Thank you. I now live in Rotterdam and the legacy of the bombardment surrounds me in monuments , memorials and ‘universal’ modern architecture. The necessarily rapid rebuilding programme left little room for aesthetic considerations early on, but in the last 30 years the city has enjoyed a further transformation with impressive and imaginative buildings emerging ‘from the rubble’ and generating an impressive and beautiful skyline. The port’s ongoing success, and the population’s hardworking culture and pragmatic mindset, have made Rotterdam a prosperous and cosmopolitan city….but that dreadful afternoon in May 1940 is not to be forgotten. Thanks again for bringing the story to a wider, younger, new audience👍
Still same nasi system same marknumber id only new hidding word for the slave number same slave laws only owner can gif too slave and househomecell laws home incl laws meansss a prisoncell same walls for your mind lived in rotterdam kick in my door for same nasi anne frank ...holy sign on door and window 😂but willy fake king gone pay in the long times for his stupid nasi party sekt wall terror actions under hidding words same actions programs only new nasi camouflage uniforms and words for it the never lost part of the mindgame new looks game to make it fake nrw but same old nasi concentratiekampf 😊
I am from Rotterdam, I was born there. my father too and was born in 1934 and could remember the sound of the plains, bombers when they attacked. After that everything was in chaos and people were looking for food when the dust cleared, in hope to survive, I would never forget the stories
important thing to note is that the city centre district got obliterated,having been born and living here its very noticable that although the surroundding neighbourhood and factory districts remained somewhat untouched alot has been torn down enmasse in the last 40 years for ''modern'' buildings like the ones we have in the city center now.. its so ugly.
my grandfather was a survivor of the bombing of Rotterdam he used to tell me stories about his time before during and after the bombing I can only imagine the horrors he must have faced but he also said that in his eyes became a better city after the bombing because of newer buildings infrastructure etc. my grandfather always remained hateful towards German people until the day he died because he lost his mother in the bombing This video was very well made 🙏
My graet grandma from my mothers side worked as a cashier in rotterdam during the bombardment she almost never spoke about that day. Luckily she survived the war
One family member that died from the bombardment was buried on the Crooswijkse Begraafplaats there is an special place for the victims there may they all rest in peace ✌️
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." - Arthur Harris
Thats nonsense. A lie. Why do you even quote bomber Harris? You dont know a damn thing about history. It is FACT that 10 times more civilians died by allied bombings in NL, than died in the bombing of R'dam. It is FACT that it was not Germany that started bombing English cities, bc they were seeking peace, with great conditions. It was Churchill that explicitly ORDERED the bombing of German cities. Thats why H was so mad (the speech you always see "wir wollen sie ausradieren". Which was AFTER English bombers started bombing German cities, 7 nights in a row. THAT is when Germany decided they would start to bomb english cities too. And Churchill ordered that against the advice of his military top, who TOLD him that the Germans would respond in bombind english cities, leading to english civlian casualties. Churchill ordered it anyway, knowing full well the result. He WANTED ww2, same as roosevelt. Not Germany. And untill then it wasnt a world war at all. We have all been lied to. Learn history. The real stuff and not the official story. Its out there. ALL i say here is out there in documents and testimony. The nazis were actually right and fighting the same enemies we fight today. And they steer us right into a war again. Yet you think somehow its the political angle. Then you also dont know a darn thing about Ukrain, where the same west is supporting nazis. Odd isnt it?
Thats nonsense. A lie. Why do you even quote bomber Harris? You dont know a thing about history. It is FACT that 10 times more civilians died by allied bombings in NL, than died in the bombing of R'dam.
@@victorsamsung2921 He has no idea about ww2. And im not allowed to speak truth here. Twice removed already. I saw Freeman Dyson in the 80ies, who worked for bomber Harris. At that time i didnt know what i know now and still believed the official narrative. Dyson didnt say all that much on it, bc he knew they were wrong. It was a genocide against the German people. Something H didnt do. Its all bloody lies.
Imagine that at the same time the Dutch army was fighting a succesfull battle at the Afsluitdijk. Dutch tactics worked there and could not believe they had to surrender.
My grandmother survived the bombing in Rotterdam but also the major floods in 1953. I remember her as a loving and caring person not to be messed with cause you dont want to meet the other side of her. 😂
Goring was keen on using his planes ,without thinking of political consequenses , Hitler and soms top nazi's did not want to show fear in the beginning of the war and the bombing should be a threat only . Holland was invaded because Churchill was eager to get the Dutch in the war on their side. Don't forget that between sept 39 and april 1940 there was no real fighting outside Poland . Good that the British bombing mistake gets attention , did they care about the Dutch people ? Also not in the bombing of the train station in Nijmegen, by accident bombing houses as well , killing 800 in 1944 . Not talked about in history books .
