Continued from may 5, 2015 entry.
It was suspected that the big reason the Nazi Governor of the Netherlands, Arthur Seyss-Inquart was so agreeable to the airdrop was that he was hoping to get some credit against his policies as the war was winding down in Europe with : Germany going to be on the losing side.
If it was the case, it didn't work.
He was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit crimes, war crimes and crimes against humanity for the deportation of Jews and shooting of hostages. (Was he the person in charge when Anne Frank was arrested and sent to the concentration camp?)
He was put on trial in Nuremburg, found guilty and sentenced to death. Execution was by hanging in Nuremburg on October 16, 1946.
--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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