I get emails from the CBC, here is one for an interesting documentary coming soon:

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Dear friend,

We're writing to alert you to an upcoming special documentary on CBC Television that you might find interesting. Please pass this info on to your friends, colleagues, and members of your community, and/or post it on your website.


"It was a nightmare, I tell you*Every night of my life I think of my friends, both dead and alive." - Corporal Jim Wilkinson, Royal Highland Regiment (The Black Watch) appears in CBC's The Liberation of Holland.

As the world prepares to mark the 60th anniversary of VE Day, CBC Television presents a powerful new documentary, THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND. Airing Wednesday, May 4 at 9 p.m., this poignant film from the creators of Canada: A People's History tells the story of a nation under Nazi occupation and the Canadian army that came to liberate it in the final months of the Second World War.

THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND features painstaking re-enactments and rich archival footage, including rare colour war footage. It is a dramatic testimony to those who experienced one of the dirtiest and most difficult periods of WWII. From the grim Battle of the Scheldt to the desperate and terrible "Honger Winter" in 1945, THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND brings to life the special bond that exists between the Dutch and Canadians, marked by long friendships and annual memorial services.

THE LIBERATION OF HOLLAND airs on CBC Television on Wednesday, May 4 at 9pm (local). It will be re-broadcast on CBC Newsworld on Sunday, May 8 at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET.

We hope you enjoy this poignant and dramatic documentary. We welcome your comments about the programme, after you've seen it. Feel free to pass this note along to your friends and colleagues.

Best regards,

CBC Television's Canadian Experience documentary team.

http://www.cbc.ca/canadianexperience/holland/index.html

   

No. It's not.

And where exactly did the US Army bail out the Brits? The 82nd and 101st Abn (as well as the BR 1st AB) were fighting alone until XXX Corps linked up with them. So were the Brits but the link up never happened for them.
So are you saying that 2 US Abn divisions "bailed out" a British Ab division and a British armoured Corps?

   

That does not answer my question.

   

No they didn't.

The Royal Canadian Engineers and the Royal Engineers were the ones who evacuated them across the Rhine.

As for Canada not having an airborne unit, you might want to pay closer attention to the history books in future.

   

WHY IS IT THAT EVERYTIME WE POST SOMETHING PATRIOTIC ABOUT CANADA, SOME OF THE AMERICAN GUYS COME HERE AND START A FLAME WAR!!!!!!! GOD, GET A LIFE.

LET'S ALL JUST SHUT THE HELL UP AND LEAVE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN PEACE.

   

Yes, I agree. There are two on this forum, you know who they are.

   

I think that's great that you all have a hospitable relationship with the Dutch because you liberated them in WW2. I wish the French would be hospitable with the US because we helped liberate them in WW2. It seems like the Brits are pretty hospitable with everyone- they don't hold grudges. I wish I could see that documentary- would be interesting.

   

Moi? I think not!

   

Some like to speak before they think.

   

Canadians kicked a lot of German butt in WW2 and General Patton always had kind words for the Canadians and not-so-kind words for the French. What I mean to emphasize is that if you got a compliment from Patton you'd earned it. The man didn't hand out compliments just to kiss ass.

   

Only cause we had to........Just finished re-reading Juno Beach........a little story of a Canadian officer whos brother was killed......this officer, upon hearing the news, saw a group of German pow's and said he was going to kill them all but another officer got in his way and said...?"if you are going to shoot them, then shoot me first. We're Canadians. We don't do that."...this officer then said he thanked the man later.