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I am originally from Vlissingen and grew up with all these stories. You can still see marks in the landscape from where the dunes were bombed and the water flooded into the land. The holes in the dunes were plugged with old ships filled with sand to repair it. Luctor et Emergo!
I grew up hearing all these incredible stories from my Dutch born mother.Her family was involved in the Dutch resistance and safe houses to hide downed Allied pilots before smuggling them back to England. They loved the Canadian soldiers who freed them and shared their food (my Mom the eldest and two other siblings teeth came in brown from malnutrition).My grandparents with 9 children in tow (2 born later )emigrated to Canada on the ship Zuiderkruis (which hit an iceberg that flooded the boiler room but it managed to limp into Halifax ,Nova Scotia) This year marks the 70th anniversary with a family reunion and legacy of over 300+ descendants ( need to a headcount!) . You should cover Leo Major the decorated but little known French- Canadian soldier and his exploits in the Bartle of the Scheldt. He single handedly liberated the town of Zwolle and captured 93 Nazi soldiers despite losing an eye in a grenade attack.His story is on YTUBE but he merits his own movie! First video of yours that randomly came in my feed and taught me something new .You do good work. May there be peace in our realm soon!
I'm quite impressed by your pronunciation. It's the closest one could come using only English sounds. Though the exception is the word 'zuid'. The u is a vowel here and with the I it makes a unique diphthong. You can always look up the Dutch sound yourself, but if you want to approximate it, try 'zouid' with the ou of south and the id of void.
I think you mean the world. Every country on earth that has a water issue, always calls the Netherlands for help. Except for the stubborn Italians, hence why Venice is sinking.
I have read a lot about the exploits of the Canadian Army in WW2 and the Canadian Army was never given credit for the awful conditions they had to fight in and their role in allowing the approaches to Antwerp to be opened. It is sad in how the Dutch had to endure all this and it so their credit they just rebuil
@Ikreisrond as a Canadian I thank you for that, and I know that the Netherlands appreciated the Canadians and their liberation of a lot of the country. That said, you see movies made about WW2 out of Hollywood and you would never know the Canadian Army landed in Normandy or fought Germany at all
And this is why Montgomery was an amateur . as amateurs think in strategy and tactics where Professionals think in logistics. And that is why market garden failed and the war prolonged by months .
My Granddad escaped forced labor from Colon, Germany and became a Resistance fighter on the flooded Island of Tholen. Almost the entire island was forced evacuated by the Germans. Only some essentials had to stay to performan some repair & maintenance to several defense works , seadike, sluice Gates or water level management. Some could remain on the Island like in Tholen City , St.Annaland and Oud-Vossemeer. th-cam.com/video/deFpBvVuMRo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zo-M3GS5T8IHzaJA th-cam.com/video/Gu6VbpMMvm8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
The Dutch and sea level rising... A lot of people think sea level rising is only caused presently by human influence on the Earth. But the now island of Great Britain was once connected to the mainland Europe by dry land. At the same time the area now called Netherlands was not below sea level at that moment. By sea level rising caused by melting ice the Northsea was formed and later, I understood around the Mediaeval times the peatland was flooded by sea water and the wind made lakes out of the flooded peat lands. This way also the Zuiderzee or Southsea was formed. So probably (oral) history carried that knowledge to the 1500's when technology was developed enough to polder these lakes again and get the land back from the sea. In the 1930's the Southsea was dammed off by the Afsluitdijk and became fresh water IJsselmeer. The rest is history. I live in Waterland, North-Holland and I heard saying the level of the peat and marshes was 14 m above sea level a very long time ago. I always thought the peat came down on drying out... today I realize it's a combination of the rise of the sea level with a couple of meters and the decline of the drying peat with a couple of meters. Last week I was riding my bicycle and yes the Dutch water management bodies are already busy making the dikes 2 m higher at this moment, including new pumping station. So sea level rise will not surprise us. We don't know anything else.
Flooding has been a dutch war tactic for centuries. Check Watergeuzen (De Hoekse en Kabelwajwse twisten) all the way to the more recent, De Grebbelinie flooding.
Dankjewel voor deze video! Very informative can't wait to see your cover more on deliberate floodings, we have our history filled with star forts being bombarded from giant ships entering our flooded polders. It's something out of a fantasy book.
Dit verhaal is uitstekend verteld. You said you were studying Dutch with babble. Don’t know if it’s true. But the above sentence is for you to practice.
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Every Monday, I send out an email with new content. This way, I can reach people even if the TH-cam algorithm isn't working for my videos. If that's for you, click here and put in your email address - eepurl.com/hSeKpj
I am originally from Vlissingen and grew up with all these stories. You can still see marks in the landscape from where the dunes were bombed and the water flooded into the land. The holes in the dunes were plugged with old ships filled with sand to repair it. Luctor et Emergo!
As a Dutch person i really enjoyed this vid
We Dutch people are such suckers for any video with “Dutch” but the title 😭😭😭
Maat, deze kerel simpt gwn ziek hard voor ons
Same! I don't know how, but I didn't know about this yet. Neat to learn about it!
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I grew up hearing all these incredible stories from my Dutch born mother.Her family was involved in the Dutch resistance and safe houses to hide downed Allied pilots before smuggling them back to England.
They loved the Canadian soldiers who freed them and shared their food (my Mom the eldest and two other siblings teeth came in brown from malnutrition).My grandparents with 9 children in tow (2 born later )emigrated to Canada on the ship Zuiderkruis (which hit an iceberg that flooded the boiler room but it managed to limp into Halifax ,Nova Scotia) This year marks the 70th anniversary with a family reunion and legacy of over 300+ descendants ( need to a headcount!) .
