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In 1940, Rotterdam was subjected to heavy aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe during the German invasion of the Netherlands during the Second World War. The objective was to support the German troops fighting in the city, break Dutch resistance and force the Dutch army to surrender.
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 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.
Rotterdam centre after the 1940 bombing of Rotterdam. The ruined St. Lawrence Church has been restored. Tower blocks in the Kop van Zuid neighbourhood. During World War I, the city was the world's largest spy centre because of Dutch neutrality and its strategic location between Britain, Germany and German-occupied Belgium. Many spies who were ...
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 Battle for The Hague (Dutch: Slag om Den Haag) took place on 10 May 1940 during the Battle of the Netherlands. German Fallschirmjäger units were dropped in and around The Hague to capture Dutch airfields and the city itself. After securing a bridgehead, Nazi Germany had expected the Netherlands to surrender that day. The Germans, however ...
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.
Stadion Feijenoord and Rotterdam Stadion railway station open. Museum of Taxation founded. [17] 1938 Pieter Oud becomes mayor. Yevhen Konovalets is assassinated in Rotterdam by Pavel Sudoplatov. 1940 May 14: Rotterdam Blitz. [18] Diergaarde Blijdorp (zoo) re-opens. 1941 - Hillegersberg, IJsselmonde, Overschie, and Schiebroek become part of city.