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The Liberation of Netherlands was an interesting battle that had consequences, most of which were casualties of both sides.

Netherlands, France and U.K. had 2,332 Dutch soldiers killed, 216 French, and 43 British. There were 8,000-9,000 soldiers wounded and over 2,000 civilians killed. The Germans lost 2,250 soldiers, had 7,500 wounded, they lost 275 air-crafts and 1,350 soldiers became prisoners to England.

The end of the battle affected many people negatively, left thousands of citizens in the Netherlands starving and homeless. The Dutch people had been very thankful for the help of the Canadians. They had ended "The Hunger-Winter" in Holland.

The biggest shock from the battle came a couple days after April 25th, when Hitler was encircled by Russians and forced himself to commit suicide.

Consequences

Work Cited:

Canada at War (n.d.) WWII: Liberation of the Netherlands - Canada at War. [online] Available at:

http://www.canadaatwar.ca/page52.html [Accessed: 3 Jun 2013].



En.wikipedia.org (n.d.) Battle of the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [online] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands [Accessed: 3 Jun 2013].

Warmuseum.ca (n.p.) WarMuseum.ca - Democracy at War - The Liberation of the Netherlands, 1944-1945 - Operations. [online] Available at: http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/newspapers/operations/netherlands_e.shtml [Accessed: 3 Jun 2013]

 

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