It is talked about in history classes but it is told as inevitable for the liberation. It's easier to forgive countries who liberate you than those who conquer you.
The paranoia of the plan ...: how to control all of these countries and for how long ? How many man you need to guard the buildings and the infrastructures ? Amd the new borders ? And with such a brutality and violence dont you think that these nations will turn against you and eat you alive ?
Why always about that bombing, but never about the bombs the allied dropped, killing 10 times more civilians in NL? Yes, a number of those were deliberate bombings.
Well... you should, precisely because of the bombing of civilian areas in Rotterdam, you should be aware of the horrors forced upon ordinary people by the powers that be. Not every German was a Nazi or an active supporter of the war.
Youve been misinformed. There were 10 times more dutch civilians killed by allied bombings. Never a word on that aye? Youve been lied to and still dont have the guts to look at what really happened.
@0:45 when i was still studying at the Rotterdamse academie van bouwkunst, we spent an afternoon at the van Nelle factory on the edge of town. up, in the glass crows nest, the chocolate box, the panorama rotonde, there we were told of the great bombing and the destruction it brought. As we looked across the city as they had over the rubble, we were told how Rotterdam's gentry had done so and that within weeks if not a number of days, a masterplan was tabled. SO prompt, it was supposed that the bombardment was not only deliberate but perhaps hoped for and welcomed. how else could such a plan have existed…!?
It's intruiging that after the fires had stopped, the city government did not hesitate to flatten even more buildings, a lot, that could have been saved. In this way, the road was paved to clear the ground for new, modern infrastructure, allowing for traffic to service the growing harbour facilities. The harbour barons were well served by this 'clearing up' of previous pittoresque parts of the city...
One should consider the fact that Dutch authorities had forsaken to evacuate the civilians while upper command had prepared the city for defense, making it a legitimate military target, according to international laws of these days.
Yeah killing 700 civillians and destroying non military targets like houses hospitals and schools would be fine by international laws these days?😂 what drugs are you using?
Biggest mouth? So a country doest have the right to protect itself? And like the vid is saying we wanted to caputalise but the message didnt came tru...... We stayed nutral in ww1 cuz we dont have a big mouth and dont like war
The neutral stance didn't work If the dutch had let the bef Into their country in sept39 The germans may have not Attacked Anyway the french had no Offensive strategy after Declaring war!
Neutrality wasn’t something the Germans took in consideration. What you mean? Just capitulate in Sept 39 and let the Germans turn a Dutch star into a red circle?
Not the brits, but granted the Germans safe passage through. You dont seem to realize yet that the wrong side won. Either way, wether you agree or not, NL is usually in a position of not being able to defend itself. So we always have to make smart choices. Our gov at the time didnt. Same as today.
@@StofStuiver as of April 1940, Hitler personally garantied to respect Dutch neutrality, litterally one month before the invasion. The invasion plans were revised over and over since the winter of 1939, and all of them would be violating Dutch neutrality. I don't know what idiot conspiracy or revisionism you are claiming to uphold. But let me tell you, that you are falling for post-war nazi propaganda if you are.
@@StofStuiver NL is usually in a position of not being able to defend itself? What are you talking about? The Netherlands had to fight against the greatest European powers for hundreds of years, not to mention the eighty-year war, before they could establish their own nation
Thank you. I now live in Rotterdam and the legacy of the bombardment surrounds me in monuments , memorials and ‘universal’ modern architecture. The necessarily rapid rebuilding programme left little room for aesthetic considerations early on, but in the last 30 years the city has enjoyed a further transformation with impressive and imaginative buildings emerging ‘from the rubble’ and generating an impressive and beautiful skyline. The port’s ongoing success, and the population’s hardworking culture and pragmatic mindset, have made Rotterdam a prosperous and cosmopolitan city….but that dreadful afternoon in May 1940 is not to be forgotten. Thanks again for bringing the story to a wider, younger, new audience👍
De stad waarin je woont is meer gebombardeerd door Amerikaanse bommers dan Duitse. Zoek het maar op
The problem is that within the city post ww2 boomers are in the way of growth. Stuck with DDR mentality
Still same nasi system same marknumber id only new hidding word for the slave number same slave laws only owner can gif too slave and househomecell laws home incl laws meansss a prisoncell same walls for your mind lived in rotterdam kick in my door for same nasi anne frank ...holy sign on door and window 😂but willy fake king gone pay in the long times for his stupid nasi party sekt wall terror actions under hidding words same actions programs only new nasi camouflage uniforms and words for it the never lost part of the mindgame new looks game to make it fake nrw but same old nasi concentratiekampf 😊
Right, you know nothing about ww2, except the official story. Which is bogus.
@@StofStuiver yes critical posts are removed.
Appearently the left needs to censor it to uphold the local policy and scam.
