On 14 April 1945, Leo Major's Régiment de la Chaudière was not the only regiment involved in the liberation of Zwolle. For instance, the ‘second’ Canadian scout was a soldier of the Regina Rifles Regiment. Between 9:15 and 10:30, Lorenso Bergeron drove through Zwolle and made contact with resistance fighter Jan Graver. Like Major, Bergeron reported to the army command that the German soldiers had withdrawn. However, they turned out to have blown up both the IJssel bridges as they left for the Veluwe region.

With this information, the army command dared to give the order to attack. The various regiments entered Zwolle via Assendorp and through the Wipstrik. Indeed, they met little resistance and at 11:00, Sergeant Frank Brown (7th Reconnaissance Regiment) reported over the radio: 'Am sitting on the steps of the Town Hall of Zwolle. No enemy'. At 13:00, the town bells rang to celebrate the joy of liberation.

A festive atmosphere developed among the population, who cheered the liberators on the Grote Markt (Main Square), among other places. Located on the Grote Markt, in the building of gentlemen's club De Harmonie (now Café Blij), were the headquarters of the Zwolle branch of the Internal Armed Forces (Binnenlandse Strijdkrachten, BS). Especially in the first days after the liberation, the BS kept in touch with the Canadian forces and was tasked with guarding the city's access roads.