On the morning of May 10, 1940, the population of the Netherlands suddenly woke up to the roars of about a hundred aircraft. It was the cacophony of war.
The Germans had invaded the country and were now bombing airfields to destroy the Dutch air forces.
As the attacks began, the Dutch military personnel witnessed something they had never seen before. Hundreds of paratroopers were pouring from their transport aircraft and airdropping from the sky.
Little did they know that the Germans were carrying out a secret operation to capture the Queen and her government, forcing the country into submission…
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The Dutch surrendered before Rotterdam was bombed but no one could communicate that with the bombers to stop the bombing… Rotterdam was destroyed for no bloody reason, not they Goering every needed a reason to destroy anything.
Nice.
your title is so misleading its not even funny
Love your work!
My grandfather became a prisoner of the Germans while defending Rotterdam. He never spoke ill of them – while a captive he said he was treated fairly. He was ultimately liberated by the Red army but was then sent to Siberia and forced to work. His opinion of his captors there was an entirely different matter.
So George had to make one of his castles available to his cousin then.
It looked like the German Paratroops were hanging by the rear of their neck as the floated down not like Allied paratroops had
If you dont read… this is a great channel
I love your content, but you really need to learn how to pronounce words properly. Your voice is obviously American, and it shows, even to a fellow American.
DarkDocs should do a video about Luxembourg
I put the jam on a biscuit with ham and jam fam damn BAM. Emeril Lagasse with a posse you got me? Will I stop I might like a bug bite for 2 nights, and days stinging rhymes like Rays. Dropping bombs like Mays. You heard bish I’m fly like birds gotta perm and my hair like worms. I think I’m done, oh but one more run. Like a turd when it’s wet and it’s not much fun.
I realize it's tough to use authentic material, but showing US paratroopers and aircraft during a 1940 Dutch theater isn't cool. Try to limit using the wrong equipment during a good video will help with the "Likes". I enjoy your videos, but lately have noticed more wrong equipment in them. Just a heads up that someone has noticed.
The Royal families of Europe support the WEF which is George Soros the National Socialist of WWII. National Socialism is the Nazis. Where did daft Harry get that uniform? Shopping?
The losses of those German B17s falling burning towards the ground at around 10:05 must've hurt the Luftwaffe badly…
. Yes indeed US and collective West thought they can defeated Taliban mujahedin fighters in one day but after 20 years thousands of US soldiers killd trillion dollars lost Taliban fighters are back in town with AK-47 and RPG. ALHAMDULILA.
Secret operation or special military operation? Ask Vladimir!
German army still performed remarkably well by defeating netherlands in 5 days all while it crossed Belgium and luxembourg to inflict decisive defeat on French forces
This guy should work on his pronunciations. I assume his native language is not English?
I'm dutch. My grandmother's family was Jewish and where all deported to Auschwitz (except her and her brother) my grandfather was involved with the resistance and after a shooting had to go into hiding. When the liberation came, both went out of their hiding place to celebrate in the street (the Hague), that's when and where they met and fell in love.
Thanks for giving attention to the German invasion of the Netherlands.
Both my parents (as 9 year old children) were in Holland during the war. Saw them come in and go out at the end, with plenty of atrocity in between.
Love the video. I have been a war war two fanatic since elementary school and I am now 72, but there is plenty left to learn. Dark Docs fills the bill.
Going Dutch? (Dutch courage etc.) And Belgian chocolate (Melts in the heat) Not much has changed?
Winston Churchill was NOT Prime Minister is January of 1940, so he couldn’t have made a speech as such. I believe he did address Parliament then, but with the Government of Then Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain still calling the shots, Churchill’s speech in the Commons might not have received as much notice by the Dutch and the Belgians.
The terror bombing of Rotterdam was the result of the Dutch proved Der Fuhrer wasn't always right.
Nice to hear this side of our 5 day war for once. Thanks for the upload. Gr from Holland.
Yup and that's what you get for not joining the alliance you wanted to be alone you And neutral
sounds like churchill created a false flag to get the netherlands to do what he wanted
Something to note: There weren't many armoured cars around at the time. So when Princess Juliana and her family were to be evacuated from The Hague to Rotterdam (where a Royal Navy Destroyer was waiting to pick them up), they were taken there in an armoured van of the Nederlandsche Bank. The van was driven over from Amsterdam, to the Hague and then took the family to the harbour in Rotterdam.
Quite a trip with the Luftwaffe and German paras all around and the country falling under the German war machine! The van is in a museum nowadays (it's not that big or impressive!)
Thank you
As usual, your content is masterful and crammed with interesting arcana. Bravo. It comes down to this fundament, doesn't it? Regional takeover is an easy tactical problem if you have more troops, wealth, etc.; occupation and political control is infinitely more expensive, error-prone and complex. The big problem with tyrants (and other civilian politicians amateurs at war) is they confound the two, and expect success at the former guarantees the latter.
I just watched Narvick on Netflix! Tho that was Norway, this helps to know more about the Northern European invasions! Thank you!
Great vid.
Fantastic video
Thank you Sir. You make history come alive… and sometimes it hurts very much.
Sounds like America in pretty much every war ever…. think they will just invade where ever and win, end up getting their"teeth kicked in" by simple people trying to protect their homeland.
I knew nothing of this operation. Thanks for the free crash-course. BTW, ignore the trolling nit-pickers … I wonder what they were doing while you spent the time to produce this video… nothing helpful or productive, I suspect. I hope it makes you good money.
the Dutch head the best fighter of WW2 the Fokker G1 sadley we only head 39 G1 on may 10 1940
Pistols & hand grenades , The Green Devils .
It's nearly impossible for any semi organized nation-state to be conquered in a single day. Even if the only way said nation can fight is through guerrilla warfare, I think the invasions of Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, and others (by a myriad of nations) demonstrates that pretty conclusively.
The Dutch and Belgium establishments learned nothing about the dangers involved with licking up to a fundamentally dubious Berlin.
kicked in ? Germany won.