A thank-you to the Americans, Canadians and British

Lert: As some of you will know but most won't, I am born and raised in the Netherlands, Europe. Although I have visited the US twice, I've always lived in the Netherlands and still do. The reason I play on the NA server both in clanky tanks and floaty boats is because that's where my friends who also play these games play.   Today is May the 5th. This is a nationwide holiday in the Netherlands, and a widely observed one at that. 95% of stores are closed, all banks as well as all government buildings are, etc.   May 5th is known as Bevrijdingsdag in the Netherlands. Or, translated, Liberation Day.   Today marks the 71st anniversary that a combined force of American, Canadian and British troops officially liberated the Netherlands from German occupation, officially ending the war for my home country. Today marks the 70th time we've celebrated this event, the 70th Bevrijdingsdag.   I know chances are very, very slim that anyone actually involved in that beautiful day in 1945 that marked the end of five years of oppression, occupation and suffering ever sees this thread, but I would still like to take this opportunity to thank all those people who fought, all those people who sacrificed.   So, from a small and fairly insignificant country across the Atlantic, thank you. I'll be raising a beer in your honor tonight.   Dutch citizens flying the national flag in celebration of liberation, May 5th, 1945   Crossposted to WoWS forum.