As the German bombers over Rolterdam completed laying each line fof bombs, they circled round to begin once again, thus systematically working their way across the whole length of the city.
the district bombed, those few who escaped immediate death, those who were only maimed, perished in the flames that broke out amidst the piled ruins. First ald was out of question as long as the rain of bombs continued. When it was over, few of the victims needed help.
Rotterdam was an open town: the Holland Air Force could not ward off The Bombers, and of anti-aircraft gums there was none, the Legation pointed out. "According to a moder-Ste estimate," it stated, "the number of civilians killed in. this unprecedented and horrifying destruction must,
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