From Wikipedia.
Operation Manna was undertaken by the RAF and RCAF (Canadian) from 29 April to 7 May 1945. Operation Chowhound was carried out by the United States Army Air Force 1-8 May 1945. Altogether, some 11,000 tons of food was dropped over unliberated western Netherlands which was starving because of reasons listed yesterday.
Even more impressive was the fact that the operations were allowed to proceed with the permission of the occupying German Army.
In addition, Operation Faust was launched 2 May, where 200 Allied trucks began delivering food to the town of Rhenen which was behind German lines.
--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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