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The city of Rotterdam after the German bombing during the German invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940. Despite Dutch neutrality, Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of Fall Gelb (Case Yellow). [1] On 15 May 1940, one day after the bombing of Rotterdam, the Dutch forces surrendered.
The German invasion of the Netherlands (Dutch: Duitse aanval op Nederland), otherwise known as the Battle of the Netherlands (Dutch: Slag om Nederland), was a military campaign, part of Case Yellow (German: Fall Gelb), the Nazi German invasion of the Low Countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands) and France during World War II. The ...
The Dutch army was not considered adequate even at the end of World War I, and it did not improve much during the interwar years. By the time of the German invasion in 1940, only about 166 battalions were operational for the defense of the Netherlands, and most were poorly prepared for combat.
Invasion of Denmark Invasion of Norway: 1940-04-12: United Kingdom Faroe Islands: A [6] Invasion: 1940-05-10: Germany Belgium Netherlands: A/W [3] [6] Date of the German offensive in the West, W from Belgium and the Netherlands. [10] Belgium. Netherlands. 1940-05-10: Germany Luxembourg: A [6] Luxembourg: 1940-05-10 United Kingdom: Iceland: A ...
These included Nazi Germany's invasion of Denmark and Norway on 9 April 1940—then Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg on 10 May 1940. On the same day, 10 May 1940, the British, having already invaded the Faroe Islands in April, invaded Iceland and established an occupying force ( subsequently replaced by the then-neutral United States).
1940. 10 January: Mechelen incident; 10–17 May: German invasion of the Netherlands; 24-25 June: an RAF raid on Den Helder results in 38 deaths. [2] 1941.
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of the Netherlands and its predecessor states since 1795. These predecessors include: These predecessors include: United Provinces, or Dutch Republic (1581–1795): see List of wars involving the Dutch Republic
The German Blitzkrieg offensive of mid-May, 1940. Map of the British invasion of Iceland in mid-May 1940. 1 May: Allies begin evacuating Norwegian ports; the efforts will continue until June. 5 May: Norwegian government in exile established in London. [2] 7 May: The Norway Debate begins in the House of Commons.