You should cover Leo Major the decorated but little known French- Canadian soldier and his exploits in the Bartle of the Scheldt. He single handedly liberated the town of Zwolle and captured 93 Nazi soldiers despite losing an eye in a grenade attack.His story is on YTUBE but he merits his own movie!
First video of yours that randomly came in my feed and taught me something new .You do good work.
May there be peace in our realm soon!
This event was the historical setting of the Netflix movie, the forgotten battle.
I'm quite impressed by your pronunciation. It's the closest one could come using only English sounds.
Though the exception is the word 'zuid'. The u is a vowel here and with the I it makes a unique diphthong. You can always look up the Dutch sound yourself, but if you want to approximate it, try 'zouid' with the ou of south and the id of void.
I would say “zuid” sounds like zowt.
It really is impressive how the Dutch handle the water around the country
I think you mean the world.
Every country on earth that has a water issue, always calls the Netherlands for help.
Except for the stubborn Italians, hence why Venice is sinking.
You can learn about Dutch vowel combinations in this video: the 'ui' is also explained th-cam.com/video/3FcvX1zNOaw/w-d-xo.html
Our enemies must stay wel hydrated, just ask the spanish 🤣
A Dutch person here just saying hi!
Hello there
I love learning history that we didn't get in our dutch schools.
inderdaad
I have read a lot about the exploits of the Canadian Army in WW2 and the Canadian Army was never given credit for the awful conditions they had to fight in and their role in allowing the approaches to Antwerp to be opened. It is sad in how the Dutch had to endure all this and it so their credit they just rebuil
@Ikreisrond as a Canadian I thank you for that, and I know that the Netherlands appreciated the Canadians and their liberation of a lot of the country. That said, you see movies made about WW2 out of Hollywood and you would never know the Canadian Army landed in Normandy or fought Germany at all
And this is why Montgomery was an amateur . as amateurs think in strategy and tactics where Professionals think in logistics.
And that is why market garden failed and the war prolonged by months .
Market Garden was a total desaster for the English. The recent book by Beevor on Market Garden makes this very clear.
amazing as always
Thank you!!
Man, you are coming closer to the 100k. This is nice!
Slowly but surely!
@@GeographyGeek don't be too hard on yourself, you are doing great!
@@GeographyGeek Hi from the Netherlands, you just got another one. Up to 164k 02-18-2023.
I'm dutch, love how you said 'Zeeland'! =)
I found your channel a few weeks ago and I've really enjoyed your videos.
I'm happy you found the channel. I appreciate it!
Contaminated river water is a big issue. Westerschelde is currently gaining attention in the news, but is a nationwide problem.
My Granddad escaped forced labor from Colon, Germany and became a Resistance fighter on the flooded Island of Tholen.
Almost the entire island was forced evacuated by the Germans.
Only some essentials had to stay to performan some repair & maintenance to several defense works , seadike, sluice Gates or water level management.
Some could remain on the Island like in Tholen City , St.Annaland and Oud-Vossemeer.
th-cam.com/video/deFpBvVuMRo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zo-M3GS5T8IHzaJA
th-cam.com/video/Gu6VbpMMvm8/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared
Dutch allies blew up south west dykes in WW2 completely submerging a populated Dutch island. Done to facilitate operatio Matket Garden.
I live in Vlissingen 🥳
The Dutch and sea level rising... A lot of people think sea level rising is only caused presently by human influence on the Earth. But the now island of Great Britain was once connected to the mainland Europe by dry land. At the same time the area now called Netherlands was not below sea level at that moment. By sea level rising caused by melting ice the Northsea was formed and later, I understood around the Mediaeval times the peatland was flooded by sea water and the wind made lakes out of the flooded peat lands. This way also the Zuiderzee or Southsea was formed. So probably (oral) history carried that knowledge to the 1500's when technology was developed enough to polder these lakes again and get the land back from the sea. In the 1930's the Southsea was dammed off by the Afsluitdijk and became fresh water IJsselmeer. The rest is history.
I live in Waterland, North-Holland and I heard saying the level of the peat and marshes was 14 m above sea level a very long time ago. I always thought the peat came down on drying out... today I realize it's a combination of the rise of the sea level with a couple of meters and the decline of the drying peat with a couple of meters.
Last week I was riding my bicycle and yes the Dutch water management bodies are already busy making the dikes 2 m higher at this moment, including new pumping station. So sea level rise will not surprise us. We don't know anything else.
Flooding has been a dutch war tactic for centuries. Check Watergeuzen (De Hoekse en Kabelwajwse twisten) all the way to the more recent, De Grebbelinie flooding.
POV: Your From New Zealand And Your Realising you found Old Zealand
God I love history of this small country
Great video! Is that an Alabama accent I hear?
Close! Southwest Virginia.
Dankjewel voor deze video! Very informative can't wait to see your cover more on deliberate floodings, we have our history filled with star forts being bombarded from giant ships entering our flooded polders. It's something out of a fantasy book.
Cool! So the next episode is about the siege of Leiden I guess? We still celebrate every 3rd of October. :)
Dit verhaal is uitstekend verteld.
You said you were studying Dutch with babble. Don’t know if it’s true. But the above sentence is for you to practice.
The next video… let me guess: “At Alkmaar begins victory?”
As a Dutch person I love any story about my country but especially water related. And you do a great job at it.
Great video!
Thanks! Tartaria?
How much are you Dutch?
It's on the list. Still casually working on it.