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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.
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 first battalion from Limburg was an occupational force in Germany in the area between Cologne (Köln), Aix-la-Chapelle and the Dutch border. The second and third battalions from Limburg accompanied the American push into Germany in March 1945 up to Magdeburg, Brunswick and Oschersleben. [27]
The first food ships arrive in Rotterdam. [2] An Allied vanguard arrives in Copenhagen. [2] 6 May: General Blaskowitz signs the capitulation order presented to him the previous day in the auditorium of the Agricultural College in Wageningen. [2] 7 May: First 'general' German capitulation at Reims. [2] Shooting incident on Dam Square in ...
A bunker of the Peel-Raam Line, built in 1939. The Dutch colonies such as the Dutch East Indies (modern Indonesia) caused the Netherlands to be one of the top five oil producers in the world at the time and to have the world's largest aircraft factory in the Interbellum (Fokker), which aided the neutrality of the Netherlands and the success of its arms dealings in the First World War.
"Holland, 1945" is a song by American indie rock group Neutral Milk Hotel. It was released as the only single from the band's second and final studio album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, in October 1998. "Holland, 1945" is one of the album's louder, more upbeat songs, featuring overdriven and distorted guitars.
This is a list of the most-watched Indian music videos on YouTube. Phonics Song with Two Words from children's channel ChuChu TV is the most viewed video in India and is the 7th most viewed YouTube video in the world. "Why This Kolaveri Di" become the first Indian music video to cross 100 million views. [1] [2] "Swag Se Swagat" became the first ...
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