I am from Rotterdam, I was born there. my father too and was born in 1934 and could remember the sound of the plains, bombers when they attacked. After that everything was in chaos and people were looking for food when the dust cleared, in hope to survive, I would never forget the stories
Why is the tone in these kinds of documentaries so heroic? My father was used to walking in the streets of old Rotterdam.
important thing to note is that the city centre district got obliterated,having been born and living here its very noticable that although the surroundding neighbourhood and factory districts remained somewhat untouched alot has been torn down enmasse in the last 40 years for ''modern'' buildings like the ones we have in the city center now.. its so ugly.
my grandfather was a survivor of the bombing of Rotterdam he used to tell me stories about his time before during and after the bombing I can only imagine the horrors he must have faced but he also said that in his eyes became a better city after the bombing because of newer buildings infrastructure etc. my grandfather always remained hateful towards German people until the day he died because he lost his mother in the bombing
This video was very well made 🙏
There were 10 times more civilians killed by allied bombings.
Im from Rotterdam my grandmother is still afraid around new years and everytime she heard a firework she is back in 1940
My graet grandma from my mothers side worked as a cashier in rotterdam during the bombardment she almost never spoke about that day. Luckily she survived the war
Thank you guys ❤🙏🏻
Great video again guys.
One family member that died from the bombardment was buried on the Crooswijkse Begraafplaats there is an special place for the victims there may they all rest in peace ✌️
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everybody else and nobody was going to bomb them.
At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw, and half a hundred other places, they put that rather naive theory into operation.
They sowed the wind and now they are going to reap the whirlwind."
- Arthur Harris
Dresden enters the chat ...
Bomber Harris was a war criminal.
Thats nonsense. A lie. Why do you even quote bomber Harris? You dont know a damn thing about history.
It is FACT that 10 times more civilians died by allied bombings in NL, than died in the bombing of R'dam.
It is FACT that it was not Germany that started bombing English cities, bc they were seeking peace, with great conditions.
It was Churchill that explicitly ORDERED the bombing of German cities. Thats why H was so mad (the speech you always see "wir wollen sie ausradieren". Which was AFTER English bombers started bombing German cities, 7 nights in a row. THAT is when Germany decided they would start to bomb english cities too.
And Churchill ordered that against the advice of his military top, who TOLD him that the Germans would respond in bombind english cities, leading to english civlian casualties. Churchill ordered it anyway, knowing full well the result. He WANTED ww2, same as roosevelt. Not Germany. And untill then it wasnt a world war at all.
We have all been lied to. Learn history. The real stuff and not the official story. Its out there. ALL i say here is out there in documents and testimony.
The nazis were actually right and fighting the same enemies we fight today. And they steer us right into a war again. Yet you think somehow its the political angle. Then you also dont know a darn thing about Ukrain, where the same west is supporting nazis. Odd isnt it?
Thats nonsense. A lie. Why do you even quote bomber Harris? You dont know a thing about history.
It is FACT that 10 times more civilians died by allied bombings in NL, than died in the bombing of R'dam.
@@victorsamsung2921 He has no idea about ww2. And im not allowed to speak truth here. Twice removed already.
I saw Freeman Dyson in the 80ies, who worked for bomber Harris. At that time i didnt know what i know now and still believed the official narrative. Dyson didnt say all that much on it, bc he knew they were wrong. It was a genocide against the German people. Something H didnt do.
Its all bloody lies.
Imagine that at the same time the Dutch army was fighting a succesfull battle at the Afsluitdijk. Dutch tactics worked there and could not believe they had to surrender.
In Rotterdam they were fighting for 4 days non stop to prevent fortress Holland to fall.
A shame. Rotterdam was a beautyfull city back then.
The same like Amsterdam.
My grandmother survived the bombing in Rotterdam but also the major floods in 1953.
I remember her as a loving and caring person not to be messed with cause you dont want to meet the other side of her. 😂
The allies bombed Rotterdam as well.
Goring was keen on using his planes ,without thinking of political consequenses , Hitler and soms top nazi's did not want to show fear in the beginning of the war and the bombing should be a threat only . Holland was invaded because Churchill was eager to get the Dutch in the war on their side. Don't forget that between sept 39 and april 1940 there was no real fighting outside Poland .
Good that the British bombing mistake gets attention , did they care about the Dutch people ? Also not in the bombing of the train station in Nijmegen, by accident bombing houses as well , killing 800 in 1944 . Not talked about in history books .
10 times more dutch civs were killed by allied bombings than by German bombing of Rdam. Part of those were deliberate.
It is talked about in history classes but it is told as inevitable for the liberation. It's easier to forgive countries who liberate you than those who conquer you.
@@thommyneter168 Yea, thats why we've not been free since ww2. The US conquered us. We would have been better off under the Germans.
