by Mark Zuehlke
35 “Report No. 32, Part III,” paras. 713-17.
26: THANK YOU, CANADIANS
1 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, April 1945, RG24, Library and Archives Canada, 23.
2 “Some notes on Negotiations with the German Higher Comd in Holland, 27 Apr to 5 May, 1945 by Hist Offr I Cdn Corps (Maj. L.A. Wrinch),” RG24, vol. 10796, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
3 Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry War Diary, 23.
4 “Some notes on Negotiations,” 1.
5 “Brief Historical Outline of the Occupation of N.W. Holland by I Canadian Corps,” RG24, vol. 10796, Library and Archives Canada, 1-2.
6 Lieutenant Colonel F. Carlisle, “Food for the Dutch,” RG24, vol. 10540, March 1958, Library and Archives Canada, 2-3.
7 Memo Summarizing Arrangements for Meeting with Representatives of the German Authorities in Holland, 27 April 1945,” RG24, vol. 10658, Library and Archives Canada, 1-2.
8 “Negotiations with Germans in W. Holland 16 Apr-7 May 45, memos, notes, etc., compiled by 1st Army,” RG24, vol. 10658, Library and Archives Canada, n.p.
9 Henri van der Zee, The Hunger Winter: Occupied Holland, 1944-45 (London: Jill Norman & Hobhouse, 1982), 259.
10 “Negotiations with Germans in W. Holland,” Appendix C, 1.
11 Ibid., 2-5.
12 Carlisle, 1.
13 “Notes on Monograph ‘Relief For the Netherlands,’ prepared by Hist Sec G-5 Division, SHAEF,” RG24, vol. 10249, Library and Archives Canada, 41-42.
14 David Kaufman and Michiel Horn, A Liberation Album: Canadians in the Netherlands, 1944-45 (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1980), 104-05.
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19 “Some notes on Negotiations,” 2.
20 George Kitching, Mud and Green Fields: The Memoirs of Major General George Kitching (Langley, BC: Battleline Books, 1985), 253.
21 “I Canadian Corps Intelligence Summary,” No. 290, May 6, 1945, RG24, vol. 109421, Library and Archives Canada, 2.
22 Kitching, 253.
23 “I Canadian Corps Intelligence Summary,” No. 290, 2-5.
24 Ibid., 4-5.
25 Kitching, 254.
26 Van der Zee, 264-65.
27 “Notes on Monograph ‘Relief For the Netherlands,’” 43.
28 “Negotiations with Germans in W. Holland,” Appendix C, 2-3.
29 “Some notes on Negotiations,” 2.
30 “Negotiations with Germans in W. Holland,” 1-2.
31 Ibid., 2.
32 Kitching, 256.
33 “S &T Maintenance I Cdn Corps Second Maintenance Plan, Operation ‘Faust,’” RG24, vol. 10797, Library and Archives Canada, 1-3.
34 Robert H. Parkinson, interview by Morgan Witzel, January 19, 1984, University of Victoria Special Collections.
35 Charles Foulkes, “The Last Great Battle and the Surrender of the German Army,” in Jean E. Portugal, We Were There: The Navy, the Army and the RCAF—A Record for Canada, vol. 7 (Shelburne, ON: Battered Silicon Dispatch Box, 1998), 3576-77.
36 C.P. Stacey, The Victory Campaign: The Operations in North-West Europe, 1944-1945, vol. 3 (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1960), 609-10.
37 Foulkes, 3577.
38 van der Zee, 282.
39 “Report No. 56 Historical Section Army Headquarters: The German Surrender, May 1945,” Directorate of Heritage and History, Department of National Defence, para. 73.
40 I Canadian Corps Intelligence Summary,” No. 289, May 5, 1945, RG24, vol. 109421, Library and Archives Canada, 1.
41 Ibid., 2.
42 “Report No. 56,” paras. 72-76.
43 “I Canadian Corps Intelligence Summary,” No. 289, 2.
44 “Report No. 56,” para. 72.
45 Ibid., paras. 121-26.
46 Jeffrey Williams, The Long Left Flank: The Hard Won Way to the Reich, 1944-1945 (Toronto: Stoddart Publishing, 1988), 300.
47 “Report No. 32, Part III,” para. 793.
