The Bombing of Rotterdam: May 14th, 1940 | WWII Documentary

On the afternoon of May 14th, 1940, beleaguered citizens in the Dutch city of Rotterdam looked skyward as they heard the approaching drone of German bombers; through the thick, noxious smoke drifting upward from burning buildings, they could just make out the massed formations of Heinkel HE-111’s, the infamous black balkenkreuz insignia stark against their white undercarriages. For the next quarter of an hour, over a thousand high explosive bombs would smash the Dutch into submission, murdering over 700 civilians and devastating an entire city, callously shattering its short-lived defiance in the face of Nazi tyranny. When the dust had settled, questions arose about how this atrocity - which German field commanders claimed was accidental - happened? Worse, were the theories that it was a deliberate act intended to force Dutch capitulation... 00:00 Introduction 01:28 Fall Gelb 04:40 “Ein Wolf im Schafspelz... ” 06:44 Deliberate Act, or Tragic Accident? 10:56 “My God, This is a Catastrophe!” 12:51 A City in Ruins Prefer to listen on the go? Check out the WotW Podcast: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4i0FnOK... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... RSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/988960.rss Written & Researched by: Tony Wilkins Edited by: Jamit Productions History Should Never Be Forgotten...