The paranoia of the plan ...: how to control all of these countries and for how long ? How many man you need to guard the buildings and the infrastructures ? Amd the new borders ? And with such a brutality and violence dont you think that these nations will turn against you and eat you alive ?
Let's not forget about Den Helder. It was bombed more than a hundred times.
We never even wanted war but stil they came
Why always about that bombing, but never about the bombs the allied dropped, killing 10 times more civilians in NL?
Yes, a number of those were deliberate bombings.
I will never forgive the germans for what they have done to my beautiful city.
Its so sad honestly
It werent the Germans. Youve been misinformed.
And they expect us to feel sorry for Dresden .......well.........no !
Well... you should, precisely because of the bombing of civilian areas in Rotterdam, you should be aware of the horrors forced upon ordinary people by the powers that be. Not every German was a Nazi or an active supporter of the war.
@@chriskappert1365 ….well…….yes!
Youve been misinformed.
There were 10 times more dutch civilians killed by allied bombings. Never a word on that aye?
Youve been lied to and still dont have the guts to look at what really happened.
A day later the Antwerp Docks were bombed
@0:45 when i was still studying at the Rotterdamse academie van bouwkunst, we spent an afternoon at the van Nelle factory on the edge of town. up, in the glass crows nest, the chocolate box, the panorama rotonde, there we were told of the great bombing and the destruction it brought. As we looked across the city as they had over the rubble, we were told how Rotterdam's gentry had done so and that within weeks if not a number of days, a masterplan was tabled. SO prompt, it was supposed that the bombardment was not only deliberate but perhaps hoped for and welcomed. how else could such a plan have existed…!?
It's intruiging that after the fires had stopped, the city government did not hesitate to flatten even more buildings, a lot, that could have been saved. In this way, the road was paved to clear the ground for new, modern infrastructure, allowing for traffic to service the growing harbour facilities. The harbour barons were well served by this 'clearing up' of previous pittoresque parts of the city...
Wat is bij jullie lucht vochtig heid..30/60% goed.electrische lucht ont vochtiger. Huizen zijn zeik nat vol vocht😢
Do you guys ever heard that story before? (This Video)
Yes or No 👇
Yes we learn that in school because i'm Dutch.
Yes, though not about the accidental USAF ‘follow up’ in ‘43😖
The US also bombed Nijmegen@@hisdadjames4876
I am American, had heard of the Rotterdam bombing, and do believe it to be an intentional Nazi terror bombing aimed at Dutch surrender.
Oh yes!
bleeegh couldn't watch this A.I Voiced nonsense
ua-cam.com/video/WHq2LlYvOek/v-deo.htmlsi=rNo0bqlssAE9Ur6D Rotterdam in 1966
Way to one-sided. Really poor historical methodology. I suspect this is cheap sensationalism.
What would you like to see? Interviews with the Germans? 🤦
One should consider the fact that Dutch authorities had forsaken to evacuate the civilians while upper command had prepared the city for defense, making it a legitimate military target, according to international laws of these days.
Bombing civilians in areas BEHIND the Rotterdam frontlines is NOT going to reduce the Dutch defenses at the bridges… so yours is a bullshit argument..
Yeah killing 700 civillians and destroying non military targets like houses hospitals and schools would be fine by international laws these days?😂 what drugs are you using?
Just like today, the Dutch had the biggest mouth of them all. Thats the reason of bombing
Stuk stront .
You are basicly saying: if you speak up to a murderous and terrorising regime, you deserve to die???
Biggest mouth? So a country doest have the right to protect itself? And like the vid is saying we wanted to caputalise but the message didnt came tru...... We stayed nutral in ww1 cuz we dont have a big mouth and dont like war
You from Morocco's Riffs .The French probably felt the same way. How about those in Gaza, etc.?
The neutral stance didn't work
If the dutch had let the bef
Into their country in sept39
The germans may have not
Attacked
Anyway the french had no
Offensive strategy after
Declaring war!
Neutrality wasn’t something the Germans took in consideration.
What you mean? Just capitulate in Sept 39 and let the Germans turn a Dutch star into a red circle?
Bullshit
Not the brits, but granted the Germans safe passage through.
You dont seem to realize yet that the wrong side won.
Either way, wether you agree or not, NL is usually in a position of not being able to defend itself. So we always have to make smart choices. Our gov at the time didnt. Same as today.
@@StofStuiver as of April 1940, Hitler personally garantied to respect Dutch neutrality, litterally one month before the invasion. The invasion plans were revised over and over since the winter of 1939, and all of them would be violating Dutch neutrality.
I don't know what idiot conspiracy or revisionism you are claiming to uphold. But let me tell you, that you are falling for post-war nazi propaganda if you are.
@@StofStuiver NL is usually in a position of not being able to defend itself? What are you talking about? The Netherlands had to fight against the greatest European powers for hundreds of years, not to mention the eighty-year war, before they could establish their own nation