The liberation of the Dutch town of Apeldoorn in 1945 in color! De bevrijding van Apeldoorn in 1945

In my previous film about the liberation of Deventer on April 11, 1945, you saw how the Canadians crossed the river IJssel near Gorssel and the next day moved west towards Apeldoorn and the Veluwe. Apeldoorn was liberated by the Canadians on Tuesday 17 April 1945. In fact, that liberation was much easier than the Canadians initially thought Great resistance by the Germans was expected. The reason was that the Germans had resisted fiercely at the Apeldoorns canal and near Teuge. In the night of 16 to 17 April, two resistance members, Albert van de Scheur and Gijs Numan, crossed the Apeldoorns Canal at the lock north of the Deventer Bridge to meet the Canadians to report that only a few Germans were left in the city. With this they managed to prevent a heavy shelling of the city. Finally, the Canadians entered the city in large numbers, only to be hindered in their advance by a few snipers that were left behind.