Denmark, the Netherlands liberated 70 years ago this hour (May 5 1945)


Video: 'WW2: The Liberation of Holland' (Holland liberated at 41:33)

(Saturday, May 5, 1945, 8:00 a.m. CEST; on the Western Front of World War II) — Canadian and British troops liberated the Netherlands and Denmark this morning as a German surrender went into effect.


Video: 'Germans Surrender to Montgomery (1945)' (May 5, 1945, at 2:41)


Video: 'Denmark, may 1945'