48 Stacey, The Victory Campaign, 606.
49 Terry Copp, Cinderella Army: The Canadians in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006), 261.
50 Charles Goodman, interview by author, Saanichton, BC, January 27, 2009.
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54 van der Zee, 303-10.
55 Stacey, The Victory Campaign, 611.
56 Reginald H. Roy, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, 1919-1965 (Vancouver: Evergreen Press, 1969), 439.
GENERAL INDEX
Ranks given for individuals are highest attained as of May 5, 1945.
Achterhoek
Achterveld
Adams, Cpl. Homer
Albert, Capt. Bob
Allard, Brig. Jean
Almelo
Almelo-Nordhorn Canal
Alter Rhine
Am Stevert
Amaron, Douglas
Amersfoort
Amsterdam
Anderson, Lt. John
Anderson, Sgt. R.F. “Andy,”
Anderson, Tpr. William Charles
Andrew, Lt. Col. M.W.
Androlice, Sgt. “Yank,”
Androp
Angeren
Angle, Lt. Col. Harry
Angus, Capt. Gus
Anholt
Apeldoorn
Apeldoorn Canal
Appingedam
Ardennes
Argyll Farm
Arnhem
Arrell, Lt. Col. H.C.
Arsenault, Cpl. Wally
Asseltine, Cpl. Walter “Red,”
Assen
Astle, Pte. Arnold
Atkinson, Sgt. Hubert
Aue River
Aurich
Axehead, the
Bad Zwischenahn
Bailey, Maj. H.F.
Balkbrug
Bannerman, Lt. George
Bannerman, Sgt. Maj. Gordon “Gordie,”
Barkwell, Sgt. Pop
Barlow, QSM Joffre
Barneveld
Baronsbergen
Barrett, Lt. William W.
Barry, Pte. John
Bassett, Maj. John
Bathmen
Bathorn
Beal, Maj. George
Beardmore, Lt. Harvey
Beauchemin, Capt. Jean R.
Beaudry, Cpl. Henry John
Beek
Beilen
Beleval, L. Cpl. Norman Adrian
Bell, Capt. J.D.
Bell, Capt. Thomas
Bellafontaine, Gdsm. Lawrence Frederick
Bell-Irving, Lt. Col. Henry “Budge,”
Bennet, Sgnl. Vic,
Bennett, Lt. Leonard Joseph
Berg
Bergeron, Maj. George
Berkel creek
Berlin
Bernhard, Prince
Berryman, Lt. E.R.
Bevan, L. Cpl. Doug
Bibeau, Lt. Col. Julien
Bienan; battle for
Bienan gap
Bierum
Bingum
Bishop, CSM. Harry
Black, Lt. J.
Blackburn, Capt. George
Blackfriars Bridge
Blaisse, Margriet
Blake, Lt. Graham Scott
Bland, Sgt. Jackie
Blaskowitz, Gen.
Oberst Johannes
Bloemendaal
Blumentritt, Gen. Inf. Günther
Boates, Maj. Harry
Bogert, Brig. Pat
Bolsward
Bolton, Lt. Bert
Boone, Tpr.
Borge
Börger
Borgsweer
Borkum Island
Borne
Bouchard, Gnr. Roland
Bowland, Pte. Ben
Bowman, Tpr. George
Boyce, Lt. Ron
Brabant Province
Bradburn, Lt. Col. Robert
Braden, Maj. James Wallace
Bradley, Gen. Omar
Bradshaw, Cpl. George
Brady, Maj. E.J.
Brampton, Pte. Mervin
Breddenberg
Bremen
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC )
Bronkhorst
Brooke, Gen. Sir Alexander
Brosseau, Lt. Wilfred
Brosseau, Maj. G.
Brown, CSM. C.E.
Brown, Maj. Gordon
Brown, Pte. John
Brown, Pte. Walter B. “Brownie,”
Browne, Lt. Col. Gordon
Brual
Bruggink, Hanna
Brummen
Brundrit, Lt. William Fernley
Brunette, Lt. J.J. “Jack,”
Buchanan, Gnr. George Allan
Buchenwald
Buddell, Lt. William Thomas
Bull, Gnr. William
Bunda, Sgt. Wilfred Francis
Bunde
Burdon, Lt. Eric
Burns, Lt. Gen. Tommy
Burrison, Sgt. Richard Lloyd
Butterworth, Tpr. Fred
Cabeldu, Brig. Fred
Cadieu, A. Sgt. Ardagh Orval
Caen
Cambridge, Lt. John A.
