On this day in 1940 Germany invaded the Netherlands. The Nazi invasion of 750,000 men was opposed by an obsolete Dutch army of 280,000 men. The battle was lost and the country was occupied for five years. During these five years 210.000 Dutch inhabitants were killed. #WW2

All May 1940 battlefield reports of the Dutch armed forces are online. #WW2
https://www.defensie.nl/actueel/nieuws/2017/11/06/gevechtsverslagen-meidagen-1940-online

My grandfather fought near Rotterdam. He ended up in captivity. I still have his wartime uniform jacket. #WW2

With 314 German kills the Dutch Air Defense Artillery was quite succesfull in May 1940. #WW2

Nicolaas Steenbeek, Antonius Smoolenaars, Franciscus Stoovelaar and Jacob Vonk. 4 of the 39 Dutch pilots that were killed while defending their country in may 1940. #WW2

After the bombardment of Rotterdam on the 14th of May the Netherlands surrended. Between 650 and 900 people were killed. #WW2

The airborne attack on The Hague failed. Many German paratroopers or Falschirmjäger were taken prisoner of war. On the 14th of may around 1200 German prisoners, mostly paras, were evacuated to Great Brittain. #WW2

The story of the German attack on the Netherlands on the 10th of may 1940. #WW2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands