Re: Was the Cold War Worth It? (Was: American Attitudes)

[J. van Baardwijk]

At 08:41 27-5-01 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:

> > (I'm not even gonna argue about the fact that it wasn't just the Americans
> > that freed The Netherlands...)
>
>Precisely - IIRC, it was the British forces of Field Marshall Montgomery
>that freed Belgium and The Netherlands.

Given the number of Dutch/Canadian children that were born after the war, I 
think it's safe to assume that Canadian forces were a big help, too.

That, and the fact that right after the war, someone even wrote a song 
about the romantic affairs between Dutch girls and Canadian soldiers.


Jeroen

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