U.S. President George W. Bush paid tribute on Sunday to the soldiers who died to free Europe from Nazi Germany 60 years ago and said a new generation was working to bring liberty to the Middle East, Reuters reported . Bush joined Dutch Queen Beatrix, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende and hundreds of veterans to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe at a cemetery in the Netherlands, where around 8,000 U.S. war dead are buried. Bush and Queen Beatrix laid large floral wreaths in front of a tall stone memorial decked with long U.S. and Dutch flags before a gun salute, a solemn bugle call, the national anthems of both countries and a flyover by seven fighter jets. "We commemorate a great victory for liberty. And the thousands of white marble crosses and Stars of David underscore the terrible price we paid for that victory," Bush said. Bush is on a four-nation tour centred around the 60th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Europe but balanced by visits to Latvia and Georgia to stress that for them 1945 marked the start of the Cold War division of the continent. --More 1357 Local Time 1057 GMT
