Also, for those who are interested...every year Turkey is kind enough to host an Anzac memorial service at Gallipoli to honour the Turkish, Australian and NZ soldiers who fell. NZ and Australia gave more lives per capita than any other country in either world war.

I am sorry but it was not well known what the Nazis were doing, there were Reports about the Concentration Camps, but nobody was believing that millions of Human beings were systemically killed. Then you have to remember that the USA were supporting the war in Europe with ressources, but it was impossible to do it openly, because the Nazis had a big following in the USA and many Citizens of the United States believed that they should not get into another big war in Europe. It took Pearl Harbor to wake the sleeping Giant, and i am grateful that the USA got into the war, i would not want to goosestep around here in Germany.

Guy who is talking about Europe being the third reich if it wasn't for America... uh America's illustrious history with WWII astounds me. You cats that state you were such heroes for stepping in when you did tick me off. America got involved years after they found out what the Nazis were doing, and only because Japan was allied with Germany and Japan of course bombed Pearl Harbor. If it wasn't for that move as if America even cared. So don't act like there was much heroics involved. Hell American companies supplied the Nazis with computers and such. I know I'm going to spark a lot of ire with this but so be it.

As for your claim about US forces policy to "kill am all an let god sort them out"... is really too much. Maybe you shouldn't be getting your history from the Internet.

... just sayin' ...

The Turks under Ataturk made a perfect example with the Memorial at ANZAC Cove.

Those heroes that shed their blood and lost their lives… you are now lying in the soil of a friendly country.
Therefore rest in peace.
There is no difference between the Johnnies and the Mehmets where they lie side by side here in this country of ours…
You the mothers who sent their sons from far away countries, wipe away your tears.
Your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. Having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.

Luckily the dutch were liberated by largely canadian (and polish and even morroccan) forces since the americans had a policy in france and belgium of first levelling the place and kill am all an let god sort them out. This prevented the dutch of suffering more casualties than nessacery. Holland was apart from Denmark the last country to be liberated and in Holland especially (Holland is only two provences of the netherlands) we commemorate the 26.000 that starved to death in winter 44/45.
Of course history could not be more cruel, the first thing the new dutch government in '45 did was planning to re-occupy the dutch east-indies. Liberty was soon taken as an excuse to enforce dutch law on the indonesians, sad but true.

and yes i'm dutch, and i feel ashamed

I will note, however, that quite often living service men and women are honored on Memorial Day, even though there is a separate holiday for veterans.

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
John McCrae