Netherlands during (tijdens) WW2 1940-45 

Yes, Canadians stole our hearts at the time by freeing us from the German occupation. I remember greeting the Canadian troops as a boy in Friesland in April 1945.

It truly hurts to see that my people had to go through this. My Opa was in Amsterdam when this all went down. Only the dutch could have weathered this storm. Strong people, smart people, Dutch people. Long Live Nederland's.

My Dutch great grandpa who served in ww2 passed today There a great generation that is slipping away. If you have one left spend as much time with him or her as you can once they are gone they are gone and you will regret not spending that time with them

Dutch Christians helped Jews just like me during those hard times for our people, I will always be thankful for this Country

Want to go to the netherlands really bad, because I'm Canadian and they love us over there

My grandpa was born just before the war started (in 1938), and survived the bombing of Rotterdam. He lived in Rotterdam until the end of the war. He told me a pretty cool story from the war. My great grandpa used to work as water police in the port of Rotterdam, which is where all the German brown sugar came in and was transported to Germany. Everytime a ship entered the harbor my great grandfather would take a crate of sugar, until one day he and his friends decided that it was a bit obvious, So they stole a whole ship! they distributed the sugar among people without food in the hunger winter. Good thing they never got caught. an uncle of my grandfather also once dressed up a Nazi soldier and stole a truck to claim food supplies in the north of Holland. Those were some strange times.

6:59 this guys ingenious.Using 2 chairs to walk through the flood water!

Indeed it was a verocious combat. The Germans did not want to acknowledge their defeat. We, Dutchmen, owe much to Canadians who had to pay with their lives to usher us to freedom!

I am a disabled 42 year old Canadian who has returned to University. I would love the chance to visit on an educational visa so I can learn the history at a Netherlands university. Than I want to be able to share it with the Canadians on our Remembrance Day. We will always have an unbreakable bond based on humanity, bravery, mutual respect, and a best-friend relationship.

thanks to all that had share their personal experience, i am studying for Kennis van netherlandse Maatschappij, i personally admire netherland people, very hard workers and intelligent, it is nice to hear from people whom had lived in those difficult times as well as very sad situations.

The Dutch population certainly wasn't nazi-minded. When the Germans left most Dutchmen were jubilant after years of distress and prosecution.

It wasn't much of a fight because the Germans used sneaky methods, not because the Dutch army didn't wanted to fight. Bombing a city and using prisoners as a human shield, isn't very humane.

Thanks for this! It's hard to find decent English sources about the Netherlands to show to my Dutch (bilingual) classes.

Thanks German for capitulating Netherlands at that time. Cheers from Indonesia 🇮🇩🇮🇩.

Exactly 80 years ago when this happened. May god bless the men that had fought for my country 🙏🏼❤️

My Uncle was an operative in the Dutch Underground- Got caught by the Germans due to a Dutch Nazi (NSB'er) , escaped from the prison in A'dam- Crossed the English channel in a rowboat- Was interrogated by the English- Sent BACK to Holland as a spy for the English, was compromised and picked up by English patrol boat- Back to England for flight training- Became a Spitfire Pilot in the Dutch RAF Squadron (322nd) and was shot down over Arnhem 10 days before the end of the war.

Thanks for sharing! We still dont understand today why the Queen and the goverment flew. The film doesnt mention the widespread collaboration with Nazis or the fate of the Jewish population (except at the end of the film!), and boasts about the Resistance.... There has been acts of resistance, yes, at the beginning, and many righteous people hiding persecuted people. Anyway, interesting propaganda film.. I am glad to be able to see it. Gives the tone of the postwar era.

Bedankt dat je ons onze vrijheid hebt gegeven Vanuit Nijmegen (Thank you for giving us our freedom From Nijmegen)

Very moving - thanks for posting.

a little reminder that Canadian troops freed my city (and most of the northern parts of The Netherlands) so a thank you to the Canadian troops, the American and British and ofcourse many other troops that gave their life for us

Thanks for posting this film.

ihave been in war 1942 now i am 98 years old

My Opa was young during WW2, so this story most likely took place around early 1945. He told me a story a few months ago, his mother and his brother having to run away to a farm due to the Germans marching into the Netherlands, and it was his dad's orders to get them to safety (his father did labour in a concentration camp). On the way there, there were a few German military soldiers around so they hid in the back of one of the trucks. The German soldier who drove the truck threatened to report them, but my Opa offered a pack of cigarettes in return for him not to report them. And so eventually, they got to the farm safely and after the war, managed to reunite with his father who did labour in one of the camps. So to sum it up, a pack of cigarettes saved my Grandpa's life during WW2.

