Canada at War - Battle of the Scheldt 

Here in Canada we appreciate this.

In a Dutch canadain my opa and Oma went through this war in Rotterdam my oma use to say the stench was terrible they had nothing as most starved including my great uncle thank you canada !

My great uncle was killed at the Scheldt as well. He was 19yrs old and had only been over there a few weeks. He was killed on Black Friday (October 13th, 1944). He was part of the Black Watch Royal Highlanders. Though I never met him, I am extremely proud of him and one day hope to be the first of my family to visit his burial in Bergen Op Zoom. Thank you to your great uncle and all the warriors that lay down their lives for their brothers in arms and for us. RIP Uncle Roger and all brave warriors.

Next week the movie is coming of this battle. Hope you all could see it. We thank your familys for freeing us.

@@Chargers11092 very similar story here. My great uncle also served with the Watch. Was killed on Oct/13th as well. He is also buried at Bergen Op Zoom, and like you I also hope to be the first from my family to visit his grave!! My great uncle was 28. One of the older guys for sure.

My great uncle also fought. He was a Tank Crew Commander, Command Sergeant Major of the 4th Canadian Armoured Brigade (Grey & Simcoe Fosters). He was running his guys up through Caen, Morteaux-Couliboeuf , Rouen, Abbeville, Ypres, Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Hengelo, alllllll the way up to Oldenburg. He ended up running the hockey/ ringette arena in Antwerpen (Sportpaleis and Tennishal en Tentoonstellingsebouw Apollo: Amsterdam-Zurich) until he was asked to push the Nazis back to the Rhine from Tilburg.

Ryboflavin, Ryan Lee, Jason Murphy, Rob Pecore Thank you for your family's sacrifice. It wasn't in vain. We have been a free country since '45, thanks to Canada.

Not infamous, famous. They fought with great valor.

It's an infamous battle...They were sent straight across the polder in a frontal assault against a raised railway embankment defended by a well dug in Von der Heydt's 6th Para Rgt. It was more than a tough war for the 'Watch'.

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Tulip actually stands for blood sacrifice the elites did on humanity. War is big business without WW2 the elite agenda could not have unfolded.mass sacrifice

Hallo waar te Eede Mvg

Alexander Challis Thank you so much!

It is believed that my father was there!

Tyler Gerein my Great Uncle was 3rd Canadian Infantry Division and he was there too

My dad too, Fort Garry Horse !!

My dad and both of his brothers were there.

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don't worry, he is still being looked after. I and many volunteers go there on Christmas Eve and burn a candle at every grave.and like today May 4th Remembrance Day, a flower wreath is laid in front of the cemetery for the brave boys who fought for our freedom

'The Battle for Antwerp should never have happened except for the ego and stupidity of General Bernard Montgomery. ' How so ?

soorry to here that my farther was there also----shot in the head and threw the foot in a canel in holland-he never talked -about it much-----have to move on with life

My great Uncle was a Sargent in the Algonquin Regiment , Years later I met a Veteran who told me my Uncle was his Sarg in the War and I asked him where did my Uncle get wounded do you know? he said he believed someone said while crossing the Leopold Canal the Regiment were ambushed by the Germans he is buried in Belgium cemetary he was twenty six years old, newly married and his wife was expecting a child. He died October tenth nineteen forty five.

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@@glen6945 ARGENTINIEN ÜBER ALLES

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A large portion of the Canadian army was still fighting in Italy. The !st Canadian Corp would rejoin the 1st army in January '45. My father had fought all through Sicily and Italy, it was the fight in Holland that gave him nightmares.

mine too

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Thats so the British could take all of the credit (which was a normal routine for the British senior officers ) and that way there was no one there to tell the truth

And how do you know that?..

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@@golden36 wasn't this a common occurrence with the Americans too, like Rome?

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In Canada it will always be the Battle of the Scheldt. Sorry!

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@@dashcroft1892 RUSSIA ARGENTINA POLAR NATIONS

It is "Wilt heden nu treden...", a Dutch song from 1597 by Adriaen Valerius celebrating a victory in the Dutch revolution. The English text is "We gather together to ask the Lord's blessing"; it is a popular song at Thanksgiving.

Thanks, @@gkl1756, I should have known that, having sung it in the Anglican Church many years ago.

The 52 Lowland crossed over the West-Scheldt on the 28th, Oct, to take up the left flank while the Canadian 2nd Division with no respite since August, was desperately taking heavy losses, 135 dead in the first assault alone, attempting to fight across the exposed Causeway, after being bled dry earlier in the campaign to clear everything up from Antwerp for the final push...some units had suffered 50% losses. When the fresh 52nd came into the line and was ordered to continue over the Causeway, they refused & instead outflanked the main resistance by crossing the mudflats on the south left flank. Walcheren: On the 1st, Nov, 155 Lowland Bde, with No.4 Commando landed at West-Kappelle, while No's 41,47,48 Royal Marine Commandos, with 10 inter-allied Commando & the 79th Armd landed at Flushing and linked up with the 52nd two days later. On the 7th, Middleburg fell. and the estuary was finally cleared for shipping by the 28th. My family are Highland-Canadian & believe me there would never be any sort of a slight intended, the British forces were mentioned, but not individual units. This is a 60 year, well-received old series telling Canadians what their Canadians' did. Canada at War. Slain te'🍻

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It is schpeldt both ways.

@@dashcroft1892 no.... it's not

Its Belarus, not Wit-Rusland. Now do you get it?

@@rederickfroders1978 In Nederland noemen we dat Wit-Rusland, snap je dat nu eindelijk, zie je? In de Nederlandse taal hebben we overal goede woorden voor.

@@bellhamel901 RUSSIA ARGENTINA POLAR NATIONS

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Do your homework. The Canadians are friendly people but theyre known as fearsome fighters.

lol Canadians played critical role along with Americans especially in the battle of normandy. Russians also lost the most soldiers. Britain and Poland would be speaking german if it wasnt because of canadian, US and Russian military

@@glen6945 WAR IN CANADA WAR IN USA CANADA AND USA DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS A WAR

@@rederickfroders1978 WAR IN CANADA WAR IN USA CANADA AND USA DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS A WAR

A question I've pondered for a long time. Market Garden does not fit within Monty's own doctrine of preparing offensives so I'm not sure why he pushed for it. Securing Antwerp and then building up for a major push across the Rhine would have better fit within the ideas that Monty himself espoused.

@@OTDMilitaryHistory You may find an answer in a reply by Big Woody to a reply to my comment from 3 weeks ago on this vid. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AHDKQed6rKc.html&lc=UgwXSHpsT3o_dqcZzqt4AaABAg.9ghYIMx2LD29hYQVgsU2C0

@@nickdanger3802 Well I know the Dieppe part is wrong but Monty did have the tendency to blamed others for failures.

@@OTDMilitaryHistory And take all the credit like the Battle of the Bulge.

@@OTDMilitaryHistory Can you shed any light on Leo Major refusing to accept a medal from Montgomery?