the Battle of the Atlantic. With number of events and projects, Parks Canada is paying tribute to these extraordinary individuals and to all who served in the battle to supply Europe and to protect Canada’s coast during the Second World War. Learn more about upcoming events.

Financial progress

This spring we spoke to Joe Martin, who along with with Christopher Kobrak wrote From Wall Street to Bay Street: The Origins and Evolution of American and Canadian Finance. Our interview with Martin will appear in the June-July issue of Canada’s Historymagazine, but you can read it online now.

Martin will also speak about the book at a public event at the University of Winnipeg’s Convocation Hall on May 30, beginning at 4:00 p.m.

First Blood in the Gulf

In the June-July 2012 issue of Canada’s History, we featured an excerpt from Roger Sarty’s book War in the St. Lawrence: The Forgotten U-Boat Battles on Canada’s Shores.

For three years the Battle of the Atlantic spilled into Canadian waters — the only major combat to occur within Canada’s borders during the twentieth century. Read the excerpt.

Metis matriarchs

Recipients of the Reading Den are automatically entered to win one of three copies of Metis Pioneers: Marie Rose Delorme Smith and Isabella Clark Hardisty Lougheed, by Doris Jeanne MacKinnon, courtesy of University of Alberta Press. The book tells of two Metis women and the roles they played in the region that became the province of Alberta.

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Anniversary of “In Flanders Fields”

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Today is the 103rd anniversary of John McCrae writing the poem “In Flander’s Field.”

Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae composed “In Flanders Fields” at the battlefront during the second battle of Ypres in Belgium.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields

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History of the Poppy
The Poppy, made famous through John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” can be traced back to the Napoleonic Wars before being adopted in Canada.

Rise in soldiers’ loads are a matter of life and death

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Rise in soldiers’ loads are a matter of life and death

Rise in soldiers’ loads are
a matter of life and death

Story by Stephen J. Thorne

Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag, the soldiers used to sing. Trouble is, in more recent times, the “kit bag” is the trouble. Relatively stable over centuries of warfare, soldiers’ loads have increased significantly in the past three decades, due largely to new combat technologies and the batteries required to operate them. Alleviating the burdens soldiers carry is a matter of life and death, researcher Linda Bossi told Legion Magazine. “The more you carry, the slower you are; the slower you are, the more vulnerable you are to enemy action.”

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May/June 2018 issue is now available!

May/June 2018 issue is now available!

The May/June 2018 issue of Legion Magazine is out today! Look for it on newsstands or check your mailbox if you subscribe already.

BATTLEFIELD DOCTOR 
My great-great-grandfather was a surgeon who treated soldiers in the Battle of Ridgeway in 1866

ABUSED PRISONERS AND GREAT ESCAPEES
Canadian soldiers captured in Europe and Asia had little protection from brutality, murder and starvation

NOT TOO OLD TO SERVE
Veterans of the First World War guarded prisoners in the Second World War

STOPPING THE PANZERS
Canada’s role following D-Day was vital to the success of Operation Overlord

INTO ICY WATERS
Fifty years ago, the Ottawa River claimed the lives of seven paratroopers on a routine jump
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This week in history
This Week in History

May 5, 1918

Sir James Yeo arrives at Quebec, Lower Canada, with more than 400 officers and seamen.

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