WW2 in The Netherlands

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The Netherlands in WWII

1/10 how would you rate your weekend? And why?

When did the Germans invade the Netherlands?

1. 10th of May 1941
2. 10th of May 1940
3. 10th of June 1940
4. 10th of June 1941

Was the Dutch goverment/military suprised by the German invasion?

1. Yes
2. No

The suprise attack

-Blitzkrieg (Fall Gelb)

-Expected?

-NSB

-Harbours

Which Dutch city did we see in the previous slide?

Who gave the order to bomb Rotterdam?

1. Adolf Hitler
2. Jospeh Mengelen
3. Hans Landa
4. Hermann Göring

For how long was the Dutch army able to keep the Germans out?

1. 1 day
2. 3 days
3. 5 days
4. 8 days

Failure of the Dutch

-(Nieuw) Hollandse 

Waterlinie

-German trickery

What did the queen do during the invasion?

1. She threathend to bomb Köln
2. She "went down with the ship"
3. She fled
4. She asked Hitler for immunity, she was part German after all

Collaboration

-NSB

-Anton Mussert

-Aryan Race

-Anti-Semitism