Cameron, Lt. J.
Cameron, Pte. Gordon Philip
Campbell, Brig. C.A.
Campbell, Lt. R.F. “Rolie,”
Canadian Press
Canavan, Lt. E.J.
Carey, Gnr.
Carpiquet
Carrignan, Pte. A.H. “Sid,”
Carroll, Maj. M.W.
Cass, Rabbi Samuel
Cassidy, Maj. George
Cathcart, Gnr. Jim
Caverley, Sgt. A.T.
Caya, Sgt. George
Challice, Pte. Clifford
Chambers, Capt. Egan
Chambers, Capt. S.L.
Chambers, Sgt. Wes
Chaulk, Sgt. Walter
Cherry, Cpl. Frank Arthur
Chiasson, Lt. Phil
Chipping Onger
Christiansen, Gen. Flieger Friedrich
Christie, Pte. Hugh Patterson
Churchill, Winston
Clancy, Capt. John
Clark, Lt. Col. R.P. “Slug,”
Clarke, Pte. Arthur
Clarke, Brig. L.G.
Clarke, Maj. Francis H. “Nobby,”
Clawson, Lt. C.H.
Cliff, Pte. Montgomery
Clue, Cpl. Ernest J.
Clyne, Tpr., Leo C.
Coady, Capt. I.J.
Cockburn, Cpl. Alexander
Coevorden
Coffin Lt. Col. A.F. “Bert,”
Cole, Slim
Coleman, Lt. Col. R.C. “Rowan,”
Coleman, Maj. W.I.
Coll, Gnr. Tom
College van Vertrouwensmannen (College of Trusted Men)
Colquhoun, Maj. R.A.
Compton-Lundie, Maj. Anthony
Copithorn, Sgt. Bill
Corbould, Lt. Col. Gordon
Cornish, Lt.
Corsan, Cpt. Kenneth Stuart Douglas
Counsell Maj. Jim
Cousins, Maj. J.M.
Cowley, Lt. J.
Crawford, Gdsm. J.
Crerar, Gen. Harry
Cristall, Capt. I.
Cumberland, Brig. Ian
Cusack, Pte. James Bertram
Daley, Tpr. Carson
Dalfsen
Dalton, Maj. Elliott
Daniel, Pte. Lloyd
Day, Capt. S.F.
Degin, Maj. K.
de Guingand, Maj. Gen. Francis “Freddie,”
de Hoven
de Jong, Louis
Deelen Airfield
Delden
Delfzijl; battle of
Dempsey, Gen. Miles
Den Helder
Denison, Maj. Latimer Hugh
Denton, Lt. Doug
DeRome, Lt. Col. M.L .
Deventer; attack on
Dextraze, Lt. Col. Jacques “Jimmy,”
Diadem
Diamond, Sgt. J.H.
Dickson, Maj. Dave
Didam
Diele
Diepman, Bernard “Bernie,”
Diepenheim
Dieren
Diersfordter Wald
Ditzam
Dobie, Rfn. Doug
Dodd, Pte. Daniel
Dodd, Sgt. J.E.
Doering, Maj.
Doesburg
Doetinchem
Doggert, Pte. Sam
Doig, Lt. Dave
Doiron, Pte. Arthur
Dokkum
Dolan, Sgt. Alvin Clifford
Dönitz, Grosseadmiral Karl
Donnelly, Capt. Mel
Doornenburg
Dordrecht
Dornick
Dorsten
Dougart, Sgt.
Drachten
Drenthe Province
Drewry, Maj. Jack
Driel
Drury, Lt. J.S.
Dudley, Lt. Robert
Duggan Sgt. William Francis
Duisberg
Dumaine, Pte. A.
Dunkelman, Maj. Ben
Dunlop, Maj. John
Dure, Capt. John Alexander
Durnford, Padre Roy
Dutch Communist Party
Dutch government-in-exile
Dutch resistance groups: Central Government Fighting Group (KP); Help to People in Hiding (LO); Nederlandse Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten (NBS); Order of Service (OD)
Dutch SS
Dyck, Pte. Lawrence
Dykman, Henk
Eadie, Maj. Fraser
Earp, Lt. Alan
Eaton, Gnr. B.H.
