Table of Data Points

Tag : Netherlands

1944-08-20168 Airmen at Buchenwald

168 captured allied airmen, accused of being "terror fliers", arrive at Buchenwald concentration camp.

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1944-02-22Dutch towns bombed

American aircraft bombard the Dutch towns of Nijmegen, Arnhem, Enschede and Deventer by mistake, resulting in 800 dead in Nijmegen alone.

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1944-01-04Carpetbagger

General term used for the aerial resupply of weapons and supplies to resistance fighters in France, Italy and the Low Countries by the U.S. Army Air Forces.

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1942-07-06The Secret Annex

Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the 'Secret Annex' of her father's, Otto Frank, office building.

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1942-06-14Anne Frank starts Diary

Anne Frank receives a notebook for her 13th birthday (12 june) and decides to use it as a diary. She consistently adds and edits the diary until the 1st of August 1944.

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1942-03-08Dutch surrender Java

Dutch forces in Java surrender to the Japanese.

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1942-02-27Java Sea

The American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDA) is almost completely destroyed in a disastrous Allied defeat at the hands of the Japanese navy.

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1942-01-11Japan invades Indonesia

Japan declares war on the Netherlands and invades the Netherlands East Indies.

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1940-05-17Brussels

German troops enter Brussels.

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1940-05-17Middelburg Bombed

The old city center of Middelburg was bombed to force the surrender of the Dutch armies in Zeeland. The city's archives were lost in the fire.

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