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Low Countries Invasion Report From Berlin May 1940
Berlin dispatch from May 7 to 18 1940 traces German blitz through Holland Belgium and northern France. Ralph Barnes reports Dutch Belgians nervous while Luftwaffe bombs airfields and parachutists seize airports. Rotterdam Liege and Brussels fall as the campaign accelerates toward the Maginot line with Italy’s potential entry discussed.
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