Bedankt nu heb ik weer wat geleerd. Ik wil meer

My great aunts and cousins were under occupation in Gelderland. A distant cousin was aboard the only sunken Dutch submarine that hasn't been found. When Princess Juliana visited Pella, Iowa during the war, my piano teacher prepared her lunch.

Just Holland? The rest of the Netherlands didn't count?

Love to our Canadian brothers who fought and died for our country!!

Anyway...we had 5 years to learn German, wich became handy on our holydays, 50 years later...

They felt the discomfort of being colonized by Germany, but still continued to occupy Indonesia. They really didn't know themselves.

How about Indonesia? Was Dutch did the same thing to Indonesia in 350 years?

german para,s got their asses handed out to them in rotterdam near the maasbrug , and in den haag and the westland as well , but as history told us , it was a uphill-battle

my grandfather was a ww2 vet who helped liberate Holland & Europe.

Ana cuenta esto en su diario pobrecita estaban todos asustados

Indonesia : You become something that you hate the most.

No American city has had to face this type of modern war fare and goes along way to explaining American attitudes, to WW2.

Do not ask this to a war bride who went with her husband to Canada you will be surprised to find out what they had to say,most of them came in more misery that what they had left behind.

It was only when i found a Canadian 9MM bullet while magnet fishing when i realised what the people had gone through.

Hello mr.Netherlands , I'm indonesian's from your Ex-teritory , what's going on over there ?

Nee, ik heb er in de hongerwinter iets van opgestoken. Mijn moeder was Friezin.

I was there at that time ,thank you Canada!

Remember the Canadians sacrificed in Dieppe 🇨🇦

Brave Dutch 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 From Great Britain.

Indonesians: *yes 😒*

very interesting and when the germans left what did the dutch do???they did the same as the french ,they went to the DUTCH INDIES INDONESIA and the french went to INDOCHINA VIETNAM CAMBODIA LAOS SO MUCH FOR JUSTICE

8:39 best part!

The pacifists thought they could prevent war... but the Dutch people decided to resist the German invasion.

OMG did any of you see soldaat van oranje?! My dad is choir master it's about Erik Hazelhoff so world war 2

My grandpas were German and one of them fought in the invasion of holland and france

And our Royal family denied to invest in our army after WWI! We only had two renault tanks and everything else was a left over from WWI! They fled the country to England! And left the whole country fighting and starving to death! It took the Germans three weeks to take over The Netherlands while having so much better guns and tanks! Even the Germans said the Dutch where so brave and powerfull with almost nothing. Most Dutch had to surrender to the lack of ammunation!

what a shame. Just victorie?? I didn't see the part of American bombers bombed the City of Nijmegen in February 44. Way before d-day more then 800 people got killed. There was no invasion going on, it was no mistake. It was just a target of opportunity . The ancient city completely destroyed .

I know these things since I^ve studied history but you should see this in the context of what he has written about these groups. Well spotted and of course also true.

THE DUTCH FOUNDED THE USA, READ WERE WORDS LIKE YANKEE , DOLLAR AND SANTA COME FROM; In the 15 th century the dutch people , citizens of Holland called the Batavieren, ruled the waves. Back than, by example they discovered and named Australia , 100 years before the british empire did, founded New Sealand (Nieuw Zeeland) were the only one trading with Japan , and had a empire around the world. They ruled the big empire of indonesia , founded the city of Batavia (now Jakarta), South Africa , Suriname, several islands, founded amongs others , New York (back than 'New Amsterdam") as still vissible in the names ; Bowery Lane (Bouwerijlaan) Bridge street (Brugstraat) Broadway (Breede Weg) Brooklyn (Breukelen) Bushwick (Boswijk) Coney Island (Konijneneiland) Flushing (Vlissingen) Gravesend (Gravesende) Greenwich Village (Groenwijck) Harlem (Haarlem) Hempstead ( Heemstede ) Hoboken (Antwerpen) (belgium was also Dutch)( The unique spirit of Holland is still the in the spirit of New York people say. That is freedom tolerance , open minded and direct.) many parts of the United States, like Vancouver (van Coevorden) and the hole north east of the U.S. which was called 'Nieuw Nederland'. 246 typical north american words are from Holland, like YANKEE (jankees) dollar (daalder) SANTA CLAUS (Sinterklaas) sleigh (slee.) In the United Kingdom about 500 words are from Holland. They founded the United Kingdom in its todays setting by William of Orange , and made the U.S. possible by bank loans to get its independance from Great Britain. and this is just a part of that list. If they did not sold or lost almost everything the world should speak Dutch now. This amazing country with its red white and blue flag still amazes people around the world , they innitiated the European Union and United Nations, the world wildlife fund ,now The Netherlands is the worlds peace and justice country by its international court ,

