Canadian Soldiers Liberate the Netherlands
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- 3. ________ invaded Holland to get close to France
- 7. The children that born during this time were __________and ___________.
- 8. The Royal Canadian _______ and the Royal Canadian _____ _______, were huge contributors to the war.
- 11. Germany took control of which river?
- 12. The Canadian front spread out from Nijmegen to _______.
- 14. Number of casualties after the Canadian troops fought a hard and successful battle on the Hitler line.
- 15. How much was Canada in debt, as they supplied a lot of food and materials for the war.
- 18. How long did the Canadian soldiers wait, plan and prepare before going in for the final attack to sweep the Germans away from the south end of the Netherlands?
- 19. Which army was formed of 170,000 men overseas, and won back the river?
- 20. Canada was starting to shape themselves as an ___________ country.
- 21. What part of the country was liberated after a few months of fighting with the Germans?
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- 1. Germany ended up taking over most of the Netherlands again, after the British super attack on ________failed.
- 2. Final months of war, ________ 1944 to _____ 1945
- 4. Canadian soldiers drove the German defences back in ___________ ______ in order to get closer and take over more land.
- 5. Canadians allied with the ___________ and ________ to fight the first full-scale invasion of Europe.
- 6. Country with 13,000 casualties, after the Battle of Scheldt.
- 9. Date in which Canada entered WW11.
- 10. Force that the Netherlands favoured.
- 13. Germany cut off which supplies from the Netherlands?
- 16. Final battle to liberate the Netherlands took place in which city?
- 17. Germany’s first target.