The Liberation of Holland - Yonis Ali

Canadian soldiers had an important role in liberating the Netherlands. Canadians, who landed on D-Day, fought battles right through France, Belgium, Scheldt, and in Germany before being allowed to dispatch back to the Netherlands with the Canadians who had fought at Italy. Canadian directions were to repel the German troops occupying the northeast back to the sea and to drive German troops in the west back into Germany. The advances were halted on April 12, because of worries for the safety of the people living in the western Netherlands, who, having been starved for months, ran a risk of having their country drowned if the Germans panicked and opened the dykes 

The significance of the battle was on April 28, the Canadians made a truce, which allowed relief supplies to enter the western Netherlands and finish the "Hunger Winter". No part of Western Europe was freed at a more vital moment than the Netherlands and the Dutch people cheered and shouted Canadian troops as one town right after another was freed.