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Luctor Et Emergo: The Impact Of The Second World War On Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard
Luctor Et Emergo: The Impact Of The Second World War On Zeeland, Dirk Marc De Waard
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
This thesis is a study of the impact of the Second World War on Zeeland, the most southerly maritime province of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The thesis attempts to describe life in Zeeland before the outbreak of war and then looks at the changes caused by the arrival of the Germans in may 1940. For four and a half years Zeelanders (hereafter referred to as Zeeuws) lived and worked under the yoke of German rule and oppression before exchanging that yoke for freedom. It was here that Canadians played a role.
On a grand scale, the Canadian Army was …