You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
RE: Today it is 78 years ago that the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands was bombed. The hole center of the city was destroyed.
All I can say is how much I despise war. It's important to remember how damaging war is and that's it's not a political game as some think of it
I've heard many stories over the years from my uncles who served in the Canadian army - many were POW's and some of course didn't make it home. They are all gone now of old age and have taken secrets to the grave - things too terrible to tell I am sure.
Thanks for sharing this important day @clio.
You are right. War is not a political game, but I am afraid some still think of it as a game.
I know that many Canadians were involved in the liberation of the Netherlands. I didn't know there were a lot of POW's here in Europe. The soldiers must have seen things too terrible to tell, especially when they liberated the camps in Germany.
I know that even a lot of Dutch girls fell in love with a Canadian in those days. There were marriages and girls left for Canada or sometimes the boys left without the girls. What's new?
"Trees (a Dutch first name for a girl) has a Canadian", was the name of a hit just after the Second World War.
That is interesting about the Dutch girls and the song. I never knew that. I did know about war brides but really never gave it much more of a thought than I understood the reason. Dumb boys leaving the girls, ya....some things never change :)