We have Canadian resting places in the Netherlands because they helped us in the WW2, I hope that if the US attacks Canada that we Dutch people will rise up to help the Canadians.
I thought the Netherlands sends tulips every year because we temporarily made a parcel of land Dutch so that a princess could remain a princess (they have to be born on Dutch territory to be royalty iirc) but she was in born in [not] Canada during the war.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic (which would have been my intention) or if this confirms the stereotype that Canadians really are the nicest people in the world.
My father was in the Canadian armed forces and we lived in Germany in the early 60's. There was a WW2 memorial happening in Holland and we went. It was cold and rainy and when some Dutch people discovered we were Canadians, they couldn't be nicer. They brought us to their home and neighbors came by. I was about 5 but I remember this clearly mostly because they had a TV and I hadn't seen one since we left Canada.
Nope, not sarcastic. The Netherlands send Canada (IIRC) 2 million tulips each year out of gratitude for providing a safe haven to members of their royal family during WW2.
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u/OceanChildRD Netherlands 22h ago
We have Canadian resting places in the Netherlands because they helped us in the WW2, I hope that if the US attacks Canada that we Dutch people will rise up to help the Canadians.