Q: Hillegom (NL) liberated May 1945 by which units

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Thanks Mark!

Now I need to figure out how & when these units operated in the western part of Holland.

Hanno

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some pictures of the liberation parade on 5 May this year:

[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno,
great to see some liberation shots from our area!

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another liberation parade on 5 May this year, part of the Bollenstreek Liberation Tour. Great crowd in Hillegom!

H.

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[Alex van de Wetering]

Hanno, now you know why I was pointing at the building...

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Hanno, now you know why I was pointing at the building...

Alex, excellent "Then & Now" photography

Thanks a lot!

Hanno

[Alex van de Wetering]

Alex, excellent "Then & Now" photography

Well, it wasn't easy with such a huge amount of spectators! Fantastic. It put a smile on my face....especially when you consider that every year there is a discussion about whether or not to celebrate the liberation, more than 70 years after the fact!

Here's two more....I am not sure if these are better placed in this thread or in the then and now thread, but I will leave that up to you

Alex

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Alex,

Here is the next one we should take a then & now picture of: a Windsor carrier in Hillegom.

Captioned: “At the Leidsestraat a tank stops to talk to bystanders.”

Do I see a Maple Leaf unit sign on the left-hand fender?

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[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Thanks Mark!

Now I need to figure out how & when these units operated in the western part of Holland.

Hanno

Hanno;

The answer is on this forum somewhere, I remember responding to the same question before. Elements of the I Canadian Corps began crossing the Grebbe Line into the Western Netherlands the morning of 7th May 1945, when the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division took over the 88th German Corps' area about Utrecht, extending from the Ijsselmeer to the Lek. On the morning of 8th May 1945, 1st Canadian Infantry Division took control of the 30th German Corps' area in the remaining territory to the west.

Cheers

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

The answer is on this forum somewhere, I remember responding to the same question before. Elements of the I Canadian Corps began crossing the Grebbe Line into the Western Netherlands the morning of 7th May 1945, when the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division took over the 88th German Corps' area about Utrecht, extending from the Ijsselmeer to the Lek. On the morning of 8th May 1945, 1st Canadian Infantry Division took control of the 30th German Corps' area in the remaining territory to the west.

Mark, excellent!

This will help my search tremendously.

Thanks!

Hanno

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Mark, excellent!

This will help my search tremendously.

Thanks!

Hanno

Hi Hanno;

Some more notes from an earlier post regarding this topic can be found on page 2 of the thread entitled: 'GM Foxes in N.West Europe' in the Armour Forum, located here: http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/showthread.php?p=106087&highlight=Riding#post10608 7

Cheers