Before going off into deep end of self rightiousness here guys, do some checking on the numbers of of soldiers fighting in the Netherlands from each nation.
Most were Brits, Poles and Canadians. They certainly took most of the casualties in disasterous operations like "Market Garden" ( = Arnhem).
If anybody died for my mummy then it was probably one of them.
I'm sure many quarterbacks will also claim to have won the game all by themselves.
Now lets talk sailing again !
Wouter
Hey Wouter thought you may find this interesting since you brought it up
The Americans committed two airborne divisions to Operation Market Garden the 101st and the 82nd. As well, the British had sent in the 1st Airborne Division they were supplemented by a Polish Airborne brigade. There were a total of 1432 soldiers from the 82nd and 2110 from 101st airborne division that lost their lives, while the British lost 1653. Can't find any information on the Pols or the Canucks.