The funny thing is that after the Netherlands was free from the Nazi invasion in 1945, the following year they invaded Indonesia which they claimed was the Dutch East Indies :)

God damn the germans; never forget, never forgive.

Another people with great neighbors.

It's really sickening seeing your people being killed and cities in your country being bombed... :'''( Dit is meer dan alleen maar triest om te kijken....

This makes me so angry what the germans did

And I never forget Dutch invaded independent state Indonesia with a stupid action called politionel aktie took hundred life of inocent civilians at least German is not the worst

Netherlands in Indonesia : 💪 NETHERLANDS IN EUROPE :

My grand-grandfather had to fight with his brother for the Nazis on D-Day, they begged the Americans not to kill them because they had to fight for the Nazis or they would be taken to prison, it was almost like the scene on Saving Private Ryan. The Americans didn’t care and killed his brother but didn’t kill my grand-grand father, they wanted to make him fight for the Allies, My Grand-Grand father passed away 10 years ago but he told my grandpa and my grandpa told me, The Americans weren’t that perfect. They just want to kill, My grand grand father told my grandpa that they laughed when shooting a bullet trough his brothers head. But i’m pretty sure not all of them were like that.

Netherland lose twice at that time. In Indonesia, they destroyed by Imperial Japanese Army. And in Europe they destroyed by German

they're too busy with the indonesians

My grand father was a Dutch soldier he join in 1934

"...few Dutch collaborators"?

The intermittent use of "Holland" and "the Netherlands" shows the general ignorance of Americans. The former only consists of two provinces and calling the country Holland is mostly an insult to the rest of the country.

the royal leech got scared and left.

Wasn't that where Anne Frank was???

How about dutch colonized in Indonesia? It's seems like germany when invade netherland. It's not humanity.

And of course dont mention Montgomerys bypass of invading Walcheren Island. Then ordeted the Canadians to clean up after his inconciousable blunder

Jesus antwortete: " Ich bin der Weg, und ich bin die Wahrheit und ich bin das Leben. Ohne mich kann niemand zum Vater kommen. " ( Joh 14: )

A real monarrch used to fight on the frontlines not hiding across an ocean. Bring back the republic!

I must say that this queen was very quickly to do the chicken run

Germany invaded the Netherlands on May 10 the Dutch surrendered on May 15. Did not put up much of a fight. They surrendered faster than France. At least France lasted 7 weeks

cri

I simply do not understand why the Dutch became so pro German to not only join the European Community but also the Euro. Very odd indeed!

I,m netherlands

Such propaganda. Makes everyone sound as if they were in a movie full of heroes!

iedereen zat in het verzet.

Can l get this movie on Netflix 😉

them hungry kids and polish troops in action ,,,

And Friesland?

This is what happens if an outdated army is challenged by German engineering :D

En Nu?

So sad ;-(

NEDERLAND NEDERLAND!!!!!!!!!!

My nation is comboda and Holland

Who else is thinking of Anne Frank ;(

Where you see British read CANADIAN!

They were traders

Anne frank....... 😔😔😔😔

Azab memperbudak asia dan Afrika, good job german

اضن انه يكتب Nederlands

@ 7:00 - that's rediculous! just get ur feet wet , you big girl's blouse.

cartoonist punished by hittler...

So funny thousand of man fall at a sky 😂

Andbtoday stehe soacialists are still there.

thank's germany

the "few" Dutch collaborators ?

o.s.o.

stinkers !!!!