Liberation of the Netherlands

Question 1

Dutch were treated better at first since they were seen as…

Answer 1

Aryans (“superior” race according to hitler)

Question 2

When the war began, Dutch government fled to…

Answer 2

England

Question 3

Hitler freed______as a nice gesture when Netherlands was first occupied

Answer 3

Dutch POW’s (prisoners of war)

Question 4

Dutch first revolted because of

Answer 4

German propaganda

Question 5

What was the February strike?

Answer 5

Strike by the Dutch against forced labour, 300,000 Dutch workers participed

Question 6

What happened when Dutch didn’t voluntarily shift to German ideology?

Answer 6

Germans shipped Dutch workers to germany

Question 7

1940: Jews _____________

Answer 7

Registered themselves with the Germans, and then were laid off later

Question 8

1941: Jews_______

Answer 8

were segregated from schools

Question 9

1942: jews____________

Answer 9

Had to wear a yellow star in public, then were registered to work in Germany

Question 10

100,000/140,000 Dutch jews _______

Answer 10

Didn’t survive WW2

Question 11

What was the Dutch resistance?

Answer 11

People who rebelled against the Germans (ex: hiding Jews or other prosecuted people)

Question 12

How many members did the resistance have?

Answer 12

25,000 total (2000 executed, 4000 died in camps)

Question 13

__% of Dutch collaborated with the germans

Answer 13

10%

Question 14

________ Dutch served in the SS

Answer 14

25,000

Question 15

Dutch girls who slept with German soldier were called ____________ after the war

Answer 15

Moffenmaiden

Question 16

What was done to Moffenmaiden?

Answer 16

Their head were shaved and painted orange, and they had swastikas drawn on them and publicly humiliated

Question 17

First liberation mission was called…

Answer 17

Operation Market garden

Question 18

Operation market garden failed, but liberated…

Answer 18

Eindhoven and Nijmegen

Question 19

Operation market garden took place…

Answer 19

September 1944

Question 20

What happened in putton?

Answer 20

All men were rounded up and shipped off to concentration camps in retaliation for resistance activity

Question 21

What are the statistics of Hongerwinter?

Answer 21

20,000 dead of cold, starvation and disease

Question 22

Netherlands was fully liberated in…

Answer 22

April 1945

Question 23

Germans signed unconditional surrender on…

Answer 23

May 5, 1945

Question 24

What is mad Tuesday?

Answer 24

Sept 1940, Dutch people thought they were going to be liberated and prematurely celebrated

Question 25

What was operation market garden?

Answer 25

Plan to capture bridges across main Dutch rivers, then liberate city’s nearby

Question 26

Why did market garden fail?

Answer 26

Airdrops were dropped too far from objectives, radios failed, Germans responded too quickly

Question 27

Allies lost _______ men during operation market garden

Answer 27

15,000

Question 28

What happened at the battle of overloon?

Answer 28

Allies won, went on to liberate the town of venray (2000 died)

Question 29

Which areas were liberated during operation pheasant?

Answer 29

Tilburg, S-Hertogenbosch, roosendaal, Bergen op zoom, Willemstad and Breda

Question 30

Limburg was liberated in….

Answer 30

1945

Question 31

Where did the battle of scheldt take place?

Answer 31

Zeeland

Question 32

What happened to zeeland in the battle of scheldt?

Answer 32

The Germans flooded it, which made liberation much harder

Question 33

Which operation started after zeeland was secured?

Answer 33

Operation switchback

Question 34

What was operation switchback?

Answer 34

Securing breskens pocket, which was defended by 10,000 armed Germans but it was a success

Question 35

What was operation vitality?

Answer 35

Allies clearing off Germans from the south bevelands, which was a success

Question 36

What was Operation infatuate?

Answer 36

Allies capturing the island of Walcheren by flooding it, over 150 Dutch civilians died

Question 37

How long was the battle of scheldt?

Answer 37

October 2 to November 8 (1944)

Question 38

How was the Hongerwinter started?

Answer 38

It started from railway workers striking, and that caused the Germans to stop all food import

Question 39

What did the Dutch eat during the famine?

Answer 39

Tulip bulbs and sugar beets

Question 40

How many Dutch died during the hongerwinter?

Answer 40

Approximately 20,000

Question 41

What was the large last battle in the netherlands?

Answer 41

Battle of Groningen (destroyed large parts of the city because of how cramped it was)

Question 42

When was Rotterdam bombed first?

Answer 42

May 14, 1940, at least 1150 were killed

Question 43

Who was the perpetrator for the second bombing of Rotterdam?

Answer 43

The allies

Question 44

In 1944, why was Nijmegen bombed by the allies?

Answer 44

Allies mistook it for a German city, leaving 800 dead