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Dutch children eating soup during the famine of 1944–1945 Two Dutch women transporting food during the famine period. The Dutch famine of 1944–1945, also known as the Hunger Winter (from Dutch Hongerwinter), was a famine that took place in the German-occupied Netherlands, especially in the densely populated western provinces north of the great rivers, during the relatively harsh winter of ...
The winter of 1944–1945 was very harsh, which led to "hunger journeys" and many cases of starvation (about 30,000 casualties), exhaustion, cold and disease. The winter is known as the Hongerwinter (literally, "hunger winter") or the Dutch famine of 1944. In response to a general railway strike ordered by the Dutch government-in-exile in ...
A large-scale famine in Yunnan helped reverse the fortunes of the ruling Qing dynasty. [17] [18] In India, the delayed summer monsoon caused late torrential rains that aggravated the spread of cholera from a region near the Ganges in Bengal to as far as Moscow. [19] In Bengal, abnormal cold and snow was reported in the winter monsoon. [16]
In a city with a population of about 450,000 while under German occupation, there was a famine starting in the winter of 1941–42 that lasted until the end of September 1942. The local administration recorded 19,284 deaths between the second half of December 1941 and the second half of September 1942, thereof 11,918 (59.6%) from hunger. [ 136 ]
An Avro Lancaster with a food drop over Ypenburg during Operation Manna. Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound were humanitarian food drops to relieve the Dutch famine of 1944–45 in the German-occupied Netherlands undertaken by Allied bomber crews during the last 10 days of the official war in Europe.
Prince Bernhard appointed Commander of the Dutch Armed Forces. [1] Queen Wilhelmina, via Radio Oranje, informs the population in occupied territory that 'liberation is imminent' [1] Commencement of the organized departure of German citizens from the Netherlands [1] 3 to 4 Sep: Start of systematic railway sabotage by the Landelijke Knokploegen [1]
The Landwacht was feared and hated by the population, among other things because during the Hongerwinter, the Dutch famine in the winter of 1944–45, the Landwacht confiscated food parcels from Dutch civilians. Many thousands of Dutch people had traveled hundreds of kilometers to obtain bread or some potatoes. [3]
A tragic consequence of the operation's failure was the Dutch famine of 1944–45, also known as the 'Hunger Winter'. During the battle Dutch railway workers, incited by the Dutch government in London, went on strike in order to aid the Allied assault. In retribution Germany forbade food transportation, and in the following winter more than ...