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The Battle of Rotterdam was a Second World War battle fought during the Battle of the Netherlands. Fought between 10 and 14 May 1940, it was a German attempt to seize the Dutch city. Fought between 10 and 14 May 1940, it was a German attempt to seize the Dutch city.
The "Forgotten Bombardment" by Mathieu Ficheroux.The sculpture, commemorating the Allied bombing of Rotterdam on 31 March 1943, was unveiled in 1993. During the German occupation of the Netherlands between 1940 and 1945, during the Second World War, Allied air forces carried out a number of operations over Rotterdam and the surrounding region.
The Rotterdam Blitz; Part of the German invasion of the Netherlands: Rotterdam's city centre after the bombing. The heavily damaged (now restored) St. Lawrence church stands out as the only remaining building that is reminiscent of Rotterdam's medieval architecture.
The list of Axis named operations in the European Theatre represents those military operations that received a codename, predominantly from the Wehrmacht commands. It does not represent all operations that were carried out by the Axis powers, or their allies in the European Theatre during the Second World War.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Pages in category "Rotterdam in World War II" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This ...
The Destroyed City (Dutch: De verwoeste stad) is a bronze memorial sculpture in the Dutch city of Rotterdam. It commemorates the German bombing of Rotterdam on 14 May 1940, which destroyed the medieval centre of the city. [1] Unveiled in 1953, it was designated as a Dutch national monument (Rijksmonument) in 2010.
The Marine memorial (Dutch: Mariniersmonument) is a war memorial on Oostplein in Rotterdam, Netherlands. It commemorates and thanks the Netherlands Marine Corps who fought hard for the city in the Battle of the Netherlands. [1] The monument, a bronze statue of a marine, was made by Titus Leeser and was unveiled by Prince Bernhard on July 5 ...
8 May: Entry of the two divisions of the 1st Canadian Army Corps in Amsterdam, The Hague, and Rotterdam. [6] General Kruis, Chief of Staff Military Authority, arrives in The Hague. [6] An Allied vanguard arrives in Oslo. Second 'general' German capitulation in Berlin. [6] 13 May: German deserter execution; 16 May: Dissolution of the College of ...