The liberation of the Netherlands was the last straw for Nazi Germany before they surrendered to the allies. As these where the final months of the war. From September 1944 to April 1945 Canada accomplished the deadly task that they where given to liberate all of the Netherlands and push all of the Germans back the Berlin forcing them to surrender. But if the Canadians couldn’t push the Germans back did the Germans have another chance in retaking some of Europe back again?
The invasion of the Netherlands started by British and American troops entering southern Netherlands in early September,1944. Three months after the D-day landings in Normandy. In the middle of September the allies launched an operation called Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was a massive airborne assault on the Dutch town of Arnhem. The reason why the Allies wanted to do this is because this victory could lead them straight into Germany, crossing through the Rhine River at Arnhem. The attack on Arnhem failed for the allies which slowed down the Allied advance, this kept most of the Netherlands under German control.
Operation Market Garden.
Overall after the Americans and British failed to push the German force out of the Netherlands. Canada came over and wiped the Germans out of the Netherlands slowly with the help of the Americans and British. More than 7,600 Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen died fighting in the Netherlands.
Liberation of the Netherlands.
If Canada wasn’t able to fight back the Germans and the Netherlands stayed in German control I don’t think Germany would’ve had it for much longer. The reason I think this is because the Americans have almost developed the first Nuclear bomb. So if the British, Canadians and Americans couldn’t push the German force out they would have basically Nuked the Nazis after dropping Atom Bombs on Japan.
