Today in Dutch WWII History: Holland Liberated

65 Years of Freedom.
5 May 1945 capitulation of the German forces in the Netherlands.

The Netherlands were liberated largely by Canadian troops, with the assistance of the British and American Armies (Operation: Market Garden) and Free French SAS (Operation: Amherst). Although the southern part of the Netherlands were already liberated during Operation Market Garden and the fighting afterwards (September - October 1944), the rest of the Netherlands were still occupied and had to wait a harsh winter to be liberated.
On 4 May General E. Kinzel and Admiral H. G. von Friedeburg signed the surrender documents relating to the German forces in Holland, northwest Germany, the Friesian Islands, Heligoland and all other Islands, Schleswig-Holstein and Danmark at Montgomery's headquarters on Lüneburg Heath.
On 5 May 1945, the Canadian General Charles Foulkes and the German Commander-in-Chief Johannes Blaskowitz reached and signed an agreement on the capitulation of German forces in the Netherlands in Hotel De Wereld in Wageningen.

How big the impact was of the German occupation of the Netherlands is best to be said that up on this day people of the German government still aren't allowed to join any official  Dutch commemorations. And even now there are still a lot of people who feel a strong dislike towards Germans.

Official Days:
4 May, Remembrance of the Dead (Dutch: Dodenherdenking). Commemoration for the people who have fought and died during World War II and at war operations and peace operations afterwards.

5 May, Liberation Day (Dutch: Bevrijdingsdag). To mark the end of the occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. The liberation is celebrated and festivals are held at most places in the Netherlands.


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