05/05/2025
“The guns played their final hymn of hate, swelling to a crashing finale at 0800 hours —and then silence…”—War Diary, Royal Canadian Dragoons, May 5, 1945
By May 1945, the Second World War had been raging on for almost six years. More than one million Canadians and Newfoundlanders served in uniform.
, at precisely 0800 hours, military units were ordered to stop offensive operations, marking the end of Canada’s fight in the Netherlands.
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📸: Library and Archives Canada
Pictured: Infantrymen of “D” Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, in De Glindhorst, Netherlands, on May 5, 1945.