Adolf Hitler14 May 1940
The Dutch Army surrenders after the Bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe
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The Dutch Army surrenders after the Bombing of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe
Rotterdam is reduced to a blazing ruin for the German invasion of France
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