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Rotterdam is carpet-bombed by the Luftwaffe, causing many civilian deaths and tremendous damage.
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16762 |
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The Netherlands decide to surrender with the exception of Zealand.
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16763 |
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Churchill asks President Roosevelt and Canada for aid in these dark days. Outlines of the new British coalition, which includes Labour, Liberal, and Conservative members, is made public.
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16764 |
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The capitulation of the Dutch army is signed.
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16765 |
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German forces cross over the River Meusse.
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16766 |
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Churchill visits Paris and hears that the French war is as good as over; The United Kingdom stands alone in Europe.
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16767 |
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Germans enter Brussels and also take Antwerp.
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16768 |
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Paul Reynaud forms new French government, including 84-year old Marshal Pétain, the French hero of World War I.
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16769 |
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Maxime Weygand replaces Maurice Gamelin as commander of the French armed forces.
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16770 |
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Antwerp captured.
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16771 |