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These were humanitarian missions carried out by the Allies near the end of the War in Europe to save the Dutch people from starvation.
The Germans started cutting food shipments to the Netherlands in retribution to Allied air strikes during their Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Then came one of the coldest winters in European history which is now referred to in the Netherlands as "The Hunger Winter."
In April 1945, the Dutch Royal family appealed to the Allies for relief for their country.
The RAF flew Lancaster bombers at low altitudes to drop the food.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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