On May 10, 1940, the Germans invaded the Netherlands and a few days ater devastated from the air the open city of Rotterdam, which had no anti freraft defences. Bombers systematically wrecked more than a square mile of the centre of the city, and part of the area is shown in the photograph as it {s today, AN that is left standing are the walls of the Groote Kerk (St. Lawrence), the principal church of Rotterdam, and the; old wind million the Oostplein, The devastated area included the main shopping centre of the city.
The European War, July 11.
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