The Archive · 1940

Nazis Claim 200 Allied

Planes Shot Down

Communique Claims More Successes Berlin, May 15.

The capitulation of the "fortress of Holland" is announced in the latest communique of the German High Command.

In Belgium, it adds, German divisions are in hot pursuit of the retreating enemy. "Between Namur and Givet, we have crossed the Meuse river on a wide front. A counterattack on the western bank by French armoured units was repulsed. At one point alone over 70 British and French fighter and bomber craft were shot down. The enemy's total air 14 were over 200 ye of our machines

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