Nazis Report Navy Seizure Of The Hague Continued
The dispatch describes German successes including bombing Antwerp and Brussels, air support for the army, and a Belgian port capture. Officers Koch and Witzig receive the Knight's Cross. Transports move from British and French harbors, with shipping in the English Channel forbidden. French and English officers, with Dutch, reconnoiter Utrecht.
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Brussels
Koch
Witzig
Fuehrer
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iBelgian
Belgium
France
Germany
Holland
Staiis
Netherlands
Keitel
Wolland
Beloum
Paris
Flanders
Moyve
German Threats across Ruhr Spark Western Front Fears
German High Command asserts Belgium and Holland aided a planned British French strike on the Ruhr and declares a protective shield over three nations. Ribbentrop briefs foreign press with claims of imminent Anglo French attacks via Belgium and Holland, while Keitel cites Polish documents to prove Belgian Dutch collusion and mobilization against Germany.
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Belgium
Holland
Ruhr
Luxembourg
Reich
Pittsburgh
Germany
Poland
Warsaw
Marshal Goering
Junkers
Holland-Belgium
France
Maginot Line
England
Ribbentrop
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Foreign Office
Vicomte Jacques Davienon
Netherlands
Jonkheer HH. Om. van Haerema
Maffaires
Albert Wehrer
Ribben
Belgia
Wetland
von Thibbertrop
Britain
Associated Press Office
Aachen
Ase
Europe
Helland
Wwill
Mussolini
Italy
High Command
Ministry of the Interior
Wilhelm Keitel
Polisit
Keitel
Belgium Defies Nazi Envoy in Hardened War Stance
Brussels dated note from Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spak to Germany asserts Belgium will defend itself by all means and cannot be vanquished. It condemns Germany’s second invasion as worse than 1914, says no ultimatum or protest was issued, and that the attack violates Belgian neutrality and wounds world conscience.
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Brussels
Belgium
Germany
von Bulowschwante
Paul Henri Spank
Van Loon Leads Netherlands Relief Committee Effort
Hendrik Van Loon announces a Netherlands relief committee after the German invasion. The journalist and former vice chairman of the Finnish Relief Fund plans to consult the Dutch colony and Netherlands Consul General to aid stranded sailors in American ports.
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New York
Netherlands
Hendrik van Loon
van Loon
Japanese Warships Rumored Steering to Dutch East Indies
In Tokyo a rumor spread that the Japanese fleet is en route to the Dutch East Indies amid official silence. The Foreign Office declined to discuss possible effects of Germany’s invasion of Holland. Tokyo also reported that the U S Navy has positioned ships at Manila in the Philippines.
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INS
Dutch East Indies
Foreign Office
Holland
United States
Manila
Philippines
Bombed Holland Still Refuge Of Former Kaiser
Amsterdam reports the Dutch soil remains the exile home of former Kaiser Wilhelm. He lives in Doorn with quiet study and routine, even chopping wood for exercise as Nazi planes cause destruction.
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Holland
Amsterdam
Kaiser Wilhelm
Germany
Kaiser
Doorn
Scrubbing Mothers Clean Barrow Street In Protest
Forty Barrow mothers on Vernon Street scrub pavements and wash walls to spare washing children's clothing. Each woman tends the pavement outside her home as a daily duty.
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Barrow-in-Furness
Eng
Vernon Street
Maud
Germany invades Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands
German forces launch a coordinated invasion across Belgium and the Netherlands after threatening neutral states. Luxembourg is reported to be occupied methodically as French contingents move in to aid the defense, while Belgian king Leopold I commands troops away from Brussels to avoid bombing of the capital. Britain and France pledge united action to defend Belgium and restore stability.
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Britain
France
Balkans
Germany
Mediterranean
Ruhr
England
Belgium
Luxembourg
Foreign Ministry
Paul Reynaud
Rooset
M ‘Roosevelt
Berlin
Adolf “Hiller
Hich
Hague
Brussels
Europe
London
Paris
Low Countries
Holland
Netherlands
Leopold I
Bern
Switzerland
French Front Quiet as German Bombs Hit Behind Lines
In late reports German planes bombed several cities behind the Western Front while Paris remained calm. Lyon Nancy Colmar Pontarlier and Luxeuil were named by France and casualties were reported without figure release. Parisians greeted the news with calm as anti air defenses repelled early raids.
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France
Paul
Frencly
Lyon
Nancy
Colmar
Pontoise
Luxeuil
Paris
Dutch Seek Aid and Assurance as War Flares Up
The Dutch minister urged Premier Reynaud for aid while Belgium and Luxembourg asked for French assistance and received prompt assurances. French radio warned citizens to carry gas masks and seek shelter as air raid shelters were filled. Spokesmen denied German claims of Allied landings in Dutch ports and warned against occupation talk in Holland and Belgium.
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Belgium
Luxe
Marin Fa
Pure
von Ribbentrop
Holland
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