Eaton, Lt. Col. J.W.
Ede
Edewecht
Eefde
Eem River
Eems Canal
Eems Inlet
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D.
Ekern
Elbe River
Eldridge, Sgt. Garnet William
Ellis, Lt. Col. Ross
Ellis, Maj. Tim
Emden
Emden-Wilhelmshaven peninsula
Emlichheim
Emmen
Emmerich; assault on
Ems Estuary
Ems River
Ems-Jade Canal
England, Tpr. David Frederick
English, Maj. Earl
Epse
Etten
Faille, Sgt. Mickey
Faire, Lt. Col.
Fairweather, Capt. Jack
Falaise
Farmsum
Ferguson, Maj. John Alexander
Fiebig, Gen. Maj. Heinz
Field, Brig. L.F.
Finamore, Sgt. Ronald
Finch, Sgt. Robert George
Finley, Lt. Ernie
Fisher, Maj. P.F.
Flannery, Sgt. John Francis
Flatt, CSM. Samuel Alexander
Forbes, Lt. Col. Don
Forde, Cpl. Harold Raymond
Forman, Maj. Jack
Foster, Maj. Gen. Harry
Foulkes, Lt. Gen. Charles
Frank, Anne
French, Cpl. Alfred “Frenchy,”
French, Pte. Cecil
Friesen, P/O Colin
Friesland
Friesoythe; attack and burning of
Frost, Capt. Syd
Fulton Lt. Col. Lochie
Ga
lloway, Maj. Gen. Sandy
Gammer, Pte. Alfred
Garrel
Geddes, A/C Andrew
Gemmel, Lt. Col. Neil
Gendringen
George, King
Gerrard, Lt. Bill
Gerbrandy, Pieter Sjoerds
George, Capt. Mike
Gibson, Brig. Graeme
Gildersleeve, Lt. Wilf
Gilmour, Capt. Blair
Glendinning, Maj. Haworth
Gomez, Sgt. D.
Goodman, Pte. Charles “Chic,”
Gordon, Lt. Col. Neil
Gordon, Maj. D.L.
Gorssel
Gouda
Graham, Lt. R.L. “Tubby,”
Graham, Maj. R.J.
Graham, Tpr. Clarence David
Gramsbergen
Grebbe Line
Grebbe River
Green, CSM. George
Gregory, Lt. Col. Al
Grevenshof
Grey, Gnr. R.W.
Grietherbusch
Grieve, Spr. George William
Griffin, Lt. H.H.M.
Griffin, Maj. Peter
Groendahl
Groningen; battle for
Guerard, QSM. Wilfred Alexander
Guest, Lt. Bill
Haalderen
Haarlem
Hague, The
Hains, Pte. Roland
Haldern
Hamburg
Hamley, Maj. Harry
Hamminkeln
Hanberry, L. Sgt. Thomas
Hanson, Maj. John
Harderwijk
Hards, Pte. J.J.
Harper, Lt. Ivan
Harrington, Maj. Con
Harskamp
Hart, Lt. Bob
Hartigan, Sgt. Dan
Haworth, Sgt. Fred
Heerenveen
Heino
Heinrichs, L. Cpl. John
Hellerud, Pte. Len
Hellsten, Sgt. Martin
Henderson, Lt. Col. Larry
Hennigar, Sgt. Joseph “Joe” Lawrence
Heteren
Heveskes
Heyland, Maj. Dalt
Hijken
Hill, Brig. James
Hill, Maj. Lloyd
Hill, Rfn. George “Bunker,”
Hilversum
Hinkley, Cpl. Bill
Hirschfeld, Dr. H.M. “Max,”
Hobson, Lt. J.
Hoch Elten
Hochwald
Hodgins, Lt. Col. R.D.
Hoevelaken
Hoffmeister, Maj. Gen. Bert
Hogarth, Lt. Col. R.E.
Hogarth, Maj. D.
Holthusen
Holwierde
Hoogeveen
Hooghalen
Hoogkerk
Horrocks, Lt. Gen. Sir Brian
Hoven
Hubacheck, Gnr. Victor
Hueth
Huisberden
Huissen
Humble, Sgt. Nelson
Hummelo
Hunter, Lt. George
Hunter, Lt. Morley
Hupkes, Dr. W.
Huth, Pte. Theodore
IJmuiden